Sorry for not summarising!
Merged thread ‘It was like someone had drugged me’ — Kirsty Young on her life-altering illness - The Sunday Times Non paywall link below:...
I mean the reviewer can barely spell and sounds like a fool, so.
I’ve thought about this so often in the past. How many of us got a brief follow up to ask why we’d stopped going to the doctors? It seems like the...
I was personally seen at this clinic. It took 12+ months to get an appointment - once I did I had an assessment, and after the assessment it was a...
Want to emphasise here that I’m playing devil’s advocate here and don’t hold these views but....why *would* you want to enter the field? It’s a...
Sexism is structural and personal. One can take personal responsibility for harmful views while also acknowledging that it’s part of a wider...
Oof this is pretty terrible. I was going to pull out some quotes but I’m quite foggy of late. But yeah it’s not great. TC: “it’s defined by its...
I guess this’ll just strengthen the people who are always going on about Hyde being the only doctor who can diagnose “true’ ME by claiming he’s...
Ah no I meant capable. As in, people are rarely black and white. Someone I know and like may have been horrible to you, etc.
I always find this sort of thing interesting because I think it highlights how we as humans often have very one dimensional views of other people....
Well that’s very disappointing. If true, and generally I’m inclined to believe such accusations as a starting point, particularly if it’s more...
Interesting, long piece in the New Yorker Challenges to the legitimacy of the profession have forced it to examine itself, including the...
A paper in a peer-reviewed medical journal makes the suggestion that physicist Stephen Hawking’s disability, which famously confined him to a...
Just on the joint laxity thing, I’ve definitely felt like my joints are more lax since being ill. Often feels like the muscles aren’t strong...
Well I guess someone had to step up for the free Likes ;)
This is a hard post to write because there are no words that can do this justice. I can hardly believe it myself. My ME is in remission. For the...
I think making it about insufficient healthcare provision would work best for television, in my opinion. There are plenty of severe illnesses but...
I have had this for quite some time, initially worried about it but sadly, as with most of our symptoms, stopped because I had more pressing...
Propublica are an organisation in the US that focus quite heavily on data-driven / accountability-type journalism, and this project they’ve put...
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