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{{NeedsImage}} '''Brynmor John''' was a British politician and member of parliament (MP). He suffered from [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]]/[[chronic fatigue syndrome]] (ME/CFS), and died as he left the House of Commons gym in 1988 at the age of 54, after having been advised to [[exercise]] his way through the illness.<ref name=magicalmedicine>{{Citation | last = Hooper | first = Malcolm | author-link = Malcolm Hooper | last2 = Williams | first2 = Margaret | author-link2 = Margaret Williams | title = Magical Medicine: How to make a disease disappear | date = Spring 2010|url= http://www.investinme.org/Documents/Library/magical-medicine.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | date = 1999-05-12 | url = https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199899/cmhansrd/vo990512/debtext/90512-10.htm | title = Parliamentary business|quote=My hon. Friend the Member for Normanton (Mr. O'Brien) will remember that Brynmor John--formerly the Member of Parliament for Pontypridd--suffered from ME. He helped me to prepare one of the two private Member's Bills on ME, which I presented during the early part of my parliamentary career. That is where my feeling of deja vu comes in, because that took place 11 years ago. My ten-minute Bill asked for research into diagnostic tests, because the disease could not be diagnosed and still cannot be diagnosed. It proposed that there should be an epidemiological study--epidemiological is another difficult word which I learned to pronounce.}}</ref><ref name="Twisk2009">{{cite journal | title = A review on cognitive behavorial therapy (CBT) and graded exercise therapy (GET) in myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) / chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS): CBT/GET is not only ineffective and not evidence-based, but also potentially harmful for many patients with ME/CFS | journal = Neuro Endocrinol Letters | date = 2009 | last = Twisk | first = F.N.M. | author-link = Frank Twisk | last2 = Maes | first2 = M. | author-link2 = Michael Maes | volume = 30 | issue = 3 | pages = 284β299|pmid=19855350}}</ref> Professor [[Malcolm Hooper]] wrote about his death: "On 13th December 1988 Brynmor John MP died from [[ME/CFS]]. His experience of the illness was all too familiar: {{Quote|text=Though there is only a slight gradient from our house to the main road, it could have been the North face of the Eiger. I just could not get up it.|source=Magical Medicine: How to make a disease disappear (2010)}} He found himself unable to dress; the slightest [[exertion]] exhausted him and it took days to regain his strength. He was irritated by the profusion of [[Biopsychosocial model|psychiatric comment]] and was trying to ensure better understanding of [[ME/CFS]] (Perspectives, Summer 1991:28β30). Brynmor John suddenly collapsed and died as he was leaving the UK Parliament's House of Commons gym after having been advised to [[exercise]] back to fitness."<ref name=magicalmedicine /><ref>{{Cite book |chapter=We are the ones we have been waiting for | first =Adam | last = Price |quote =The Pontypridd by-election, following the death from exhaustion of Brynmor John was held on 23 February that year. | title =25/25 Vision: Welsh Horizons Across 50 Years | pages =108-109 | url=https://www.iwa.wales/wp-content/media/2016/03/25-25-vision-midsize-optimized-1.pdf | date = Sep 2012 |publisher =Institute of Welsh Affairs |editor-first = John|editor-last = Osmond|editor-first2 = Peter |editor-last2 = Finch}}</ref> == Learn more == == See also == * [[Exercise]] * [[Graded exercise therapy]] * [[:Category:Deceased people with ME, CFS, and/or FMS|Deceased people with ME, CFS and/or FMS]] * [[Causes of death]] ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:People with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:Famous people with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:British famous people with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:Deceased people with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:United Kingdom politicians]] [[Category:Politicians]] [[Category:United Kingdom Members of Parliament]]
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