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CFS Site Map
Index of CFS Site
This index
will provide you with a listing of all the articles, research, etc. in
this CFS Site. This will also be the way for you to find out if any new
information has been added. I've attempted to try and make this site as
easy to find things as I can. Many new articles and research fall under
the headings of the old ones thus if you've been here before - you may be
unaware of the new additions.
By making a list of what is in each
article, I believe that it will help you find any new material that has
been added.
I could have made a transporter, but apparently many
people seem to favor this format as it allows you to view which places
you've been to. So I will keep this format for the present, but the
Transporter is available to reach other realms. CFS is just a part of one
huge realm. It is just one part of me. To view all of My Site - just go
the the Transporter.
Here
is a listing of what is here and by clicking on topic heading (in the
article - not here - you can view what that page
contains).
About Me (Before
CFS)
This is a little about me (before CFS) and
what I enjoyed, my interest,etc.
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page.
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My CFS
Page
This is my CFS Page. It offers some
interesting information regarding CFS and also has many of the symbols
associated with CFS and why.
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page.
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My CFS
Story
This is my CFS story. It contains how I
caught CFS, when, getting diagnosed and my feelings about CFS.
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on topic heading here to go to page.
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CFS
Rings
This is where you'll find all the CFS
Rings that I have joined.
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page.
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What is
CFS?
What is CFS?
Definition of
CFS
Could CFS Be Depression?
Recent Evidence
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Diagnositc
Criteria
This is the Diagnostic Criteria
presently used by doctors to determine whether you have CFS or
not.
Diagnosing CFS
Can CFS be diagnosed by laboratory tests?
How
is CFS diagnosed?
Are there CFS specialists who are more qualified
than physicians in generalpractice to diagnose this illness?
Can CFS
be diagnosed by using extremely sensitive molecular tests to
demonstratethe presence of retrovirus-like DNA sequences?
Should
diagnostic imaging techniques, such as MRI, PET scan, and SPECTscan, be
used in the diagnosis of CFS?
CFS patients have been shown to have
increased antibody levels (i.e., elevatedtiters) to various infectious
agents, including EBV, cytomegalovirus, HHV-6,rubella, enteroviruses, and
Borrelia . Does this observation indicate thatCFS can be triggered by the
reactivation of latent infections?
Can CFS be diagnosed on the basis
of an abnormal upright tilt table test?
Can CFS be diagnosed by
laboratory tests?
How is CFS diagnosed?
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Symptoms of
CFS
A listing of the many symptoms of
CFS.
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Is CFS
Real?
Is CFS Real?
What if CFS is a Real
Disease?
Is CFS a New Problem?- Historial Review
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The CFS
FAQ
A list of what is in the CFS FAQ - a
frequently referred to document.It lists the most frequently asked
questions on CFS.
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Acknowledging
CFS
Acknowledging CFS
Value of
Acknowledging CFS
CFS Receives Recognition
Problem with
Name
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In Search of a
Cause
In Search of a Cause
Brain
Abnormalities
CFS Cause Still a Mystery
Possible Causes
Hormones
and CFS
Numerous Factors
New Possible Causes
What causes CFS?
Is CFS caused by an uncharacterized human retrovirus?
Does human
herpesvirus type 6 (HHV-6) cause CFS?
Do enteroviruses cause CFS?
Numerous Factors
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Prognosis of
CFS
Prognosis of CFS
Money being spent on
CFS Research
Positive Prognosis but there is still Danger
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topic heading here to go to page.
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What About
Treatment?
What About Treatment
Alternative
Treatments
My Own Treatment
Treatments that Doctors agree
on
Treatments that Doctors don't agree on
My Personal Opinion on
Treatments
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CFS and the
Difficulties
Meeting the Challenge of
CFS
What other CFS Sufferers have to say
Understanding and Love
Needed
The Top Things I want to hear
Coping with CFS and how to deal
with it
How does one live with CFS?
