{"id":728,"date":"2020-07-31T20:54:21","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T20:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humansofchronicillness.org\/?p=728"},"modified":"2021-03-16T20:53:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T20:53:38","slug":"christinanne-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humansofchronicillness.org\/2020\/07\/christinanne-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Christinanne M."},"content":{"rendered":"

Humans of ME\/CFS<\/h2>\n

Hi! I\u2019m Christianne. I’m a 40-year-old mom of three.<\/p>\n

I came down with Mono in April of 2014. I never seemed to shake it. I had blood tests, saw multiple doctors, and was told by my now former Primary Care Provider, that it was psychosomatic… all in my head!!<\/p>\n

It took over a year and a half of crushing fatigue, body pain, brain fog, hair loss, and swollen glands until a rheumatologist diagnosed me with ME\/CFS and Fibromyalgia.<\/p>\n

Now I’m on Cymbalta and Ultram which help somewhat. I find that Yoga helps a lot.<\/p>\n

The most difficult thing for me is accepting the diagnoses. I am a type-A, so sitting still is not something I am good at doing! I feel lazy.<\/p>\n

My mom and dad have been the most supportive. My dad has Multiple Sclerosis, so we share similar symptoms. We all research and try different things to see what helps.<\/p>\n

I still work full-time and help lead a girl scout troop. All my daughters are in school, so there are lots of activities and running around. Some days are easier than others to get through.<\/p>\n

I’m still figuring this all out and hoping to find the right combination of meds, exercise, and natural remedies that help me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Humans of ME\/CFS Hi! I\u2019m Christianne. I’m a 40-year-old mom of three. I came down with Mono in April of 2014. I never seemed to shake it. I had blood tests, saw multiple doctors, and was told by my now former Primary Care Provider, that it was psychosomatic… all in my head!! It took over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":717,"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\/christinanne_m-1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/humansofchronicillness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728"}],"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=728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/humansofchronicillness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humansofchronicillness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/humansofchronicillness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humansofchronicillness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humansofchronicillness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}