Trapped in bed with chronic fatigue – sufferers call for better help
http://www.tewahanui.info/twn/index.php/trapped-in-bed-with-chronic-fatigue-sufferers-call-on-government-to-do-more/
"For nine years Wendy Mathews' chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) kept her in bed, unable to lift her head off the pillow and with green liquid coming out of her eyes.
All through this ordeal she says she only had at-home district nurse care for two weeks.
This experience has seen her and 5869 others call for the Government to better consider the needs of those with the condition by providing funding, treatment, respite care facilities for them, and education for both health professionals and the public.
They recently presented a petition to Parliament, asking the Government to do more for people like Mathews, who she says are unable to care for themselves and are also often mistrusted and don't receive the appropriate medical treatment.
Mathews is not alone. Around 20,000 New Zealanders have the condition also known as myalgic ecephalopathy (ME)."
http://www.tewahanui.info/twn/index.php/trapped-in-bed-with-chronic-fatigue-sufferers-call-on-government-to-do-more/
"For nine years Wendy Mathews' chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) kept her in bed, unable to lift her head off the pillow and with green liquid coming out of her eyes.
All through this ordeal she says she only had at-home district nurse care for two weeks.
This experience has seen her and 5869 others call for the Government to better consider the needs of those with the condition by providing funding, treatment, respite care facilities for them, and education for both health professionals and the public.
They recently presented a petition to Parliament, asking the Government to do more for people like Mathews, who she says are unable to care for themselves and are also often mistrusted and don't receive the appropriate medical treatment.
Mathews is not alone. Around 20,000 New Zealanders have the condition also known as myalgic ecephalopathy (ME)."
