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{{NeedsImage}} '''Vicky Beeching''' is a British writer, broadcaster, speaker, former rock star, and LGBTQ Equality Campaigner who focuses mostly on Christianity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vickybeeching.com/about/ | title = About | last = | first = | author-link =| date = |website=Vicky Beeching.com|language=en-GB|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2021-12-07}}</ref> She stated in an interview in 2015 that she had been diagnosed with [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]]/[[chronic fatigue syndrome]] (CFS), and she is currently severely ill with ME/CFS, [[fibromyalgia]] and [[Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome]].<ref name="churchtimes2018">{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2018/22-june/features/features/god-was-still-my-highest-priority-and-my-greatest-love-vicky-beeching | title = ‘God was still my highest priority and my greatest love’ | last =Davies | first = Madeleine | author-link =| date = Jun 22, 2018 | website = Church Times|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2021-12-07}}</ref> ==Illness == Vicky Beeching first become ill with the serious autoimmune disease scleroderma morphea, which affected her skin and required chemotherapy. After fully recovering, she developed [[chronic fatigue syndrome]].<ref name="interview2015">{{Cite news | first =Patrick | last =Strudwick | date = Aug 13, 2015 | title = This Is What It’s Like Being A Gay Christian Rock Star |url =http://www.buzzfeed.com/patrickstrudwick/this-is-what-happens-when-you-come-out-as-a-gay-christian|publisher=Buzzfeed News}}</ref> {{Quote box|quote=Doctors gave her the all-clear for the scleroderma morphea in 2013, but since then, and increasingly over the last year, she has fought an array of symptoms: exhaustion, a chronic lack of energy, and muscular pain. She kept going to the doctor, who eventually referred her to a specialist at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. "This month I got diagnosed with M.E.," she says, before pronouncing the longer version – myalgic encephalomyelitis, also called chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).<ref name="interview2015"/> | author = Patrick Strudwick|source=Buzzfeed News (2015}} Beeching later developed the genetic connective tissue disorder [[Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome]] (EDS), and [[fibromyalgia]] which is very common in people with both EDS and ME/CFS, plus [[anxiety]] and [[depression]]. By 2018, she was mostly [[severe and very severe ME|housebound]].<ref name="churchtimes2018" /> ==Talks and interviews== *2012, [http://www.buzzfeed.com/patrickstrudwick/this-is-what-happens-when-you-come-out-as-a-gay-christian This Is What It’s Like Being A Gay Christian Rock Star] *2018, [https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2018/22-june/features/features/god-was-still-my-highest-priority-and-my-greatest-love-vicky-beeching ‘God was still my highest priority and my greatest love’] ==Books == *2018, Undivided: Coming out, becoming whole, and living free from shame, Vicky Beeching ==Online presence== *[https://twitter.com/vickybeeching Twitter] *[https://uk.linkedin.com/in/vickybeeching LinkedIn] *[http://vickybeeching.com/ Website] ==Learn more== *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicky_Beeching Wikipedia - Vicky Beeching] ==See also== *[[Myalgic encephalomyelitis]] *[[Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome]] *[[Fibromyalgia]] ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:ME and CFS in popular culture]] [[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]]
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