An Analogy for ME/CFS

“This is not a disease of fatigue, though that is one of its principal symptoms. Calling it chronic fatigue syndrome is like calling Parkinson's disease chronic shaking syndrome or emphysema chronic coughing syndrome.”
—Floyd Skloot, “Healing Powers,” in Kathryn Rhett (Ed.), Survival Stories: Memoirs of Crisis.

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Darla Nagel is an editor and writing tutor who has an invisible chronic illness. She wants to help other patients and enlighten health care professionals about our experiences. If you’d like to be alerted whenever she writes a new post, sign up by e-mailing [email protected].