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Category Archives: CFS
I Remember Me
Great documentary! During my 17-year struggle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), I’ve often felt as U.S. women’s soccer player Michelle Akers says in this movie — that she died on the day she got sick. This is a superb documentary … Continue reading
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How She Recovered From CFS
Gina Scott writes: How my health improved is a very long story over 13 years involving an expert physician and a lot of different treatments that addressed the multi-system breakdown that is typical of CFS. CFS recovery periods (if a … Continue reading
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Jewish vs Christian Generosity
I first heard about the “medical intuitive” in 1989 when I was struggling with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I finally met one last Rosh Hashanah at Schwartzie’s Chai Center service. She directed me to DragonHerbs.com and I’ve been vibrating ever since. … Continue reading
How The Alexander Technique Can Help With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
In February 1988, I came down with what felt like a bad case of the flu. It was like my mono attack from two years previous. Only this time it did not go away. Within 15 months, I had to … Continue reading
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No More CFS?
I could be wrong. I could be humiliated any day now with a crushing relapse. I’ve had these experiences before where I thought my CFS was no more and then I just got crushed for weeks on end. Despite this, … Continue reading
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Tagged cpap machine, good sleep, harvard medical school, oxygen deprivation, sleep apnea, sleep hygiene
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A Painful Life Lesson From Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Assignment: Write about a big lesson you’ve learned in life. Give the person you became an Indian name and give the lesson an Indian name. Person I became: Broken Arrow Lesson: Trying Too Hard I fear that I did something … Continue reading
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I Don’t Need Your Contempt
I find few things as distancing as receiving contempt. As a guy, I hate to acknowledge a lack of competence in my man tasks, but since February 1988, I’ve been hamstrung by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and therefore been unable to … Continue reading
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The Day My Doctor Died
My family has been lucky enough to have been adopted many times over our lives. It was 1977 that I first remember hearing the name “Zane Kime.” He was a medical doctor in California who was researching the danger of … Continue reading
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Denying Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Hillary Johnson writes in the New York Times: The illness became famous after an outbreak in 1984 around Lake Tahoe, in Nevada. Several hundred patients developed flu-like symptoms like fever, sore throat and headaches that led to neurological problems, including … Continue reading
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Tagged centers for disease control and prevention, chronic fatigue syndrome, emerging infectious diseases, hillary johnson, human herpesvirus, public panic
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A Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Relapse
My CFS makes the outside world a frequently scary place because I am just not strong enough, much of the time, to tackle it. Despite all my yoga and Alexander Technique and healthy eating and meditation and therapy, I’ve been … Continue reading
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