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ME/CFS
Near-full
Severe Independent (blog, forum, news)
Post-exertional malaise near-full
ME/CFS · Severe · Ill 22 years · healthrising.org · Aug 2016
ME/CFS
Severe → near-fullIll for 22 years
Mostly Recovered From ME/CFS After 22 Years
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 22 years
- Published
- Aug 2016
Summary
Marilyn, once an avid cyclist and graduate student, developed ME/CFS suddenly in the early 1990s and worsened to nearly housebound. After more than 22 years she credits sleep medications and a stressful New Zealand trip that forced her to push through post-exertional malaise, framing her illness partly as an overactive stress response. She now walks two miles daily and calls herself much improved, while noting she still has lingering symptoms.