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The Bromsgrove Standard reports that “the chairman of the Worcestershire ME Support Group Ian Logan has called for more funding for research into the debilitating illness.”
“It comes just days after the inquest into the death of Bromsgrove ME sufferer Nicola McNougher who travelled to Switzerland to take her own life, using the country’s legal ‘assisted suicide’ system, after the condition got too much for her.
She has now left her body tissue to the ME Association so research can be carried out into the illness, what causes it and, maybe, find a cure.”
September 18, 2008 at 2:01 pm
How terrible that Nichola felt the so hopeless after years of with this terrible illness that she committed suicide. May her children find some consolation that she is no longer suffering so dreadfully.
Her death should be on the conscience of every psychiatrist or other medical professional who has ever denigrated the serious neurological illness M.E. as being ‘all in the mind’, especially those fat cats who have taken all research and treatment funding for their ridiculous and harmful graded exercise and cognitive behaviour ‘therapies’, leaving nothing for biomedical research and treatment.
How many more must face the choice of living their lives in pain, illness and despair or taking their own lives whilst our physical illness is used as a milch cow by the psychiatric profession?
May she rest in peace after so much suffering.
December 6, 2008 at 1:48 am
The Wesselyian school of thought, for all they have said and written over the last two decades, have never really explained in reasonable terms why they deny the existence of ME. No apology from them would ever be adequate. Someday they will be seen for what they are – dishonourable charlatans.
Deepest sympathy to Nicola’s family and friends.
December 11, 2008 at 9:08 pm
[...] in reasonable terms why they deny the existence of ME. No apology from them would ever be adequate. Someday they will be seen for what they are – dishonourable charlatans. Deepest sympathy to Nicola’s family and [...]