Sly Saint
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This thread is for social media and general media items about people in the United Kingdom with both ME/CFS and severe problems in achieving adequate nutrition. Please avoid speculating about the health or other personal aspects of people mentioned.
There is general discussion about severe problems with achieving adequate nutrition here: Severe difficulties with eating in ME/CFS. That thread is also a good place to post about any personal experience of tube feeding and other methods of medical assistance for feeding that you have had.
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There is general discussion about severe problems with achieving adequate nutrition here: Severe difficulties with eating in ME/CFS. That thread is also a good place to post about any personal experience of tube feeding and other methods of medical assistance for feeding that you have had.
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https://www.meaction.net/2023/02/22/starvinginnhshospital/It shouldn’t be possible to die of starvation in an NHS hospital, but that is exactly what will happen without immediate intervention for a woman in the UK who is at this moment fighting for her life in an NHS Hospital. Multiple failures by the medical system have brought her to this point.
Sami Berry is no stranger to illness or hospitals. Her initial experience came as an employee of the NHS and then as a patient living with multiple debilitating illnesses including epilepsy, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), and severe myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).
Sami went into hospital last November because she could not keep any food down due to a worsening of her EDS and ME. She is vomiting repeatedly. Her body is not allowing feeds through the tube placed in her abdomen. Her blood sugar levels are dangerously low. She has lost a tremendous amount of weight. It has been almost 40 days since she had any true nutrition.
Sami is very concerned she is going into intestinal failure and is at immediate risk of joining those with severe ME and complex chronic illness who have died under the negligence of the NHS. Maeve Boothby O’Neill, Merryn Crofts, and Sophia Mirza are three recent examples.
Sami desperately needs immediate intervention from a specialist who understands her complex chronic conditions. She cannot continue as she is and she is not getting the help she needs now. She has always been an amazing advocate for herself and others. We cannot allow her to die when it is preventable with the right help. Sami is so full of life and is an amazing mom to three children. She is one of the most positive and kind people you will meet.
As of Wednesday the 8th of February following a Care Team meeting, Sami has no confidence that she will receive even the minimum of care she needs to stay alive, much less have a quality of life. While Sami has finally been given a tertiary to an expert, it is not scheduled until March 8th and will be done through private pay. Her past experience with her hospital care and what she has been told by her present consultant have made her extremely concerned that the specialist’s advice will not necessarily be taken on board and immediately implemented. She is running out of time.
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