It's hard to find a lot of happy endings when it comes to chronic fatigue syndrome. You can find a lot of people who have been sick for years with little or no relief from treatments, but not so many who say they've gotten better. (And usually, those "I was cured!" claims are on websites offering dubious treatments for a lot of money.)
I recently read a book called Recovery From CFS: 50 Personal Stories, edited by Alexandra Barton. In it, 50 people who don't stand to gain financial from their stories talk about their paths to illness and their journeys back to wellness. As is typical with this illness, no 2 stories are exactly alike.
This book could give you hope, and it could also give you ideas, as you run across cases that sound similar to yours. However, I do have to warn that this book is not for everyone -- if the mention of the British approach to CFS gets your hackles up, you're better off skipping it.
Read my review:
I'd love to hear from anyone who's read this book, and also from anyone who's made a substantial recovery of their own -- leave your comments below!
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Hey Thanks for all these articles you do on chronic fatigue
I made a recovery. I thank God every day. I used a multi pronged approach of nutrition, supplementation, Eastern and Western medicine approaching it from mind, body, and spirit. Can’t say one thing in particular healed me.
How long did you have it for Kathleen? Lynn C.
Although I still get a small flare up from time to time I feel that I have been successful in regaining my life.
Four years ago I saw a Naturopath in NYC who outlined an amazingly strict protocol that I never imagined I would be able to follow. Then you weigh it out, sick or strict. It was an easy decision but has taken four years. As he explained, this really did not happen over night.
I have gone four months, for the first time since 2002 without those dreaded fevers and other wicked symptoms. I never imagined this possible but here I am writing at almost midnight.
More than just diet, which is mainly living food; I changed my way of life and my way of being. Yoga, meditation, energy work and most of all daily thanks. I firmly believe when I got my spirit and faith in line, the rest followed. Every day is a gift.
God bless.
I loved this book so much I’m looking to do a US version and am collecting stories! Georgia & Kathleen, I’d love to hear from you – please see my blog at http://cfsstories.wordpress.com/. My own story is here: http://www.aprilwrites.com/chutesandladders.html
Blessings to you all!
April
I made a full recovery, and even went for a 55 minute jog last night. This was thanks to one the therapies you mention, the ones making ‘dubious claims’. I think people are suspicious about these therapies more out of hopelessness than anything else. I won’t say which therapy I did, but I do suggest that people reading this open their minds to the possibility that they do work as advertised.