Testimonies: Living with chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome

by Olivia Cassio

One common response from a well person to a person with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is: "But you don't LOOK sick!" Yes, it's true. There are many people who STILL don't "believe in" CFS (also called Chronic Fatigue...read more

by David Greenshields

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Can your Symptoms be part of the solution? Life is a constant struggle for people living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Fibromyalgia (FMS) conditions affecting an estimated 3 % of th...read more

by Emma Riley Sutton

I have fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. Yes, they do exist and they are real. And, today, they are giving me a run for my money. Yesterday was a bad day, but today...today is starting out worse and I already I ...read more

by Sara Green

Chronic Fatigue syndrome What is it? Well i should have thought that to be a bit obvious from the name, but you may know it as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). Its a debilitating condition that affects many people. It te...read more

by Nicole Clark

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Managing Life around Exhaustion What it's like to be a student with CFS Imagine actually getting eight hours of sleeping a night, but still waking up like you pulled an all-nighter. Imagine no...read more

by Liberalady

Lupus is very difficult to diagnose, it presents as several different immune disorders so it often proves very elusive. Following you will find a list of symptoms along with explanations to help you decide if this could...read more

by Sue Klaus

How To Kill A Sick Friend Sometimes having a sick friend is such a drag. They always need something. Sometimes they're weepy, and they complain all the time. But there are ways to get rid of this nuisance once and for a...read more

by Gwynn Alcorn

How I Beat Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue There is an old proverb that says, "Where there are no oxen, the stable is clean." Well, let me tell you - there is not one fibromyalgia sufferer who does not have a lot of o...read more

by Jalena Randall

I'm a 24 year old female, and I have just found out about 6 months ago that I have Lupus. Lupus is an autoimmune disorder. It all started about 4 years ago when I started having headaches, odd sharp pains, colds that would...read more

by Catherine Henry

My testimony living with chronic fatigue and Immune Dysfunction syndrome. Before acquiring the illness most patients were healthy, leading full and active lifestyles: I worked sixteen years for the state in which I liv...read more

by Zona

I can tell you a bit about living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. You see, I've had CFS for over 27 years now. It was nine years before I had a diagnosis for CFS, and at that time it was still called CEBV. Those first ...read more

by Araceli Vasquez

Living with the Wear wolf. What is that? I didn't know when I was told that one day in the office of my primary doctor. He had been monitoring me for months. It had been months since I had had weird symptoms. All of a ...read more

by Cheryl Pelham

Having buried my Mother a little over a year ago, I felt it time to try to put behind me all the memories of pain I felt for her and the care I tried so meticulously to give her. Eight months later, I was faced with a life...read more

by Fibro Viv

CFIDS/FMS doesn't just impact the life of the people who have the illness. It affects everyone who cares for them. I know from my own experience that this illness affects your family, friends and lifestyle. You have to ...read more