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==Health== When he was 21 years old he developed [[ME/CFS]], and still suffers from it. At his most severely affected, Paul was bedbound for two years. <Blockquote>βI've had M.E. since a bout of glandular fever when I was 10 years old, but wasn't diagnosed until a massive crash during my university years at the age of 21...Every day is an immense challenge and my biggest fear is being derailed by something trivial or menial.β<ref>https://www.actionforme.org.uk/news/every-day-with-me-is-an-immense-challenge/</ref></Blockquote> It's been 27 years since Paul first got ill, and he still struggles with the difficulties that come with this illness. On Jan 2016, Paul blogged:<Blockquote>"CFS sufferers are the masters of Cost Benefit Analysis. Every decision has to be weighed up and merited for its benefits. Do I shower OR wash-up, won't have the energy to do both, which is the most beneficial. Shop or Cook? Eat or drink? We work in 10 minute chunks, we know the distance and energy required to get to a shop, but If the products we are going for have moved 3 shelves inside, we won't make it. We'd planned and exerted perfectly but any deviation, we'll be reliant on the assistance of someone to get us home."<ref>http://paulathertonsimpletvproductions.blogspot.com/</ref></Blockquote> Paul Atherton appears in the UK documentary about ME/CFS called ''[[What About ME]]?''<ref>https://www.facebook.com/pages/WHAT-ABOUT-ME/105992479431834?ref=ts</ref>
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