Editing Jamison Hill

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'''Jamison Graham Hill''' is an author and, prior to becoming stricken with severe [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]]/[[chronic fatigue syndrome]] (ME/CFS), a bodybuilder and certified personal trainer.  He is featured in the 2015 documentary, ''[[Forgotten Plague]]'', by [[Ryan Prior]] and [[Nicole Castillo]].  In addition to writing a book on fitness, he has written articles for ''Ultra-FIT'', ''Physique Magazine'', ''ExtraFit Magazine'', ''World Physique Magazine'', and ''Inside Fitness.''<ref name="HillJamBlog-Bio" />  

Hill first became ill with [[myalgic encephalomyelitis|ME]] in 2010 following a case of mononucleosis in his senior year of college at Sonoma State.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gofundme.com/z72amn3c | title = Click here to support Jamison Hill: Medical/Homecare Fund organized by Mary de Rosas|website=gofundme.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref> His health gradually declined until he was [[severe and very severe ME#verysevere|bedridden]] and unable to speak or eat solid food. Slowly, his health is now improving.<ref name="HillJamBlog-Bio" /> In 2021, Hill published his memoir [[When Force Meets Fate: A Mission to Solve an Invisible Illness]].<ref name="HillMemoir"/>

Hill's blog, [[Jamison Writes]] began as a fitness blog.  After a three and a half year hiatus due to illness, Hill continued his blog, writing about his experiences as a patient with ME. He states: "This site is dedicated to Jamison's journey to regain his health and help others realize the seriousness of his disease and the devastation it causes."<ref name="HillJamBlog-Bio" />

==Articles and op-eds==
*May 25, 2018, [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/style/modern-love-means-never-having-to-say-anything.html Love Means Never Having to Say … Anything]<ref name="HillJam20180525" />
*Jun 21, 2017, [https://mic.com/articles/180369/as-a-disabled-person-siri-changed-my-life-then-i-lost-the-ability-to-speak#.XhM8RZ5tQ I'm a disabled person, and Siri changed my life. Then I lost the ability to speak.]<ref name="HillJam20170621" />
*Apr 24, 2017, [http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-hill-smartphone-addiction-disability-20170424-story.html I'm not 'addicted' to my smartphone. I depend on it to survive]<ref name="HillJam20170424" />
*Feb 10, 2017, [https://www.vox.com/first-person/2017/2/10/14567112/trump-protest-disabilities-inclusivity Dear anti-Trump protesters: don’t forget those of us with disabilities]<ref name="HillJam20170210" /> <blockquote>Between 3 million and 5 million people took to the streets as part of the Women's March the day after Donald Trump's inauguration. And on January 28 and 29, thousands of people descended on airports throughout the nation to protest Trump's 'Muslim ban'. I was not one of the protesters. I have myalgic encephalomyelitis (or chronic fatigue syndrome), a disease that has left me bedridden and unable to speak full sentences for the past two years, more than a year of which I was unable to eat, tolerate light, elevate my head, or laterally move my limbs. I am one of the disabled who cannot march. I can't even attend a demonstration in a wheelchair.</blockquote>
*Jan 13, 2017, [https://qz.com/884658/are-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-ibs-and-crohns-disease-really-all-in-the-mind-a-psychosomatic-disease-diagnosis-is-a-doctors-way-of-saying-i-dont-have-a-clue/ A psychosomatic diagnosis is a doctor’s way of saying, “I don’t have a clue”] - The Quartz

==Books==
*2021, [[When Force Meets Fate: A Mission to Solve an Invisible Illness]]<ref name=HillMemoir>{{Cite book | last = Hill | first = Jamison|publisher=Inkshares | title = When Force Meets Fate: A Mission to Solve an Invisible Illness|isbn=9781950301157 | date = January 26, 2021|url=https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781950301157}}</ref>
*2012, [https://www.amazon.com/Optimal-Balance-Plan-Transform-Sustainable/dp/1105273261 The Optimal Balance Plan: Transform Your Body, Find Sustainable Fitness, Improve Your Life]<ref>{{Cite book | url =https://www.amazon.com/Optimal-Balance-Plan-Transform-Sustainable/dp/1105273261 | title = The Optimal Balance Plan: Transform Your Body, Find Sustainable Fitness, Improve Your Life | last = Hill | first = Jamison | date = 2012-01-04|publisher=lulu.com|isbn=9781105273261|location=|pages=|language=English}}</ref>

==Online presence==
*[https://jamisonwrites.com/ Blog - Jamison Writes]
*[https://twitter.com/NotTheWhiskey?lang=en Twitter]
*[http://www.jamisonfit.com/ Fitness training website]
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe3qylXQQMM0hGcyUlJJq1g YouTube]

==Learn more==
*2016, [http://theblueribbonfoundation.org/2016/07/29/share-your-story-jamison-hill/ The Blue Ribbon Foundation, Share your Story: Jamison Hill]<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://theblueribbonfoundation.org/2016/07/29/share-your-story-jamison-hill/ | title = Share your Story: Jamison Hill | date = 2016-07-29|work=The Blue Ribbon Foundation|access-date=2018-08-10|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[https://www.teezily.com/mecfs Support Jamison Hill and ME/CFS Awareness]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teezily.com/mecfs | title = Support Jamison Hill and ME/CFS Awareness | website = teezily.com|access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[When Force Meets Fate: A Mission to Solve an Invisible Illness]]
* [[Forgotten Plague]] (documentary)
* [[Afflicted]] (TV documentary series)
*2016, [https://stepville.com/2016/11/17/sometimes-you-go-to-california/ Sometimes You Go To California] - blog post by Stephanie Land about visiting Jamison Hill<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://stepville.com/2016/11/sometimes-you-go-to-california/ | title = Sometimes You Go To California | first = Stephanie | last = Land | date = 2016-11-17|work=Stepville|access-date=2018-08-10|language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
<references>
<ref name="HillJamBlog-Bio">{{citation | title =  Jamison Writes (blog) | url = https://jamisonwrites.com/about-me/ }}</ref>
<ref name="HillJam20170210">{{citation | last1 = Hill | first1 = Jamison Graham | authorlink1 = Jamison Hill | title =  Dear anti-Trump protesters: don’t forget those of us with disabilities 
| newspaper = VOX | location = Washington, DC and New York, NY (US) | date = Feb 10, 2017 | url = http://www.vox.com/first-person/2017/2/10/14567112/trump-protest-disabilities-inclusivity }}</ref>
<ref name="HillJam20170424">{{citation | last1 = Hill | first1 = Jamison Graham | authorlink1 = Jamison Hill | title =  I'm not 'addicted' to my smartphone. I depend on it to survive | journal = Los Angeles Times (USA) | date = 24 Apr 2017 | url = http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-hill-smartphone-addiction-disability-20170424-story.html }}</ref>
<ref name="HillJam20170621">{{citation | last1 = Hill | first1 = Jamison Graham | authorlink1 = Jamison Hill | title =  I'm a disabled person, and Siri changed my life. Then I lost the ability to speak. | journal = Mic Network (USA) | date = 21 Jun 2017 | url = https://mic.com/articles/180369/as-a-disabled-person-siri-changed-my-life-then-i-lost-the-ability-to-speak }}</ref>
<ref name="HillJam20180525">{{citation | last1 = Hill | first1 = Jamison Graham | authorlink1 = Jamison Hill | title =  Love Means Never Having to Say … Anything | journal = The New York Times | date = 25 May 2018 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/style/modern-love-means-never-having-to-say-anything.html }}</ref>
</references>

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