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caroline_74621
caroline_74621

RULES FOR HAVING M.E SUCCESSFULLY

  • Do not consider having M.E. unless you have a downstairs toilet.
  • In order to have M.E. successfully you should acquire a cleaner, gardener, cook and a general handyman. If this is impossible, you should find a rich, devoted, non-talkative partner with few outside interests.
  • It is essential that you budget and plan for M.E. as you will require an answer-phone, tumble dryer, dishwasher and many other supposedly 'luxury' items.
  • It is advisable to get rid of dependent children (unless very helpful) and to ask elderly relatives not to have any major crises during the course of your illness.
  • Pets are a help, but they must be self expressing and quiet. Furriness is a comfort if you have no allergies.
  • All visitors should be advised to bring their own food (and some for YOU too). Overnight visitors should bring bed linen and take it home to wash.
  • Patients should buy a new dressing gown fit for public viewing.
  • Before embarking on this illness, the would-be patient should make a badge which says “Looks alright, feels awful" and a selection of explanatory leaflets giving details of the illness.
  • The latter should be carried and distributed on all possible occasions, to protect from any misunderstandings, ignorance and downright nastiness.
  • The person with M.E. (as the most restricted member of the household) should establish absolute authority over the TV remote control.
  • The person with M.E. should let it be known that his/her needs will change from day to day without notice, and family members who help inappropriately will get their heads bitten off.

    (With thanks to the Shropshire and Wrekin ME Support Newsletter)

    Reposted from MEAction Seniors Connect.

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  • lori93950
    lori93950 caroline_74621

    Posted

    gosh so true ... i wish i could laugh at it but i just managed a smirk. this illness is no laughing matter at all and has ruined many lives and if you live alone its doubly difficult .

  • philsey
    philsey caroline_74621

    Posted

    Irony, that peculiarly English form of wit: If you don't laugh you'd cry, so thanks. But you missed out:

    • Prior to undertaking this life-changing experience, the candidate should reckon to set aside between one and seven years of their life - up to twenty-five years for the really committed.

    P

  • CFS.Sarah
    CFS.Sarah caroline_74621

    Posted

    I just read this out to my husband as we sit in bed drinking the tea he bought us up.

    I may have snapped at him numerous times yesterday when I was asked how I felt for the 20th time 😂. He did laugh though and was very apologetic that we don't have a gardener, something he isn't that good at (gardening not apologising) 😁

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