New York Times: Articles about medical gaslighting

Can't get past paywall.
Me neither. But I could read the comment.
Comment re MECFS and New Zealand.
comment said:
I went on a one-month trip to New Zealand in March 2020. When they shut the borders because of Covid, I ended up staying there for 5 months. When I went to see doctors during that time, I was struck by the difference in experience from the norm in the US. The doctors would spend as long as necessary, document everything I had to say, and seemed to genuinely seek to understand and help me. As someone who came down with ME/CFS 35 years ago—a medical condition famously ignored here, it was eye-opening and refreshing after being dismissed repeatedly all these years. Now, because of the huge numbers of Long Covid cases, ME/CFS may finally get some much-needed attention and credence….but I am not holding my breath.
The commenter must have struck it lucky and found some of the few understanding doctors, which do exist. Sadly, as in the rest of the world, such doctors are not the norm in NZ either.
 
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