In 1999 I contracted a throat infection that receded after many weeks, but I was still unbelievably exhausted with the most intense flu-like malaise. Two years later I was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) and joined the 240 000-plus people in the UK with this illness. I assumed that a diagnosis would lead to effective treatment, but I was in for a shock.
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