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#MECFS never gets easier to accept.
Every Fall/Winter my health declines significantly. In the Spring/Summer, my health improves a bit.
Each year though, my overall baseline declines.
It feels like dying slowly and painfully. Never knowing when your body will just quit.
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Every Fall/Winter my health declines significantly. In the Spring/Summer, my health improves a bit.
Each year though, my overall baseline declines.
It feels like dying slowly and painfully. Never knowing when your body will just quit.
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And no. I’m not depressed or anxious. (Though it would certainly be understandable if I was.)
In fact, I continue to be in awe of myself and my community’s emotional strength in the face of this relentless physical suffering.
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In fact, I continue to be in awe of myself and my community’s emotional strength in the face of this relentless physical suffering.
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Any one of the typical #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis symptoms, turned up to an 8/10 intensity, would be difficult to live with after awhile. It would wear you down.
By the time you get to 3-4 of these symptoms, it’s debilitating.
Imagine getting to 100-200 daily symptoms.
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By the time you get to 3-4 of these symptoms, it’s debilitating.
Imagine getting to 100-200 daily symptoms.
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