My name is Julie. I believe\u00a0my<\/strong>\u00a0Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)\u00a0was triggered by an<\/strong>\u00a0infection. I was diagnosed after a lot of heart-related symptoms and anemia. When that was figured out, my doctor did not know how else to help me. I switched doctors and found one that looked at all my symptoms and asked me if I ever heard of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I was sent to a well-known clinic in MN. I went through every test available and was diagnosed with CFS. I felt relieved I had a diagnosis, but there was no known treatment other than CBT, biofeedback, and pacing. Our famous clinic\u00a0could not<\/strong>\u00a0even help me.\u00a0I went back to work, worked 2 jobs, and got my social work degree.<\/strong>\u00a0All the while, I slowly began to decline functionally until this year when I had to stop working altogether.<\/strong>\u00a0I have found support in an online support group for people that suffer from ME\/CFS.\u00a0\u00a0I have built a team of doctors (primary, rheumatologist, and internal medicine) who understand and are open to learning more about this illness<\/strong>. I have tried a chemo-drug and, so far, 4 doses like the current trials being done in Norway. I am not promoting anything,\u00a0but I do<\/strong>\u00a0want people to know that some doctors will help you find things\u00a0to help alleviate symptoms.<\/strong>\u00a0If I had to give advice for someone with ME\/CFS, it would be to learn what your limits are.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0If you are exhausted,<\/strong>\u00a0rest. If you want more information about this illness, please look for up-to-date information. There is a lot more research being done for our illness. It will be just a matter of time before it\u00a0will all<\/strong>\u00a0be solved. Stay strong my fellow sufferers. We may not be strong just by ourselves, but we are a\u00a0force in numbers.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Humans of ME\/CFS My name is Julie. I believe\u00a0my\u00a0Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)\u00a0was triggered by an\u00a0infection. I was diagnosed after a lot of heart-related symptoms and anemia. When that was figured out, my doctor did not know how else to help me. I switched doctors and found one that looked at all my symptoms and asked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/humansofchronicillness.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/julie_s.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/humansofchronicillness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/humansofchronicillness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/humansofchronicillness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humansofchronicillness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humansofchronicillness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/humansofchronicillness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humansofchronicillness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/humansofchronicillness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humansofchronicillness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humansofchronicillness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}