Countrygirl
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@Countrygirl that's a shot of reality, isn't it?
The ME specialist I saw advised me to do nothing when I started feeling better again, but never explained WHY, so I left his office thinking now he's gone off the deep end
I didn't realise just how realistic it was though at the time. I was put in a room with one other occupant who had ME and she was given strict instructions not to let me stray into the next room as the doctor did not want me to be shocked. I soon found out why when I was asked by a nurse to leave my bed and sit with the poor girl next door so she could leave her. That was a rude awakening and an introduction to the world of very severe ME. The poor young woman was in a coma and not expected to live and was hooked up to life-support systems. I was given instructions to ring the emergency bell if there was any change. I never heard whether she survived as I ran out of funds and had to leave. It was quite a shock to learn just how serious this illness is.