Monday, November 29, 2010

Laura Hillebrand, author of Seabiscuit, sufferer of CFS speaks out.

"'You have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,' he said. He explained that it was one of the most frustrating illnesses he had encountered in his practice; presented with severely incapacitated patients, he could do very little to help them. He suspected that it was viral in origin, although he believed that the Epstein-Barr virus was not involved; early lab tests had liked the virus to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, but subsequent research had demonstrated that some patients had had no exposure to the virus. He could offer no treatment. Eventually, he said, some patients recovered on their own.
'Some don't?'
'Some don't.'
That night, for the first time since March, I didn't dream of being an athlete. I dreamed of being ill. In my dreams, I was never healthy again."
 
 - from A Sudden Illness - How My Life Changed, by Laura Hillenbrand
www.cfids-cab.org

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