I Remember Me - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome CFS 1 of 9

Kim Snyder

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Education

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• Chronic
• Fatigue
• Syndrome
• CFS
• Remember
• Me
• Kim
• Snyder
• M.E.
• ME

[ceahorse56]

Wow can I relate, Jan 4th 1990, (age 33) I wake up with a stiff neck, headache, weak, DIZZY, fever, swollen glands. I called out of work for the first time in 4 yrs.

Went to my doctor and he said the flu. But this was not any kind of flu I have ever had before! week later I drag myself back to work. By April I had to quit, now 20+ years later I go from a function level of 35% to zero. Tried all kinds of meds etc>doctor after doctor> I'm not lazy I'm sick > why can't someone help us?

[ncf1]

@ceahorse56 its certainly a trial... its a very very hard illness to deal with. I empathise with you totally.

[angelahallinan]

what did u do to feel beter and recover form this?

[ncf1]

@angelahallinan for me, nothing has worked thusfar.

[lindseys2525]

For some people it hit's one area to start, and moves on it's own course So interesting all the different stories on how this illness hits and progresses in all different parts of the body.....We should have been made aware instead of some yuppie flu, we did no know others, with different onset of symptoms all coming together at some point in the process

[lindseys2525]

For some people it hit's one area to start, and moves on it's own course

[ncf1]

@ChronicFatigueSyn Yes, 3x bad flu in succession, bang that did it. The body has become extremely sensitive to lots of things, chemicals in particular. After over a decade, the things that have helped most have been staying away from chemicals, and keeping stress to an absolute minimum (which because of the nature of the illness is extremely difficult in itself, but stress really makes things a lot worse) so meditation I recommend.

[ncf1]

@ChronicFatigueSyn there's simply nothing that explains the illness properly; I Remember Me is about as close as it has gotten to what i experience. The symptoms are so diverse on any given day you can be tortured by a set of symptoms that could be replaced the next day by another set that. The pains are all over the body, it affects the mind in profound ways, its an extraordinary illness. I uploaded the video because of frustration due to lack of understanding/awareness.

[ncf1]

@ChronicFatigueSyn I'm not Kim, but I have had CFS for almost 13 years and it has only gotten worse and I suffer a great deal of pain, and constantly. It is so misunderstood and became so frustrating for me that I uploaded the video.

[supahfreeak]

@ceahorse56 there are doctors who specialize in this. dr. jacob teitelbaum has actually cured people. I have it too and I really want to go talk to him. There are 13 facilities for cfs in us. his website is end fatigue . com there are supplements, prescription meds, different foods you can eat in your diet, and even holistic therapies if you really do your research. you just can't give up. I'm only 19 and got this from having cancer at 14 and I won't give up until this is gone for good.

[mrmarcoman1]

This validates all my symptoms and I have cried because I no longer feel alone but also because I'm not affected as badly as many others. Thank you for this!

[2ladybughippies]

I have CFS/Fibro and also Post POlio Syndrome. I t is scary how much the symptoms are the same. Are some people right in the thought that this is Polio II?

[TheFletch827]

Wow. What a shocking and intense documentary. Thank-you Kim, thank-you. I was most shocked when she was showing prior outbreaks to Lake Tahoe and low and behold I see my small city there on the screen. In 1954 in Tallahassee, FL the CDC recorded that 450 people were "infected". It would be nice to give them a voice as you did with the women from Punta Gorda. This film gave me hope and more reason to fight.

[ceahorse56]

Kim have you recovered?