Ocean
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So I was trying to pick up the living room last evening and I was listening to Delilah. It was commercial time and I really wasn't paying attention, until I heard. "For more information on CFS and the symptoms and how to get diagnosed, please go to ....."
Oh my goodness! Back in 1997 I didn't know anyone who was diagnosed with CFS like I was.
Too bad they don't know it's probably Lyme causing it, but at least they are on to something being wrong with people around here.
I see it as a step in a direction at least, even if it's not the right direction.
Anyone else hear this advertisement? Too bad there wasn't one on Lyme, I probably would have passed out!
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i didn't see the ad, but how scary that they are developing a whole medical relief system for fibromyalgia and CFS.
Scary because I really believe most of it is infectious, probably Lyme.
Yet they give people these drugs like Lyrica to make them "feel" better. While the illness ravages on.
When they diagnosed me with fibromyalgia almost 25 years ago, the Dr. wanted to give me Elavil. Thank God I questioned what it was and refused.
Would be nice if they came up with CURES for illnesses instead of just covering them up, while the underlying illness flourishes.
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Ocean
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Yeah, the whole Lyrica thing drive me crazy whenever I see that on TV. I'm hopeful that these people being dx'd with CFS will learn that Lyme can be a culprit. At least they aren't telling these people to see a shrink!
The really bad thing about that diagnosis, at least for me, is that you stop looking for answers as to what is wrong with you. You finally have a diagnosis, so you stop look and start looking for ways to get better. I was told I had it one year after being sick. And of course the doc did a Lyme Elisa and it was negative.
When are they going to realize that current testing stinks?
Anyhow, I hope to catch the full ad sometime, I want to look at the website to see if I can e-mail someone on it.
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