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LifeBlood, by Gill Fyffe
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In 1983 Gill Fyffe, a highly educated professional woman, experiences a traumatic birth. A medical blunder results in severe blood loss, requiring transfusion. Aware of the spread of HIV, Gill is reluctant, but, with her life in danger, a plea from her husband changes her mind. Weeks later, Gill’s moods become irrational and she starts to experience blackouts. After falling asleep at the wheel she crashes her car, wrecking it. She suffers from constant fatigue. Many years later and she receives word from the authorities she may have contracted hepatitis C during the transfusion. Tests show she is infected and she loses her job. Treatment is prescribed and after several years on Interferon, she is pronounced cured. However, the so-called wonder-drug leaves Gill with crippling side-effects. Her short-term memory is permanently damaged, making her unfit for work, her eyes are now highly photosensitive, and her skin blisters in sunlight. Legal enquiries reveal that due to the delay in being told of her infection through contaminated US blood products, she is no longer able to sue for compensation. LifeBlood is the extraordinary, heart-breaking story of a woman’s treatment during one the UK’s biggest medical scandals. Despite huge physical challenges, Gill Fyffe has painstakingly recounted the shocking story in her own words, as she and others continue to fight for justice. As a major enquiry is due to report after many years of delays, Gill’s story is a timely and explosive reminder of the human cost of placing profit before ethics and the establishment’s unwillingness to compensate for its mistakes.
LifeBlood, by Gill Fyffe- Amazon Sales Rank: #7707350 in Books
- Published on: 2015-05-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x 1.00" w x 6.10" l, .90 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 320 pages
Review 'This is a story of medical incompetence, political malfeasance, financial hardship and real long-term horrible suffering. It is also one of the funniest, most buoyant, triumphant books I've read in ages - tragi-comedy at a very high level, delightful and admirable.' Sara Maitland, author of Three Times Table, Gossip Forest and A Book of Silence 'This is a tale of bad luck and its rippling effects, a portrait of a family stretched to its limits by uncertainty and lack of accountability. The misfortune itself is not unheard-of, yet Gill Fyffe's narrative approach is fresh and full of surprises: no heartwarming cliches of love triumphing in adversity, no crusading campaigns. The result is writing that rings bold and true.' Jennie Erdal author of Ghosting and The Missing Shade of Blue
About the Author Gill Fyffe read English at the University of St Andrews before teaching there and at and Fettes College, Edinburgh.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Written straight from the heart, with passion. By Lincs Reader Despite the horror of the situation that Gill Fyffe has found herself in the middle of, despite the injustice and the downright lies that she has suffered from, I found myself captivated by this book.Yes, I wanted to shout and scream on her behalf. I dearly wanted her to be able to expose the terrible cover-ups that went on at Government level, I wanted her and her family to be compensated for the years of hardship they had endured. I wanted her to be angry and fierce, and she is. She's very very angry, and determined and absolutely fearless about dealing with the establishment.I remember the 80s, when stories of AIDS and HIV dominated the media. The rumours, the misinformation, the total nonsense that we believed. Gill Fyffe gave birth to her daughter in 1988, slap bang in the middle of all of this. The birth was not easy, Gill lost a great deal of blood and needed a transfusion. Despite her protests, her worries about infection, her belief in the AIDS story, she was persuaded by the medics that it was safe.That day was not only the first day of her daughter's life, it was also the day that would change Gill and her husband for ever. Gill never really felt well again after her daughter was born, and it was seven years later that she learnt that yes, she was infected, but she was not HIV positive. Gill had Hepatitis C and it was going to destroy her liver, it was incurable.LifeBlood is Gill's story of her battle that has raged for years and years. Her battle to expose the official cover-up about infected blood. Gill battled them all. She lost her job, the medication that was supposed to help her only made things worse, she and her husband had no money, they sold everything, they left their home, they fought on and on.Gill tells her story in a forthright and honest manner. She doesn't ask for sympathy, she is blunt. She despairs, she asks 'why me?', she rages at the unfairness and through it all she brings up her children and creates a loving family unit.Gill is often very funny. I don't think we are supposed to find a woman who cannot tolerate any light, who has to smother her face in thick emollient cream and cover her head funny at all, but Gill's writing does evoke laughter.Gill is not the only person to have been treated in this way. Thousands of people were involved, many died.LifeBlood is a fascinating insight into how difficult it can be to fight against the establishment. How the ordinary person can be reduced to just a number. It is also a story of humanity and bravery and hope and determination. Written straight from the heart, with passion.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Brilliant book!! By Harriet Brilliant family story, it made me angry,sad,happy and laugh!! Struggled to put it down until I got to the end..and a brilliant end it was :)
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