Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

The doctor's surgery office was only a five minutes drive from our home, but it might as well have been a million miles away by the time we arrived. The lack of clarity on my own way forward was almost as bad as my crippling symptoms. My grandmother dragged me around the weird and wonderful local alternative health care scene,. nutritionists, energy healers, chinese and india medicine practitioners. I remember feeling genuinely hopeful excited on the first few occasions. However, a clear and predictable pattern soon emerged. It would take several years before the downside of hope fully sank in.