No 'miracle' involved in 'cure' because lady did not suffer from ME (2)

Well, I am astounded by the Weekender article. First, I would like to say that I am delighted to hear that Judith Ann Norton is so fit and well now.

I have a feeling that Ms Norton's doctors are saying that her return to good health is a "miracle" because they know full well that there has been a chain of misdiagnoses. I think Ms Norton has decided that gardening has assisted her recovery because she believes them.

It is hardly likely that gardening is going to cure two neurological conditions in one fell swoop. What a wonderful and miraculous cure it would be... for any illness going! It is almost like a dose of al fresco combined Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Graded Exercise Therapy aimed at helping people with psychological illness to rid themselves of "abnormal illness beliefs".

Exercise is obviously important after a stroke so I can see that Ms Norton's recent active lifestyle would be a positive thing for this.

My guess is that the Parkinsons Disease and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis diagnoses were completely inaccurate.

People are forever discovering that their ME diagnosis was a mistake; they find out that they really have things like celiac disease, MS, hypothyroidism, B12 deficiency, inflammatory bowel disease and many other medical conditions.

ME is a pretty awful condition to have. So is Parkinsons Disease. Neither of them is going to disappear as the result of will power and horticultural activity.