Category Archives: CFS

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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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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