1. Guest, the 'News in Brief' post for w/c 11th Feb is here.
    Dismiss Notice

Daily Mail/AfME: What can you do if you have chronic fatigue?

Discussion in 'General ME/CFS News' started by Cheshire, Nov 16, 2017.

Tags:
  1. Cheshire

    Cheshire Moderator Staff Member

    Messages:
    1,162
    Likes Received:
    10,036
    No date on the page, but it seems recent.
    CF in the title.
    The advices are AfME's, not completely BS, but not satisfactory either:
    Did the journalist misunderstood?

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-32503/What-you-chronic-fatigue.html
     
    Cheshire, Nov 16, 2017
    #1
    Scarecrow, Skycloud, Luther Blissett and 5 others like this.
  2. ukxmrv

    ukxmrv Senior Member (Voting Rights)

    Messages:
    411
    Likes Received:
    2,792
    https://www.rethink.org/media-centr...f-external-affairs-for-rethink-mental-illness

    (from 2014 so a clue as to age of article maybe?)

    "Dow has over two decades of experience of working in the media and with charities. After leaving university, he became a radio journalist, working in both the commercial sector and the BBC before moving into the third sector. He has acted as Head of Campaigns for the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (now called Action on Hearing Loss), and has also worked as Campaigns and Press Manager for Action for M.E and INDICT respectively. Prior to his role at the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health, Dow was Deputy Director of Communications at the School Food Trust, following Jamie Oliver’s high profile school dinners campaign"
     
    ukxmrv, Nov 16, 2017
    #2
    Skycloud, Cheshire, Luther Blissett and 2 others like this.
  3. TiredSam

    TiredSam Moderator Staff Member

    Messages:
    5,007
    Likes Received:
    23,972
    Talking complete rubbish by the second sentence. Working towards recovery will make you crash and could cause a permanent decline. Work towards defining your limits and staying within them would be much better advice. If you're lucky a little recovery might follow, but don't count on it.
     
    TiredSam, Nov 16, 2017
    #3
    MEMarge, Indigophoton, EzzieD and 14 others like this.
  4. Esther12

    Esther12 Senior Member (Voting Rights)

    Messages:
    2,612
    Likes Received:
    21,911
    I've seen so many different sorts of people complain about the 'corporate' charity types who seem to have come to dominate UK charities over the last two decades.
     
    Esther12, Nov 17, 2017
    #4
    Little Bluestem, Solstice, Chezboo and 4 others like this.
  5. Luther Blissett

    Luther Blissett Senior Member (Voting Rights)

    Messages:
    1,672
    Likes Received:
    12,772
    Has been updated. (Not really it's satire)

    Screenshot-2017-11-17 What can you do if you have chronic fatigue?.png
     
    Luther Blissett, Nov 17, 2017
    #5
    Greebo, MEMarge, Skycloud and 12 others like this.
  6. Little Bluestem

    Little Bluestem Senior Member (Voting Rights)

    Messages:
    1,038
    Likes Received:
    6,151
    Excellent update. The Notorious Tired Sam really knows what he is talking about. :D
     
    Last edited: Nov 19, 2017
    Little Bluestem, Nov 18, 2017
    #6
    Wonko, chrisb, TiredSam and 1 other person like this.
  7. TiredSam

    TiredSam Moderator Staff Member

    Messages:
    5,007
    Likes Received:
    23,972
    At last somebody is listening.
     
    TiredSam, Nov 18, 2017
    #7
    Binkie4, Trish, Wonko and 2 others like this.
  8. Scarecrow

    Scarecrow Senior Member (Voting Rights)

    Messages:
    329
    Likes Received:
    1,572
    Location:
    Scotland
    It's from 21 March 2001!
     
    Scarecrow, Nov 18, 2017
    #8
    Esther12, Wonko, TiredSam and 1 other person like this.
  9. Cheshire

    Cheshire Moderator Staff Member

    Messages:
    1,162
    Likes Received:
    10,036
    Wow! Where did you see the date? It appeared in a google search on recent occurences...o_O
     
    Cheshire, Nov 18, 2017
    #9
    Wonko, TiredSam and Luther Blissett like this.
  10. Scarecrow

    Scarecrow Senior Member (Voting Rights)

    Messages:
    329
    Likes Received:
    1,572
    Location:
    Scotland
    It's in small type just under the headline. (I'm using my phone.)
     
    Scarecrow, Nov 18, 2017
    #10
    Esther12 likes this.
  11. Cheshire

    Cheshire Moderator Staff Member

    Messages:
    1,162
    Likes Received:
    10,036
    No date with my laptop...
     
    Cheshire, Nov 18, 2017
    #11
    Luther Blissett and Scarecrow like this.
  12. Scarecrow

    Scarecrow Senior Member (Voting Rights)

    Messages:
    329
    Likes Received:
    1,572
    Location:
    Scotland
    I've switched to my laptop, too, and now I can't see the date either.
     
    Scarecrow, Nov 18, 2017
    #12
    Esther12, Luther Blissett and Cheshire like this.
  13. Esther12

    Esther12 Senior Member (Voting Rights)

    Messages:
    2,612
    Likes Received:
    21,911
    I think that the Daily Mail might do this intentionally so that their stories do re-appear for people searching for 'recent' web-pages.
     
    Esther12, Nov 18, 2017
    #13
    Luther Blissett, Scarecrow and Cheshire like this.
  14. Sly Saint

    Sly Saint Senior Member (Voting Rights)

    Messages:
    2,442
    Likes Received:
    20,317
    I think a possible way of spotting these repeats is the :
    "0 Comments" and
    "We are no longer accepting comments on this article"
     
    Sly Saint, Nov 18, 2017
    #14
    Little Bluestem, Luther Blissett, Wonko and 1 other person like this.

Share This Page