about time i posted this...

[rootofnewt]

elle is being inundated with letters and email this week...

why?

well, they published a rather nasty story

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<i>elle</i> is being inundated with letters and email this week...

why?

well, they published a rather nasty <a href="http://www.elle.com/inthemag/articles/August/thin_successful.asp" target=_new>story<M/a> about "all in your head" illnesses, a rather prickly subject for me. Nicholas Regush made this his <a href="http://www.elle.com/inthemag/articles/August/thin_successful.asp">scream</a> of the week. i like his diagnosis of IWP.

now, we all know that elle isn't exactly a purveyor of prime research. which is exactly WHY i don't feel elle should publish this kind of tripe... the whole dismissive tone toward illnesses which are still misunderstood really peeves me.

the fact that it's difficult to find a physical "cause" of for my fibro/cfids symptoms doesn't mean the problem is all in my head. it means we need to do more RESEARCH into these disorders and their pathologies.

i know <a href="http://www.co-cure.com/" target=_new>co-cure</a> is mounting a writing campaign. if anyone wants addresses, let me know.

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[lupa.livejournal.com]

graaagh ... you know, i'd love for just ONE MINUTE to go see some of the doctors who fed her "shared doctor-patient fantasy." when my breathing was crippling my social life i got "it's just stress" or "it's just anxiety" so many times i was about ready to scream.