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{{NeedsImage}} '''Nasim Marie Jafry''' is a Scottish writer living with [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] (ME). She was diagnosed with [[myalgic encephalomyelitis|ME]] in 1984, by consultant neurologist [[Peter Behan]], according to [[Melvin Ramsay]]'s definition, having first become ill in autumn 1982 with [[Coxsackie B]]4 virus. There was an outbreak of Coxsackie B4 in the west of Scotland at this time. In her 2008 debut novel, ''[[The State of Me]]'', the main character, Helen Fleet, who has ME, chronicles "her unusual experiences as a twenty-something woman living in 80s Scotland with a mystery illness."<ref>https://www.amazon.com/State-Me-Nasim-Marie-Jafry-ebook/dp/1906321051/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1471127994&sr=8-1&keywords=The+state+of+Me</ref> She appeared in the early 2012 BBC Alba documentary [[Toxic Tiredness]]. Professor [[Peter Behan]], one of the few ME specialists in UK in 1980s, also appeared, as did Dr [[Charles Shepherd]]. She contributed to the Guardian newspaper's [http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/aug/26/chronic-illness-peoples-panel Comment is Free] on living with chronic illness in 2011. [http://thewellmadeproject.tumblr.com/ The Well Made Project], an online art exhibition as part of London Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2015, [http://thewellmadeproject.tumblr.com/post/120864721371/day-3-helens-twenty-first-1980s-helens included an excerpt] from ''The State of Me''. ==Books== *2008, [[The State of Me]] ==Articles== *2016, [http://bjgp.org/content/66/651/511.3?trendmd-shared=0 Letter to British Journal of General Practice re: Chronic fatigue syndrome and the biopsychosocial model]<ref>Nasim Marie Jafry. Br J Gen Pract 2016 Sep; 66 (651): 511-511. http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/bjgp16X687241</ref> ==Talks and interviews== ==Online presence== *[https://twitter.com/velogubbed Twitter] *[http://velo-gubbed-legs.blogspot.co.uk/ Blog - velogubbed legs] ==Learn more== ==See also== *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB6B2BTL2zQ Documentary Toxic Tiredness, Part 1] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li7zQgN-PxQ Documentary Toxic Tiredness, Part 2] *[https://www.amazon.com/State-Me-Nasim-Marie-Jafry-ebook/dp/1906321051/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1471127994&sr=8-1&keywords=The+state+of+Me Amazon - ''The State of Me''] ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:People with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:Authors]]
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