Bit of a rant. How, in 2018, is it still possible that so many people have never even heard of M.E. let alone know what it is? I've just come back from an appointment at my local hospital, and while there I needed to ask for a porter to take me from reception to the appointment room in a wheelchair (and back again). All of the staff I spoke to asked me what was wrong with me.
The receptionist who organised the wheelchair for me had never heard of M.E.
The first porter had never heard of M.E.
The second porter had never heard of M.E.
The clinician I had the appointment with had never heard of M.E.
These are people who literally spend their working life in a hospital talking to patients. It honestly blows my mind that not one of them had heard of the illness that made me need the wheelchair.
Is it really that rare? What's the deal here?
The receptionist who organised the wheelchair for me had never heard of M.E.
The first porter had never heard of M.E.
The second porter had never heard of M.E.
The clinician I had the appointment with had never heard of M.E.
These are people who literally spend their working life in a hospital talking to patients. It honestly blows my mind that not one of them had heard of the illness that made me need the wheelchair.
Is it really that rare? What's the deal here?
