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Bear Lawrence

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Stockton-on-Tees, The United Kingdom
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I'm Bear Lawrence and I’ve enjoyed an interesting life. I’ve worked as a delivery driver in Norway, a helicopter tour pilot in the Caribbean, and a flight instructor in Oregon. In the UK I’ve been a sales assistant, gardener, landlord, biomedical engineer and award-winning inventor. I’ve even been lucky enough to have raced motorbikes, karts and yachts.

Suffering from stress as an overloaded university lecturer, I caught a viral infection and was in bed for seven weeks. Afterwards, I found I was utterly fatigued all of the time. Five months later, my GP diagnosed me with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, or simply ME. ME is also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), or ME/CFS.

Struggling to articulate the illness to friends and family, I star
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Bear Lawrence Although I'm a writer, I struggle to read any long piece of text. I've got Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS. Symptoms of these illnesses include short concentr…moreAlthough I'm a writer, I struggle to read any long piece of text. I've got Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS. Symptoms of these illnesses include short concentration span, poor short-term memory and long-term memory recall. The last time I read a novel, I got to the penultimate chapter and realised I had no idea of the major plots of the book.(less)
Bear Lawrence My writing is based on experience. As long as I write about my experiences then I don't have writers block. If I tried to write fiction, I'd have perm…moreMy writing is based on experience. As long as I write about my experiences then I don't have writers block. If I tried to write fiction, I'd have permanent writers block!(less)
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‘Bear With ME’ is a collection of humorous, heart-breaking and heart-warming stories and articles. All were inspired by true events experienced by the author, Bear Lawrence, who has led a quite remarkable life. ‘Bread, Biscuits and Murder’, ‘Motorbikes, Helicopters, PTSD and ME’, ‘m Read more of this blog post »
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