It's been a long time since I've read the incredible work of Laura Hillenbrand. I recently found it posted on the Internet site listed below.

I hope you enjoy her luscious, nauseating, powerful, total-fear-in-weakness account of her encounter with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Enjoy this poignant rendition, but be prepared for its honesty.

http://www.cfids-cab.org/MESA/Hillenbrand.html

Cinda Crawford,
Host of the Health Matters Show

*Be sure to check back here tomorrow and Friday for another account of CFS, its cause(s?) and personal descriptions of how it affects people.

Being unhealthy and incapacitated with Fibromyalgia (Fibro or FMS) or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is bad enough for adults. In a relatively young to very young person, it can seem absolutely disastrous!

Lately I've run into quite a few young people on Facebook and some of the other online groups who are sick with FMS or CFS.

If that sounds like you or someone you care about, stick around for some answers and a level of understanding that you haven't found anywhere else. Why you ask?

Because...

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome folks sometimes have to muster the courage to be brave and look into the future with hopeful hearts. That is understandable because life with these illnesses can be very challenging.

However, all of life is how you view it, agreed? Whether you're the most prolific and accomplished of people or whether you're struggling to see your self-worth.

I hope you take a moment and step forward to watch a young man, 25-year old Nick Vujicic. I promise that you will be inspired. Later, check out his website Life Without Limbs.

In Nick's words, "You're beautiful just the way you are."
Cinda Crawford, host of Health Matters Show

Think back to the first days of when you began to get sick....

Did you think it would last so long? Or be so tough to overcome?

In your wildest imagination, could you fathom how hard you being sick would be on your close relationships with family and friends?