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Jessika Rönn suffers from the disease MS, myalgic encephalomyelitis, where activity can make symptoms worse.
Now, the Swedish Social Security Agency believes it should start working again, even though it risks getting worse.
– I just screamed. I just can’t, says Jessika Rönn.
When Jessika Rönn was pregnant with her youngest child in 2011, she suffered from pregnancy poisoning. After that, he felt like he never got really good. In the winter of 2013, he suffered from severe pneumonia. Then the body struck back. My stomach ached, my body ached and my fatigue did not go away.
– I was completely gone and only got worse. After the slightest activity, I had to rest, says Jessika Rönn.
Jessika worked as a telemarketer for a credit company. She enjoyed and was a recognized good salesperson. But when he went back to work, it was no longer possible.
– I didn’t sell anything. The managers said “we know it can be done, but there is something stopping it,” says Jessika Rönn.
Photo: KRISTER HANSSON
Jessika Rönn suffers from MS disease, myalgic encephalomyelitis, where activity can worsen symptoms. Now the Swedish Social Security Agency thinks he should go back to work.
“The health center thought it was mental”
In 2016, Jessika was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. However, her condition worsened, she felt like she had the flu, and after googling, she realized that it could be the MS disease, myalgic encephalomyelitis. When she mentioned this to the doctor at her health center, he must have rejected her fears.
– The health center thought it was mental. A doctor said that “you should not get sick more is what you are”.
But Jessika applied to a private clinic in Gothenburg that specializes in diagnosing MS and fibromyalgia. After an investigation there, he was diagnosed with MS with the symptom PME, post-exertional discomfort, which means effortless activation.
“Feeling extremely offended”
According to Läkartidningen, research shows that people with PME have a reduced cellular capacity to produce energy. For Jessika, illness means constant pain and fatigue. He only manages to get out of bed for short periods and has an electric elevator to take the stairs to his house.
– I lie in bed about 22 hours a day. I’ve been trying to get started. The goal was to walk around the house every day. But I did not make it.
Now the Swedish Social Security Agency, according to Jessika, has decided that she can no longer be on sick leave. She enters work life.
– I feel extremely offended – because I can’t. I cannot sit in front of a computer and concentrate.
Photo: KRISTER HANSSON
Jessika only manages to get out of bed for short periods and has an electric elevator to take the stairs to her house.
Jessika explains that every activity makes her worse. You have pain, dizziness, fainting spells, stomach problems, and trouble sleeping. A deterioration that can last days or weeks and sometimes becomes permanent.
As an example, highlight what the effect of participating in this interview will be.
– I’ll be knocked out for two weeks after this. I will be incredibly exhausted while I can’t sleep. There will be palpitations, malaise, stomach drip, sore throat, dizziness, and a feeling of fever.
“The doctor scolded me”
Jessika says that she is now registered with the Centrumkliniken health center in Trelleborg. Initially, she felt welcomed there. But when the sick leave was to be extended this summer, it stopped. Then Jessica’s regular doctor had stopped by and she had to meet a new one.
– She was very rude and scolded me because I had been on sick leave for three years and that it is my responsibility to do something about it, says Jessika.
Photo: KRISTER HANSSON
Jessika Rönn (right) along with Aftonbladet reporter Susanna Nygren.
Then it is said that the doctor said that he would extend the sick leave until December 31, but that then there will be no more. After that, the Swedish Social Security Agency began to get in touch. They asked the health center for supplements and then an administrator called.
– The other day, the Swedish Social Insurance Agency called and said they would start work, says Jessika Rönn.
I don’t want to comment
Aftonbladet has read documents from Jessica’s health center. He says he was diagnosed with MS, myalgic encephalomyelitis, on November 22, 2017.
Vårdcentralen Centrumkliniken does not want to comment on how Jessika was treated. Operations manager Susann Anderberg responds in an email:
“We do not comment on individual patient cases, but those who are dissatisfied with care can always contact the Patient Board. I am more than happy to treat the patient there. ”
Aftonbladet has read documents that the Swedish Social Insurance Agency has prepared about Jessika. A letter dated January 27 says that “The medical information in the case does not prove that the ability to work has been reduced by at least a quarter due to illness.” A criterion for the granting of sickness benefit. When we approached the authority, we did not get an answer on why they want to withdraw the sickness benefit, despite a power of attorney from Jessika to hear her case.
– Unfortunately, we cannot comment. When a decision has not been made, we cannot comment. We expect a decision in mid-February, says Jonatan Ohlin.
Aftonbladet has also sought an operations manager at the Sveakliniken health center.
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