So tonight I was out and about at a function and having a conversation with someone who I had previously thought of as intelligent and well informed.
He referred to ME as Yuppie Flu.
I was shocked. And angry. And disgusted.
I immediately called him on it and asked him never to call it that again. I explained the seriousness of the condition and the devastating effects it had had on me and my life and the shocking reality for the long term bedridden.
I left the event in my wheelchair some time later.
His ill informed flippancy from a position of good health has shocked me tonight. But he at least looked embarrassed when I challenged him and maybe he’ll think twice before he uses that language again.
I’m sick of our suffering being trivialised.
And I’m angry.
He referred to ME as Yuppie Flu.
I was shocked. And angry. And disgusted.
I immediately called him on it and asked him never to call it that again. I explained the seriousness of the condition and the devastating effects it had had on me and my life and the shocking reality for the long term bedridden.
I left the event in my wheelchair some time later.
His ill informed flippancy from a position of good health has shocked me tonight. But he at least looked embarrassed when I challenged him and maybe he’ll think twice before he uses that language again.
I’m sick of our suffering being trivialised.
And I’m angry.