David Arribas

1) Finally had a look at the new trial of Rapamycin, an FDA-approved drug that is used an immunosuppressant to prevent organ rejection. 86 ME/CFS patients were included in a pilot trial and received a low dose of rapamycin of 6 mg once per week.

🎯 TIRED OF WAITING FOR A TREATMENT FOR LONG COVID OR MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS? 
You’re not alone. ME/CFS patients have already been through this:
👉 Years of promises, studies, biomarkers...
👉 Hopeful headlines that never make it to clinical practice.
👉 Promising treatments published in journals that never get prescribed.
👉 And meanwhile… life goes on without answers. 🧬 As a researcher, I’m tired too.
Tired of seeing treatments that could relieve symptoms, that could offer quality of life while we wait for a cure… and yet are not being prescribed. 💊 Take antivirals, for example.
For bacteria, antibiotics are prescribed without hesitation. 
But for viruses… “the immune system can handle it.” 
Really? We already know not every body can efficiently clear viral infections. 📉 We know viruses like Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) are linked to the development of diseases such as:
🔹 Multiple Sclerosis
🔹 Lupus
🔹 Crohn’s
🔹 Hashimoto’s
🔹 Sjögren’s
🔹 Rheumatoid Arthritis
🔹 Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) And yet, antivirals aren’t even considered to reduce viral replication and the autoimmune flares it can trigger? 💭 Some say: “But antivirals don’t eliminate the virus (latency), they only reduce replication.” 
So what?
🔁 By that logic, why do we give antiretrovirals to people with HIV, if they don’t eliminate the virus completely either? 
👉 Because they improve quality of life and prevent long-term damage. ✔️ They prevent immune system damage.
✔️ They reduce opportunistic infections.
✔️ They improve quality of life and life expectancy.
✔️ They lower viral load to undetectable levels (which also prevents transmission).
✔️ And they reduce the risk of developing other autoimmune diseases and even certain types of cancer. 🚨 Patients with EBV-induced mononucleosis still come to emergency rooms and walk away without antiviral treatment — despite clear evidence linking EBV to a higher risk of developing autoimmune diseases. And this doesn’t just happen with EBV.
It happens with many other persistent viral infections. 
And we keep looking the other way. 📢 If you’re tired too, share this.
 Maybe someone will finally question why antivirals aren’t being considered.
 Maybe we’ll get people to start listening to patients.

ICT went very smoothly. In recovery now w the pressure bolt. I qualify for a c0-c2 fusion 🥹🥹🥹 As soon as he put 35lbs of traction on I started balling. I just kept saying I feel like me again. I could finally take a deep breath. It was incredible. I'll never forget it ❤️