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==ME/CFS== Casey Stoner began suffering from ME/CFS in 2018, and has been battling the illness since.<ref name="Today2021">{{Cite web | title = MotoGP legend Casey Stoner reveals 'extreme' health battle| publisher = Today Show Australia | date = Oct 21, 2021 | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYMpM2LUGOY|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref name="nine">{{Cite news | title = 'I very quickly went downhill': Casey Stoner opens up on chronic fatigue syndrome battle | first = Marc|last = Churches | date =Oct 23, 2021 | url = https://wwos.nine.com.au/motorsport/casey-stoner-opens-up-on-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-battle/e428a2e1-e6f2-40dd-a2ab-2202910841c3}}</ref><ref name="yahoo">{{Cite web | url = https://au.sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/motogp-casey-stoner-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-diagnosis-family-wife-234108527.html| title = 'Struggling': Battle behind Casey Stoner's devastating diagnosis | date = Nov 7, 2021 |publisher =Yahoo Sports}}</ref> In an interview in 2019 Stoner said "I realised something was wrong when golf was becoming a really physical sport for me. I’ve been on and off different tablets to try to combat that and get me through the day a little bit more.” Stoner revealed that despite being a former world champion professional motorbike racer, he was struggling to ride even as a hobbyist, saying "I don't have the energy to go out there and do that for the day, it'll put me in the couch for another week."<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.motogp.com/en/in+the+media/2019/12/04/motogp-legend-casey-stoner-reveals-ongoing-health-battles/321489 | title = MotoGP™ Legend Casey Stoner reveals ongoing health battles | last = Rust | first = Greg | authorlink = | date = 2019-12-04 | website = MotoGP|language=en| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=2021-12-20}}</ref><br> In 2020, Stoner described living with ME/CFS as "this disease is destroying me".<ref name="Perth">{{Cite news |url = https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/moto-gp/this-disease-is-destroying-me-australian-motogp-legend-casey-stoners-health-battle-ng-b881733674z.amp| title = ‘This disease is destroying me’: Australian MotoGP legend Casey Stoner’s health battle | publisher = PerthNow | date = Nov 27, 2020}}</ref> {{Quote frame|quote=I started having symptoms of ME/CFS in 2018. I very quickly went downhill, started to get some severe symptoms and then struggled to get out of bed in the morning, just even [to] get to the couch.<ref name="Today2021"/> | author = Casey Stoner|source=Today Show Australia, 2021}} {{Quote frame|quote=Because people can't see it, it's not a physical ailment that people can see so people aren't really taking it as seriously...they all just sort of go, you know, "you're a bit tired...get up".<ref name="Today2021"/> | author = Casey Stoner|source=Today Show Australia, 2021}}
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