Nasim Marie Jafry

Nasim Marie Jafry is a Scottish myalgic encephalomyelitis, (ME), patient and writer. She was diagnosed with ME in 1984, according to Melvin Ramsay's definition, having first become ill in autumn 1982, triggered by Coxsackie B4 virus.

In her 2008 debut novel, The State of Me, the main character, who also has ME, chronicles "her unusual experiences as a twenty-something woman living in 80s Scotland with a mystery illness."

She appeared in the early 2012 BBC Alba documentary Toxic Tiredness. Professor Peter Behan, consultant neurologist, one of the few ME specialists in UK in 1980s, also appeared, as did Dr Charles Shepherd.

She contributed to the Guardian newspaper's Comment is Free on living with chronic illness in 2011. The Well Made Project, an online art exhibition as part of London Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2015 included an excerpt from her novel, The State of ME.

Books

 * 2008, The State of Me

Articles

 * 2016, Letter to British Journal of General Practice re: Chronic fatigue syndrome and the biopsychosocial model

Online presence

 * Twitter
 * Blog - velogubbed legs