Following the publication of our article 'Take ME seriously please' (The Sunday Times, May 9), Simone Manduca left a message on our website's contact form suggesting we open a Facebook page for ME Sufferers Malta.

Two members of our support group, Rosanne Caruana and Nicola Reiss, have taken the initiative and recently set up a Facebook page for people with ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis), which should be a great extension to our website as regards raising ME awareness in Malta and abroad, providing information on ME research and offering support to others who suffer from this dreadful disease, their families and friends.

Since people with ME are often house-bound and unable to venture out and socialise, we hope this page will target the loneliness and sense of loss many have to endure.

The ME Sufferers Malta Facebook page is a 'closed' group - to avoid, as Ms Reiss explains, "unscrupulous people who use these groups for advertising junk cures"; but we welcome all to join.

We also wish to take this opportunity to congratulate Maria Blackburn on setting up the Multiple Sclerosis Malta Facebook group. We also thank her for sharing her story to raise awareness about MS.

We can easily empathise with her daily battle and the ordeal of living with a debilitating illness, and admire her spirit and perseverance in the face of cruel adversity.

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