ME/CFS
Severe → no benefit
ME/CFS after five spine surgeries, still lucky to get an hour of productive time a day
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Aug 2026
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
I didn’t end up with cfs until I started getting spine surgeries to fix some bad discs.
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
So 5 surgeries over 5 years and I’m lucky if I can get an hour of productive time each day.
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
Each surgery seemed to suck the life out of me more. So 5 surgeries over 5 years and I’m lucky if I can get an hour of productive time each day.
In context ↗ - Began after: injury or surgery
I didn’t end up with cfs until I started getting spine surgeries to fix some bad discs.
In context ↗
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
Crocus 43351 had general anxiety long before developing CFS, which they date to a series of spine surgeries to fix bad discs. Five operations over five years each seemed to suck the life out of them further, and they say they are now lucky to get an hour of productive time each day.
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What they tried
Also tried
spine surgeries· Worse
Their words about each treatment
- spine surgeries · Worse
Each surgery seemed to suck the life out of me more. So 5 surgeries over 5 years and I’m lucky if I can get an hour of productive time each day.
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Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| — | CFS began after starting spine surgeries for bad discsI didn’t end up with cfs until I started getting spine surgeries to fix some bad discs.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| — | five spine surgeries over five years left them with about an hour of productive time a dayEach surgery seemed to suck the life out of me more. So 5 surgeries over 5 years and I’m lucky if I can get an hour of productive time each day.In context ↗ | Moderate |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Anxiety & low mood
I had general anxiety long before cfs
In context ↗