What's the worst medical advice you've ever been given?

Mine ties between three.

"You should start eating everything you're allergic to and it will all work out in the end."
- An Internist

"You should quit being lazy and get a job, then you will stop being so tired and depressed." - A Rheumatologist (I have MECFS)

"Why would you bother to get an EDS diagnosis, there's nothing you can do about it if you have it?" - Yet another rheumatologist

I'm fucking tired and scared of specialist appointments these days.

#chronicIllness #mecfs #medicalTrauma

@RobotDiver Are there even good rheumatologists?? I just keep hearing the most awful experiences with them. Maybe the field just drains the empathy out of people πŸ˜• Sorry you had to deal with that.