CCI Support Media
The Weekend Sun: When Matt thought he was going crazy
“It’s great to be able to help people, especially my lifesavers, who helped me out of the darkest place I have ever been in.” Matt Appleton’s giving back – a 40-year-old living with ME, or chronic fatigue syndrome, who’s now a volunteer field officer working with...
Radio interview on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome with Dr Ros Vallings
On Wednesday 2nd August Jesse Mulligan interviewed Dr Ros Vallings on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, its impact, what causes it and what you need to know.
Radio NZ: The children left bed-bound by fatigue
Original Article can be found here: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/the-wireless/375278/the-children-left-bed-bound-by-fatigue What do you do with a child who falls ill and is never again well enough to return to school? Felicity Monk reports on the illness striking down...
SunLive: Burning the candle at both ends?
SUNLIVE article can be found here: https://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/183324-burning-candle-at-both-ends.html Her body spoke louder than she did. Each arm movement felt like a heavy sack of potatoes and each step felt like walking with lead boots. It was a near paralytic...
Rotorua Daily Post: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome support group expands to Rotorua
Original Article can be found here: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-support-group-expands-to-rotorua/SOESJSGMWCS5YB75PCUBOULBWM/ Lachelle Richardson was diagnosed with chronic fatigue in 2015. Photo / Stephen Parker...
NZ Herald: Programme offers new hope to chronic fatigue sufferer after 20 years
Original Article and Video can be found here: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/programme-offers-new-hope-to-chronic-fatigue-sufferer-after-20-years-video/V4XO72MPF45T5X2R5PPDNWTX7U/ Tauranga mother of three Sue Gaskell-Barlow has lived with Myalgic...
SunLive: Highlighting an invisible illness
SUNLIVE Article can be found here: https://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/99641-highlighting-an-invisible-illness.html She’s vivacious and irrepressible. You’re immediately drawn to her. Cassandra Grey’s also gorgeous – a looker with smarts – and if life hadn’t cut her such...