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==Myalgic Encephalomyelitis == Clare Francis became ill with [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] in the 1986, describing it as a "living death".<ref name="interview1988" /><ref name="lib">{{Cite news | title = Don't mention the Sailing. | first =Catherine|last =Jones| publisher = Western Mail|location=Cardiff, Wales | date = Oct 16, 2004|via=Free Online Library|url = https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Don%27t+mention+the+Sailing.-a0123311233}}</ref> When she began speaking publicly about having ME, the disease was commonly referred to using the derogatory term [[Stigma and discrimination#Yuppie flu|"yuppie flu"]].<ref name="interview1988" /> She has suffered from ME for many years.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.clarefrancis.com/biography/ | title = A Brief Biography | website = Clare Francis|language=en|access-date=2021-11-17}}</ref> {{Quote box|quote=Though she thought she had come down with the flu, she nevertheless decided to take her daily jog. But less than a block from her home, she collapsed in the street.<br>My legs just buckled under me, she explained. "I managed to drag myself home, crawled into bed, and stayed there β for two months.<br>My limbs felt like lead. I became so weak I couldn't climb the stairs, walk around the room or even brush my hair.<br>Playing with my 9-year-old son was totally impossible.<br>I felt as though I was in a fog. I couldn't even speak properly.<br>I suffered agonizing stomach pains, depression and chronic exhaustion.βClare Francis<br>A string of doctors and "experts" brought her no help and no cure. Finally, she read a newspaper story about ME and recognized the symptoms immediately. |source=Interview with Rose Grady, Weekly World News, 1988<ref name="interview1988" /> | title = "I've been to hell and back" | date = 1988}}
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