This story is the most painful to write, because there is no conclusion to it, the fight is still going on and I don’t know how it will end. I want to write it nevertheless: what literally saved my life was knowing about Aspergillosis beforehand, so I could know what was going on and take …
I write this story in case this can help anyone else suffering from peripheral neuropathy. PN can have many vastly different causes, mine appeared first around six months after the onset of ME/CFS, and 12 months after what in hindsight was a lyme bite with typical bullseye rash. Another possible contributing factor was a borderline …
These days I had some confrontations with conventional medicine, and I am also (pretty hopelessly) looking for housing once again, so I had to look up once again various documents that explain what is CIRS (Chronic Inflammatory Resonse Syndrome) about. In a nutshell, it’s when the body has been stressed so much by the presence …
First, let me say that, after growing up in a house built in the 1500s (yes, you read right) I was used to mold. Mold was rarely seen in the actual apartment, but the building was full of it, and whenever there was a small leak or the landlord forgot to repaint, mold would pop …
There are two types of chronic illnesses: those certified by trusted sources, those that you find mentioned in books, those doctors have heard of, and that people respect (OK, people rarely respect chronic illness of any kind) or at least accept. Some chronic illnesses may even earn you financial assistance during difficult times, and a …
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