A Remarkable Recovery Story
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 5 years
- Published
- Dec 2012
Summary
Paul, unable to attend school and mostly couch-bound after a flu at 12 that became ME/CFS, saw energy rise within 4 days of moving to Costa Rica with his family, progressing from barely standing 10 minutes to hour-long beach walks and 120 daily sit-ups within about 5 weeks. He reported feeling "completely normal," planned to extend the stay to 4 months and attend university there, and noted a similar though less-documented improvement on an earlier trip to Thailand, another tropical/similar-latitude location.
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