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    Review British Medical Journal: BMJ Best Practice: Myalgic encephalomyelitis (Chronic fatigue syndrome), James Baraniuk, 2023

    No @SNT Gatchaman they said what they meant. Straight up. Up front. They need their busy colleagues to understand straight away where they’re coming from. No reflection no remorse, on course. You’re right the third option is implied. The standard practice. For the wriggle room. For the...
  2. Ash

    Review British Medical Journal: BMJ Best Practice: Myalgic encephalomyelitis (Chronic fatigue syndrome), James Baraniuk, 2023

    “Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) can be distinguished from medical and psychiatric conditions in the differential diagnosis of fatigue” A succinct summary of the approach, credit where it’s due.
  3. Ash

    Petition to UK govt: 'Protect the NHS and All Healthcare: Require #MasksInHealthcare'

    @Sasha Thanks for starting this thread to share this extremely important petition! @JemPD absolutely agree masks need to be worn everywhere you can catch respiratory infections. Rationing isn’t it? Its also the case that the consulting rooms I’ve been in are very very confined spaces and you...
  4. Ash

    UK: Disability benefits (UC, ESA and PIP) - news and updates 2023 (including government plans to scrap the work capability assessment)

    In the context of this being the Tory party, with much practical evidence of their ideological position. This being about payments by the state most essential to lower income and non independently wealthy for survival purposes, relating to disabled people, health and social security, this being...
  5. Ash

    Petition: S4ME 2023 - Cochrane: Withdraw the harmful 2019 Exercise therapy for CFS review

    An example of credulity. Or ordinary charity model conflict of interest, fearful of participation in public criticism of official bodies. Or a reluctance to publicly align with other advocacy groups in doing so.
  6. Ash

    UK: Disability benefits (UC, ESA and PIP) - news and updates 2023 (including government plans to scrap the work capability assessment)

    I understand every single disabled persons and medical condition charity needs to prioritise filling this consultation out. But do we know have ME charities already responded or said that they are in the process of doing so, like Action for ME or ME Association? Apologies if this is answered...
  7. Ash

    United Kingdom: ME Research UK (MERUK) News

    I feel in my body like this is happening.
  8. Ash

    Petition: S4ME 2023 - Cochrane: Withdraw the harmful 2019 Exercise therapy for CFS review

    Fantastic response! :party::party::party: Beautiful update :heart:
  9. Ash

    UK: Disability benefits (UC, ESA and PIP) - news and updates 2023 (including government plans to scrap the work capability assessment)

    I think it’s wonderful that B&W have done this work for charities. I think charities are obligated to work collectively in service of those who depend on them and it makes sense for them to follow the lead of the experts in this area of policy and law the specialists as B&W are. For smaller...
  10. Ash

    “Your Blood is Black”: My ME/CFS Experience with HELP Apheresis in Germany

    I had blood drawn recently. I’ve also been finger prick testing to check blood sugar as ME & LC leaving me sicker and sicker, thought worth checking for diabetes as some symptoms similar, doesn’t seem to be the case though. My blood looks a just little darker and thicker than it used to. Blood...
  11. Ash

    Cambridge ME protest calls for better medical training across UK

    How good were they?! On it. While standing up too. I want media training from these folks… :emoji_boom:
  12. Ash

    Cambridge ME protest calls for better medical training across UK

    A spokesperson from Cambridge's School of Clinical Medicine said it recognised it was a "very real condition" and took its teaching about it "very seriously". Indeed. That one’s on the medical school spokesperson, as well as the BBC reporter, indicating that the protest was required.
  13. Ash

    BMJ — Long covid: the doctors’ lives destroyed by an illness they caught while doing their jobs

    Soul crushing. I often think about how medicine is like the military. The hierarchy the harm to people outside and inside.
  14. Ash

    News from Cochrane

    Yeah! How to look like you’re doing something you’re not doing?
  15. Ash

    Review Epstein-Barr virus-acquired immunodeficiency in myalgic encephalomyelitis-Is it present in long COVID?, 2023, Ruiz-Pablos et al

    I can’t read the science as I’m in a crash. But my experience since COVID 2020 has been that my immune system can’t fully handle infections anymore and I get more infection symptoms when I have to use my steroid inhaler, which I do as asthma worse post COVID too. I’m an anecdote in agreement.
  16. Ash

    Petition: S4ME 2023 - Cochrane: Withdraw the harmful 2019 Exercise therapy for CFS review

    As I thought, way beyond the deadline for professional politeness in terms of a lack of response. They aught to be well past the first holding email and on to an issue based response. But they are not. A very public show of contempt, this lack of response. Or gross incompetence and...
  17. Ash

    Petition: S4ME 2023 - Cochrane: Withdraw the harmful 2019 Exercise therapy for CFS review

    How many days has it been since we sent the letter?
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