Did I mention May is a little intense?!? Yeah, it is! Pardon the more frequent email traffic.
Here are two virtual ME Awareness Month events brought to you by the Bateman Horne Center.
The Bateman Horne Center (BHC) is a non-profit, interdisciplinary Center of Excellence where clinical care, research, and education meet to collectively advance the diagnosis and treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia (FM), post-viral syndromes, and related comorbidities.
BHC fosters clinical success for the care and treatment of ME/CFS and FM using clinical intelligence derived from data analytics of patient records in the quest for improved medical care for current and future patients.
BHC engages collaborative partnerships to inform healthcare consumers and providers to deliver enhanced quality and improved outcomes through innovation, applied technology, and efficient distribution of knowledge.
Bateman Horne Center’s (BHC) Reflections of ME/CFS, FM, & LC event will include a line-up of speakers, the release of new education, a montage video of your reflections, and more.
Details
Date: May 9
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm MDT
May 12th: In Memory of John Kaly
On Friday, May 12th, BHC is supporting an awareness event hosted by the family of John Kaly, who succumbed to ME/CFS after a 25-year struggle. The Kaly family is hosting an art show and #MEAwareness event in memory of their son John.
Join in person or virtually to see 100 of his original paintings and a program about the artist and living with ME/CFS. Select pieces will be available for auction, and prints will be available for purchase. All proceeds from the art auction will be going to BHC.
Details
Date: May 12
Time:
- Open House 3 pm - 9 pm MDT
- Program 7 pm MDT
The program will be streamed live and recorded. Streaming details to come, per the event link. I will drop that info in the comments as soon as I see it, for those not on Facebook.
Facebook event link: https://fb.me/e/101zyLqIK
Please consider attending or sharing these or other ME Awareness Month events. We are picking up steam in our efforts to educate the public and our medical providers, but it takes all of us. And for those of us that are able—at whatever capacity that means for you—we have to lend our voices to those who are severely ill and unable.
Keep advocating for yourself and others with grace & compassion!
The program will stream on YouTube. A slideshow of John's work will take place around 6:30pm MDT.
7 PM to 8 PM PROGRAM
Presentations on the Life, Art, and Illness of John Kaly.
YouTube live: https://bit.ly/3LENAvG