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== Life == Lynn was sporty and athletic and excelled at ballet. She rode horses and was an accomplished musician. ===Illness=== After a routine TB inoculation, Lynn never recovered and then flu, bronchitis, tonsillitis and glandular fever all occurred within three months. A psychiatrist took over her case when an ME specialist referred her to him as he never saw such a [[Severe and very severe ME|severe case]] of ME. The psychiatrist misdiagnosed her with [[hysteria]].<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://tanyamarlow.com/why-should-you-care-about-m-e/ | title = Why should you care about M.E.? | date = 2012-05-08|work=Tanya Marlow - Thorns and Gold|access-date=2018-08-16|language=en-GB}}</ref> She worsened and [[myalgic encephalomyelitis|ME]] confined her to her bedroom and she was [[paralysis|unable to move her legs]], swallow or eat and at times recognize no one. She could no longer speak. She lived with tubes in her nose, chest and inner thigh. At age 20 she went through [[early menopause|menopause]]. During her last hospitalization, she picked up four [[infection]]s. In 2007 she attempted to take her own life.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/7074234/Lynn-Gilderdale-how-a-14-year-old-was-condemned-to-a-life-lived-from-a-bed.html | title = Lynn Gilderdale: how a 14-year-old was condemned to a life lived from a bed|last = Gammell|first = Caroline | date = 2010 | publisher =The Telegraph|url-access=registration|access-date=2018-08-16|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ===Graded exercise=== Lynn was not put through [[graded exercise therapy]] (GET) but was put on an "activity regime". This consisted of doing certain amounts of [[exercise]], schoolwork and socializing regardless of how she felt.<ref name="Whyyoushouldcare">{{Cite news | url=http://tanyamarlow.com/why-should-you-care-about-m-e/ | title = Why should you care about M.E.? | date = 2012-05-08|work=Tanya Marlow - Thorns and Gold|access-date=2018-08-16|language=en-GB}}</ref> Lynn's mother wrote an open letter about her experience appealing for appropriate care for people with ME.<ref name="Appeal">{{Cite news | url=https://25megroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Appeal-for-Appropriate-Care-Kay-G-signed.pdf | last = Gilderdale | first = Kay | authorlink = Kay Gilderdale |website=The 25% ME Group | date = Jul 2018 | title = Appeal for appropriate care|language=en-GB}}</ref>
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