The star of the
GETSET guide is ‘Julie’, a (presumably) fictitious patient who valiantly adjusts her activity diary to ‘stabilise’ her schedule so that she is doing a similar amount of activity every day. Julie has already become a favourite with online patients who are impressed with her remarkable level of activity for someone with CFS/ME. She now has her own Twitter account and according to her profile picture wears a Wonder Woman suit.
This is scarcely surprising, as before commencing therapy she was working five days a week, walking to work and back two or three times a week, attending a weekly yoga class, and going out with friends on Thursday and Saturday evenings. In spite of all of which, she sought medical help for CFS/ME.
I suppose we have to assume she is a typical patient of Prof White’s. Why, after all, would he choose to use a diary from an
untypical patient? So once again we are left wondering what illness we are dealing with here?