I'm not sure if it's the BBC trying to show how the illness isn't taken seriously and is trivialising but that's exactlily how it looks but not so far in a condemnatory way. CFS is joked about not being thought of as real and an excuse for being lazy (yawn) , then the dr assures him he doesn't think that but in no way is the knowledge imparted to the patient that this is a serious often chronic, multi system disease which has to be carefully managed to reduce chance of disability, in fact the dr abbreviates it to chronic fatigue and recommends a sleep diary ( advice which is received cheerily?) , after the other dr seems to think telling an ill patient there's nothing showing up on tests is therefore good news. I sure hope things get portrayed a lot better and I'm not sure even if it is that it will achieve a possibly hoped for aim, as this is a drop In & out type program where some might just see Drs treating CFS like an unimportant joke and that's the take home message. 2017 folks.
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