A powerful personal account of life with ME (otherwise known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) from the eyes of a sufferer, describing the feeling of a "life interrupted". 'Shattered' will offer empathy, hope and support to sufferers and their families as well as giving practical advice on how to live with chronic fatigue.
It is March 1987. There is a flu bug doing the rounds in Edinburgh which floors Lynn Mitchell and her two sons. Instead of pulling out of their ill and exhausted state, none of them gets better. It takes three years for Lynn's elder son to recover. She and her younger son are still ill sixteen years later.
This powerfully written account of life with CFS, an unpredictable and devastating chronic fatigue illness that is still widely misunderstood and undiagnosed, is an emotionally intelligent, compassionate and often angry tour de force which makes riveting reading.
Offering a personal insight into life as an ME sufferer, 'Shattered' will be of immense help to sufferers in their fight for recognition and a comfort in their hour of need.
The first person snapshots of sufferers of all ages, describing the many different forms this illness can take and the effects it can have, can paint a bleak picture of a "life interrupted" and the lack of support and stigma from the public and the medical profession, readers will be able to draw hope and support from the shared stories.
