REN - Living with M.E. - May is Lyme Awareness Month - 6th May 2016 - Ren is 26 here.

#renmakesmusic #sickboi #mevsme #lymedisease
As we hit the 1st of May I thought it might be relevant to upload this video as
May is still Lyme Awareness Month globally in 2024.
Details:
After taking a break from vlogging his health struggles; Ren, (after finally getting a Lyme diagnosis), reminds us all that Lyme and M.E are real problems that need highlighting worldwide.
Background:
Many Ren fans watching this will be familiar with his health journey over the years that he often captures with the lyrics in many of his songs. As a consequence you probably know that he was misdiagnosed for several years with a myriad of different illnesses before getting a PROPER DIAGNOSIS of Lyme Disease.
However, some of you might not know that Ren has vlogged his journey on various platforms and set up various channels and groups across the internet to help inform the public, add support to fellow sufferers and to insist that the medical profession do more to research and tackle these types of autoimmune diseases!
Some of Ren's videos on these platforms are hopeful. Others are dark and desperate. They are, however, all important in my opinion to understand what Ren and many other sufferers of these terrible diseases were dealing with and where they might be now!
Original Video here: • Lyme Awareness Month
Please do check out these channels:
@mevsme3108
On FB check out the group : Lyme 101

[@SandraP3796]

You are one of the “But you don’t look sick”, sick people Ren ❤️ Thanks for this Pete

[@susybetts3876]

You’re amazing Ren I hope this is heard and acted upon by the people who can find a cure. ❤

[@GarnetJ]

And this is why it meant everything when Ren got #1 on the UK charts with the Sick Boi album 💕 It was heartbreaking in this video when he thought any hopes of a music career were over 💔 But it’s incredible to see how far he has come!! He has stayed true to his promise of continuing to fight for awareness and more research funding. Ren is the voice for the voiceless and a ray of light in the darkness for many who are suffering every day. I’m glad he is sharing his story. I’m looking forward to the release of “Troubles.” It would be great if it hit the charts!

[@sammyd8860]

This guy is so impressive ! So passionate & driven, so articulate and so intelligent in his understanding of really complex subjects. He has a thirst for knowledge (not just about his medical condition) and he has taught himself so much. Even if he wasn't a creative genius at story telling, writing, song writing, singing, rapping, producing, directing, playing guitar, bass & piano ; even if he didn't display incredible tenacity, compassion and the overwhelming desire to support and lift up others ; this one video would have convinced me that he is a really remarkable person

[@jorice5528]

Here here, well said 100% ❤

[@jasonklenetsky5687]

Ren is something else, I tell ya what. I really hope his recent success will bring more awareness to this cause. His voice is needed and so greatly appreciated by so many people still suffering. Thanks Pete, for posting this and being part of the solution.

[@hilarycharman-2924]

Thank you Ren. I've shared that to my friend who has ME in the hope it may help. God bless you ❤

[@momstin58]

Thank you Pete 💜

[@ezrasace]

Thank you for sharing, Pete! ❤❤❤

[@PeteFindsObscureStuff]

Thanks for listening

[@jodienaiburg4076]

Ren is an real life Angel.

[@jeanninegervais5874]

Thank you Ren. ❤

[@pammccoy3111]

I have MS, and i will join you on this mission. ❤

[@sampanther8854]

Thank you so much Pete ❤️ sharing this can make a difference and I adore Ren's determination to fight this battle not just for himself but many others who feel lost in the dark 🙏🌟

[@libby215]

Different clinical departments seem reluctant to communicate with eachother - and it's aways to the detriment of the patient - the people who they've done all their training to help in the first place, it doesn't make sense.

[@momishka7]

Our sweet boi ❤❤❤

[@belgand5555]

It actually made me tear up to see Ren being so strong to get this across… thank you for being who you are Ren and thank you for never changing., ♥️♥️♥️ and thanks Pete 🙏🏻

[@fionaclark4346]

Thank you so much Ren for putting this out again, on behalf of all those of us who feel forgotten, shut away behind closed doors, and desperately trying not to lose hope as the years slip through our fingers. Your lifeline of hope is a shining light in our world of darkness🕯️❤

[@anetteandersson2778]

❤❤❤

[@MustardMischief]

Ren ❤

[@DebiMaria_]

Who is this human!?! Man……. I am speechless

[@jorice5528]

A phenomenal human & the Artist of our time. Look into his story & musical journey, it is magical & uplifting in the most glorious way ❤

[@kt_kroovy1031]

🌹🦇🌹🦇🌹🦇🌹

[@sonjavanderwalt5417]

🪽🤍🪽

[@AshleighJane-nd2qx]

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome(PCOS), check out the similarities..

[@Lozza2993]

I asked them to test for lymes and they refuse because I don't have an active bullseye rash. Diagnosed with fibro and cfs with no treatment/management plans, specialist appointments, nothing. Just left to deal with it alone.

[@PeteFindsObscureStuff]

I'm so sorry to hear this. Did you ever have the 'bullseye rash' in the past?

[@Lozza2993]

@PeteFindsObscureStuff no, but had bites from being in forests and long grass areas that hold wild animals associated with ticks and getting flu symptoms, etc. It's said that not all lyme cases present a bullseye rash 🤷🏼‍♀️. I don't think it's certain, but I do think enough of a possibility to at least check.

[@primitivedogs4638]

ME diagnosis 1998! No different today.

[@primitivedogs4638]

Yes, I had lymedisease. NO clue If still...

[@alouise01]

That was all very well said Ren, THANK YOU! I didn't realize that May is ME and Lyme disease awareness month. I tested positive for Lyme disease way back in 2002. However, repeat tests were negative. A few years later, I was diagnosed with ME and Fibromyalgia. Back then it felt like no one had ever heard of either of these. In 09 I had some freaky shut happen with my vision, so I was given an MRI. That showed over 50 lesions on my brain and 3 on my spinal column. I was diagnosed with MS. I agree that when they find out how to cure one of these diseases, the cure for all or a lot of these other diseases will have a cure as well. The causes are connected and the treatments will be too. Living in the US, makes me feel like one huge reason we don't have more cures is because this country makes $ from the sick. The pharmaceutical industry is the mafia of today. My monthly medications cost $32,000!!! I agree that we need to rise, and band together if there's to be hope for future wellness and an end to the suffering that you, me, and millions of others are facing ♥️❤️‍🩹🧡❤️‍🩹🧡❤️‍🩹🧡❤️‍🩹🧡❤️‍🩹

[@iamsquatty]

Ren is such an amazing advocate for lyme disease and all the other mental and physical health issues he's experienced 💜💜🥹