@QualCheckBot If my friend had posted this would you question her and call her a liar? She could not stand without being physically lifted to her feet, so how was she supposed to walk? Once she sat down, it wasn't one leg, if you actually read my posts, it was both legs. She couldn't even straighten her right leg to stand on that one. She lost power in both legs. She's still unable to explain exactly how it felt because she's never had anything like it happen to her before. There was no injury to her leg to cause the issue, it started as she was walking along. She didn't trip or fall before it started. She is still unable to walk without dragging her left leg, but you've decided she's a liar. Firstly because you don't understand how university libraries operate, and secondly, once it had been explained to you how university libraries work, you've decided that, it can't be true because you can't make sense of it.
Wow, err OK. Firstly, I went to university abroad, outside the UK but in Europe, and the university library was always closed by 10pm at weekends, except in exam periods.
Secondly, I haven't decided anyone is a liar. I'm just a bit surprised that she was unable to get some form of transport to hospital and sat outside for 4 hours in the middle of the night instead of doing so. She clearly also has no friends or relatives nearby with a car (I'm sure this has been explained in great detail already...), sat outside the usual university security area, and so on. It couldn't be a more complex or difficult set of circumstances in an otherwise normal setting.
I was actually fairly sympathetic in my post but clearly I've hit a nerve...
My former flatmate used to do stuff like this. She would have some strange kind of injury, get stranded somewhere there were taxis but phone me or the rest of the flat to come and collect her. She would go to hospital, there would be absolutely nothing wrong with her. I have friends who are doctors who have so much time wasted with this sort of thing. It seems particularly to happen to stressed students doing exams and especially resits, who are likely to fail them and might need a doctor's note.
The thing is, when people make up stories, they tend to give far too much information, and then give even more strangely detailed information, followed by getting angry/defensive/aggressive when challenged.
So, yes, be as aggressive as you like, but there is something about this that is off. You are not telling me that your friend phoned 4 different taxi companies and kept saying the same thing about not being able to stand which then resulted in them telling her they couldn't pick her up...
No doubt, your next post will contain some really serious diagnosis of a serious problem, so I do wish your friend the best of luck in overcoming this.
We all know that the NHS isn't great sometimes and ambulance services were over-stretched, but this was a Saturday night and A&E will have inundated with people with serious injuries, many of them unable to walk due to drink.
I think I missed the bit where it must have been explained that no-one came out to keep her company resulting from the posting she did on FB for the 4 hours that she was sitting on the wall at the university campus.