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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

niyad

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3. A very dear friend was one of the first officiallly diagnosed with ME/CFS

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 28, 2023, 11:35 PM

Jul 2023

(she lived in Incline Village), so I have been familiar with this for many years. I always remember the story arc in "The Golden Girls", and Dorothy's struggle to find a doctor who would take her seriously.

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'Fatigue Can Shatter A Person"/ The Atlantic [View all] sprinkleeninow Jul 2023 OP

Thank you for posting this important information. niyad Jul 2023 #1

Many of us are living it. sprinkleeninow Jul 2023 #2

A very dear friend was one of the first officiallly diagnosed with ME/CFS niyad Jul 2023 #3

I tested positive for Epstein-Barr around 1986-87. sprinkleeninow Jul 2023 #4

I have never felt the same samplegirl Jul 2023 #5

I hear you. Even if I did have a mild case, actually asymptomatic, end of '21, sprinkleeninow Jul 2023 #8

Diagnosed with ME/CFS in 1970. Duppers Jul 2023 #6

An apt description. Hellacious. sprinkleeninow Jul 2023 #7