Oliver Coles

Oliver Coles was a thirty year old ME/CFS patient from Cotham, Bristol, UK, who committed suicide in 2012. He had blogged about his atttempts to treat his illness at olivercoles.blogspot.co.uk.

Coles reported that he first became sick with a viral infection in January 2008. Three months later he was diagnosed with glandular fever (which is known as mononucleosis in the USA). He tried working off and on but was forced to take more and more time off. By November 2008, he was completely unable to work and moved back to his parent's house. Early in 2009 he was diagnosed with ME/CFS.