Words can be soothing, powerful and strong. Words can help ease pain and suffering. Words can explain the why’s of the world, ask questions of the world. Words can annoy, words can destroy, but ultimately, words can and do lead to changes within our world.

I began sending words to our department of health in 2015/2016 and when a new minister took over, I passed my mantle on to him as I directed my badgering words at him.

The letters were always the same. When will ME patients in Ireland be tr...