Lady Mar -Really NICE

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From: Gurli Bagnall

Countess of Mar

CONSPIRACIES AND BETRAYAL:

Is NICE really nice?

Gurli Bagnall

*....Not another conspiracy theory? The cry will go

up as this book hits the shops. It will be heard

especially from the smart commentators and senior

politicians, who will exude an air of experienced

superiority over the nave and gullible who dare to

give the time of day to anything the politicos

sneeringly call a conspiracy theory. It is the new

insult from the established classes....*

Opening paragraph of the Preface in:

The Strange Death of

by Norman Baker MP

Norman Baker is a brave man.

He dared to blow the whistle.

During the last decades the behaviour of which he

speaks, has become increasingly prominent. We see

it in nearly every aspect of society as the

powerful flex their muscles and serve themselves

before serving those who elected them to office.

The above quote came to mind as I read the extract

from the letter to from the Countess of

Mar. God alone knows, as sufferers of ME, we are on

the sharp end of the stick when it comes to such

accusations.

The Countess of Mars switch in allegiance seemed

incongruous and before making any comment, I

made it my business to seek information from other

sources. I was assured that everything I had read

was true.

From seemingly every quarter in the UK, the sense of

confusion and despair comes through loud and clear.

Lost to us, is the person of integrity and intelligence

we believed the Countess of Mar to be. As a friend,

she spent years fighting fearlessly in our corner with

an understanding of the issues from a personal

perspective and from her investigation into

behind-the-scenes shenanigans.

The Countess of Mars actions leave a bitter taste.

Where her energies had once been spent

championing the human rights of ME sufferers, those

energies are now devoted to the cause of those she

once reviled and those who have set themselves on

a course with the destruction of ME victims in mind.

As to her motives, we can but surmise. That which

we can be certain about, it that this is no theory. It

may well be a conspiracy; it is certainly a betrayal -

a betrayal that will doubtless add to the many

hardships the ME community already live with.

Now more than ever, we need to remember a number

of things.

Never underestimate your own intelligence and

common sense. Remember the iatrogenic statistics

as far as they are known, and do not accept

explanations of being mentally disturbed. Such

diagnoses are not made for your benefit, they are

made for the benefit of the so-called diagnostician.

The Countess rightly points out that CBT and GET

are the only universal treatments officially on offer;

the implication being that we should therefore

accept them. If you were told that the universal

menu for the evening meal was a delicious bowl of

DDT, would you eat it?

Within living memory, the universal treatment for

asthma and even epileptic seizures, was a smart

smack in the face usually delivered by the (old

school) battle-axe of a hospital sister or matron.

Very recently, an attempt was made to bury the

discovery that peptic ulcers are mainly the result of

a treatable infection. Universal treatments were far

more profitable, but they resulted in a great deal of

damage. Years on a bland diet and antacids

destroyed the digestive system; sheer neglect

resulted in perforations, internal haemorrhages,

unnecessary surgery and sometimes, death. As for

CBT-.those demeaning lectures on an inadequate

personality?..

Can the medical profession be trusted to get it right;

to behave ethically; to treat you with the respect

you deserve, to do no harm etc etc.. (The only

statistics available are hospital records and they

alone show that one third of diseases, disabilities

and deaths occur as a result of preventable medical

error.)

Remember the wording used in the recruitment of

therapists to administer CBT/GET at the CFS/ME

clinics around the UK, and know that the main

(figurative) requirement was a stout pair of

jack-boots.

Conspiracy theory? The denials, rejections and

silences surrounding the results of genuine research

into the physical causes and effects of ME, are not

theories. They are fact and without doubt,

conspiracies.

How can the Countess justify her actions?

Gurli Bagnall

Patients Rights Campaigner

22 November, 2008