Australian Women's Weekly: For six years, Lily couldn't leave her bed
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 6 years
- Published
- Sep 2026
Summary
Credits pacing and family support. Lily was ill 6y with severe ME/CFS and reports a partial improvement. Bedbound at 16; now works part-time, still much reduced.
This summary was assembled from the coded record rather than written from a full reading of the page, so it is short. The original has the detail.
What they credit
Credits Low-dose naltrexone, Pacing, Pacing and the energy envelope.
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