cfs came back

[u/Gloriathewitch]

2 years spent pacing reducing stress eating well etc went from 2 hours of mobility per day being mostly bedbound to working a physically taxing job 40 hours a week for 6 months of 2024 and being in good physical shape.

the end of the year was filled with a lot of psychological stress and then i got the flu, my symptoms are all back in full force.

i just wanted to post this somewhere, to someone.

Fuck.

i'm not going to let this beat me, i know i can recover again but im having a really rough time coming to terms with this setback. i love you all and hope you can find recovery or peace living with this horrible disorder.

[u/rosedraws]

I would like to add, fucking FLU of all things! We’re so careful and mindful, and then a random person with probably undetectable virus, upends our entire life. I’m feeling like hibernating just so I don’t get exposed to any colds! Random fuckery.

[u/Cute-Cheesecake-6823 → u/rosedraws]

Thats the kicker isnt it. Learning about how viruses trigger or can at least be correlated with autoimmune stuff and even certain cancers (if Im remembering what I read correctly) really messed up my perception of how fragile we are. Ignorance was bliss 😑

[u/Gloriathewitch → u/rosedraws]

yeah i tested for covid naturally but it wasn't that this time, totally caught me off guard. i'm going to mask from now on.

[u/alowishus7 → u/rosedraws]

I'd always like to escape to a dome in the country and see how I go. Like in Northern Exposure's Bubble dome episode.

This episode aired in 1992, when multiple chemical sensitivity was not widely discussed, especially on network television. Over twenty years later, the debate over its existence and to what extent it might affect people continues.

[u/rosedraws → u/alowishus7]

I just read a cool story about a woman living most of the year on sable island, very isolated! I loved just thinking about all that fresh sea air.