Robin Brown
Dr. K.N. Hng, also known as Robin Brown, is a British physician with ME/CFS. Dr. Hng authored the book, M.E. and Me: A Doctor's Struggle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, which chronicles her experience as a Gastroenterology trainee who developed ME/CFS. The book is also published under the name Doctor with M.E.: My journey with "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome".[1]
In addition to the book, Dr. Hng has produced many patient resources which she regularly posts on social media. These resources are continually updated, and many are also available in multiple languages.
Advocacy
NICE ME/CFS guideline submission
Dr Hng wrote a group submission to the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ME/CFS guideline consultation on December 2020. Signatories included Dr. Nina Muirhead, Dr. Nigel Speight, Dr. Jonathan Kerr, Prof. Malcolm Hooper, Dr. Sarah Myhill, Dr. Karl Morten, Natalie Boulton, and the MillionsMissing France patient group.[2]
Petition to NICE
Petition progress is chronicled online.
Resources
French Letter in Polish Italian
Free handout
- Protect yourself from forced treatments - for patients being forced to undergo Graded Exercise Therapy, or CBT to correct your "erroneous illness beliefs"
Ill Health Retirement Case Example
- Case Example
- Example symptoms list for ill health retirement, insurance or social security applications
Books
Available on Amazon. Translations are available in French, Polish and Czech
Dr. Hng's book is written with both the busy clinician and the brain fogged patient in mind. Her personal story is followed up with many educational resources. The book aims to serve as a starting point for clinicians learning about ME, and to provide a helpful way for patients to easily explain the problems caused by chronic fatigue syndrome to friends and family who do not understand.
Research studies
- 2018, Audit study: Doctors’ knowledge and understanding of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, United Kingdom[3]
Online presence
- Facebook profile (Robin Brown)
- Facebook group
- Dr. Hng's Facebook Page
See also
- M.E. and Me: A Doctor's Struggle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- National Health Service
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- NICE guidelines
- Graded exercise therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Severe and very severe ME
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hng, KN (2019). M.E. and Me: A Doctor's Struggle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (4 ed.). ISBN 1094624691.
- ↑ Brown, Robin (December 2020). "Dr. Hng Group Submission ME/CFS guideline".
- ↑ Hng, K.N. (November 2018), Doctors' knowledge and understanding of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, United Kingdom, retrieved March 1, 2021
