ME sufferer ends her life

Chronically sick desperate woman with severe ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) commits suicide in a Swiss clinic due to lack of health care provision from ''free' socialised medical system for her disease.

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[MrJosephMarquez]

This makes me fucking sick. The health-care system has turned its back on one of the most pain-ridden and vulnerable patient groups, not to mention one of the largest. We call our selves, a society, a civiliisation; why don't we just admit we're a jungle, stop paying taxes and just give doctors a shot-gun each las if they were horse doctors. How can we do this to the ME community. How many more people are going to get ME and how many more people are going to take their own lives.

[thx1138mindlock]

@MrJosephMarquez Good points. Through a 'CFS' label the organic disease ME, will always be ignored. ME is erroneously refered to as 'CFS', or CFS/ME (fatigue syndromes). Before ME this neglect happened to persons with MS, Parkinson's disease, Diabetes, TB and Epilepsy. (All of these conditions can be fatal). The medical profession are not uniformally 'good' people although we believe they are usually from childhood influences. It is unfortunate we often realise this too late in life. Peace.

[CarolGeraci]

Very sad- but this is what millions are facing and dealing with everyday for years-

[PaulBeet]

Many ME people are able to lead healthy lives by structuring their lives around avoiding harmful types of mould (expert advice needed) - or by living close to tropical seas. The medical industry isn't interested because there's no profit for them. So, most ME people don't hear of their chance to have a healthy live and are suicide risks.

[PaulBeet]

Medical people know their actions put ME/CFS people at risk of suicide and most medical people don't care.

[sallywags1]

@wavell1313 I feel your pain and frustration. Its awful, im suffering this and dont know wha to do as iv lost everyone and everything to m.e.

[AdeleCorrenti]

@MrJosephMarquez Its just such a shame that she didnt try raw foods it helps me manage my ME i don't know what i would do if i couldn't have my high dose fruit

[AskErikaa]

Its sad, but "normal people" don't realize how terrible the illness is and it is kind of selfish to try to keep some alive/ in a tortured state for the rest of their lives. I'm just glad she is in a better place now, no one deserves that.

[plzsupportme]

This is heartbreaking :(

I've suffered with M.E since 2007 and know that many others also suffer. Seriously misunderstood condition

[wavell1313]

hi, i am surgeon and i have been suffering from this for the last 7-8 years. my parents are doctors, but could never understand what i was going through. i went to shrinks and internal meds all of them gave me diagnosis like depression, rheumatoid and things like that, but nothing worked; now i am really depressed. i took opioid to keep on going but got addicted so i left them. my wife is a doctor too but she also does not understand what i am going through, she labels me a hypochondriac/ junkie

[dawnten]

@thx1138mindlock Our medical professionals are not good people at all. They told me last week that my being sick in bed for the last year and half and that they refused to do the paperwork my disability asks for stating only that they are treating me (this was a gyne and secondary) was told NO and its not her problem when I was begging her in tears. Now I have no doctor and do not know if I have uterine cancer. I am too tired to get another. I have no help and wish for death.