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==ME/CFS== In 2019, Jennie Jacques was an fitness enthusiastic and competed in many grueling charity races and fitness events, in additional to her career as an accomplished actress, when she caught [[Epstein-Barr virus]], which lead to her developing [[ME/CFS]].<ref name="times2021">{{Cite news | publisher=The Times | first = Sean | last = O'Neill | title = Jennie Jacques on living with ME: ‘I am a shadow of my former self physically’ | date = Aug 18, 2021 | url = https://www.omf.ngo/jennie-jacques-in-the-news/|work=The Times | author-link = | archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=Jan 1, 2022|via=Open Medicine Foundation}}</ref> Jacques was hospitalized twice with severe Epstein-Barr virus and associated viral [[hepatitis]], which led to her developing M.E. Jacques became housebound with [[severe and very severe ME|severely ill with M.E.]] at one point, but has since improved.<ref name="times2021" /> In 2020, she wrote about using [[pacing|activity pacing]] with a [[heart rate monitor]] to help manage her symptoms.<ref name="purelypacing">{{Cite web | url = https://www.jenniejacques.com/post/purely-pacing| title = Purely Pacing | date = Aug 7, 2020 | website = jenniejacques.com | last = Jacques | first = Jennie}}</ref> {{Quote frame|quote=The first and the second year, for me, were the worst and I'm lucky to have seen some improvement in my third year. But my life is still limited and I am a shadow of my former self physically. There have been times when I couldn't even get outside in a wheelchair or to my front doorstep. Any exertion or 'efforts' to get well only pulled me backwards. Whether it's mild, moderate or severe, ME has the ability to turn a person's life upside down.<ref name="times2021"/> | author = Jennie Jacques|source=The Times, 2021}} {{Quote frame|I miss exercise so much. And I really miss the swimming pool. But at the moment my 'energy envelope' simply does not allow for it without serious repercussions."<ref name="times2021"/> | author = Jennie Jacques|source=The Times, 2021}} <blockquote>Jacques experiences [[post-exertional malaise|"post-exertional malaise"]] — a flare-up of pain, flu-like symptoms and exhaustion — after even minimal activity. It's a telltale symptom of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), the debilitating condition that leaves patients profoundly fatigued and experiencing pain, dizziness, stomach problems and brain fog.<ref name="times2021" /></blockquote>
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