I don't think I managed to hear all of the piece on CFS but what I heard I thought was OK in terms of informing the general public. I thought the Dr was very sympathetic and while it's not true that drs now all believe in ME/CFS I thought it was no harm for a Dr on the national airwaves to make it sound like they did and should do. It'll hopefully mean that the general public who don't know anything about ME might be more sympathetic when they meet patients. I don't think it will have done harm. That's my two cents anyway.
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5 June - Jeremy Vine BBC R2 - chronic fatigue.....CFS
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No I don't either. On the contrary, because of their initial mix-up about what they wanted to discuss it ended up being more about ME/CFS than anything forcing the issue to be aired on prime time national BBC Radio even though it was only for 20 minutes.
Simon Wessely and the SMC must be fuming
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Yesterday there was a JV phone in show including Lyme disease; not available at the moment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06bgjwp
Someone texted in that a lot of people with Lyme are misdiagnosed with ME.
Marked difference in sympathy/ seriousness levels compared to when ME/CFS was 'discussed'.
Eg one caller had been ill for 6 years. JV said something along the lines of 'Six years of being so ill that's awful'.........
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06bgjwp
Someone texted in that a lot of people with Lyme are misdiagnosed with ME.
Marked difference in sympathy/ seriousness levels compared to when ME/CFS was 'discussed'.
Eg one caller had been ill for 6 years. JV said something along the lines of 'Six years of being so ill that's awful'.........