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Coping Strategies for
CFS
by Maggie McKenzieII, M.A.: Fred
Friedberg, PH.D.; Robert Fontanetta,Lucy Dechene, PH.D.(Partial List. Not
in order of importance).
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page.
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The Fifty Percent
Solution
By William Collinge, Ph.D. from
Recovering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:A Guide to
Self-Empowerment(Putnam, 1993).
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page.
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Disclaimer
Please read my disclaimer. I felt it extremely necessary to put
this in and when you read it - you will understand why.
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heading here to go to page.
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Memory Loss and
M.E.
Index
1) Memory Loss
An explanation
with research showing why CFS patients have memory loss.
2)
Research on Memory Loss
IQ isn't Everything!
Few of the more
Interesting Findings
Unscrambling Your Thought Process
3) How to
Improve Your Memory
Some helpful suggestions to aid CFS peoplein
improving their memory. I also have some new articles that will soon
appear here.
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CFS and Exercise
Is CFS
Contagious?
CFS is Contagious
Abnormalities of the immune system
Donating Blood
How many people in the United Sates have CFS?
Who gets CFS?
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Research on
Fatigue
Great research and explanation of why
CFS people have a great deal of fatigue.
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go to page.
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Emotions with
CFS
A list of some of the emotions that anyone
with CFS has had to experience.
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page.
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PWC's Can be
Touchy
A letter sent in to the MEssenger by
Carole Vaillancourt that offers an explanation why PWC's are touchy and
backed by research on our nervous systems.
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to go to page.
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Home Pages of Other
CFS Sufferers
A listing of some of the Home
Pages of Other CFS Sufferers. There are more but it would take forever to
find them all.
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Links to Other CFS
Sites
Links to many other resources on CFS on
the web. These are just a few,there are many more. One link usually leads
to more.
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CFS and
Polio
Research on the relation of CFS to
Polio.
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Sleep and
CFS
Night People
My Mind Won't Shut
Down
Several Ways to work with this
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go to page.
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CFS and
Hypersensitivity Diseases
Hypersensitivity
diseases and CFS
Hypersensitivity and it's meaning
Allergy
(external)
Autoimmune diseases (internal)
Food Allergy and increased
immune dysfunction
Cytokines and immune activity
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heading here to go to page.
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My Letter to People
Without CFS
This letter is to all people
without CFS. I hope to explain how and what we all need.
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topic heading here to go to page.
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In Memoriam - Joan
Irvine
This page is dedicated to Joan Irvine.
Her husband posted her last response to fellow CFS Sufferers.
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topic heading here to go to page.
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Letter to
Dateline
A letter to Dateline by Melissa
Kaplan on CFS. More of us should be standing up and ensuring that we are
heard so that the media and doctors will stop making light of
CFS.
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Understanding
CFS
A greatly referred to source for not only
people with CFS but for friends, family members or anyone who knows
someone with CFS.
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How to Kill a Sick
Friend
A great article written by Sue
Klaus.
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Nineteen Good Thing
about CFS
You're probably wondering (if you
have CFS) would could be good about having CFS? Well, here are 19 Good
Things about CFS.
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The Gifts of
CFS
CFS is talked about so often in negative
terms that sometimes we forget the positive things that CFS has done for
us. We all know the negative side of CFS (if you have it) and wouldn't it
be nice to add to this list of gifts that CFS has brought to our
lives.
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What CFS Cannot
Do
CFS may be able to do a lot but there are
some things it cannot do and this page provides a list of some. I believe
it could be added to and wouldn't mind hearing you add your comments to
this list. Thinking in a positive way is one way to help
ourselves.
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How you can
Help
A list of a number of things you can do
to help someone with CFS
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page.
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CFS Probability
Test
This test was designed by a doctor and
the results come from his site.
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page.
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M.E.& FM
Manual
A list of topics that this manual
offers
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Join the Club
After New
York
CIDS
CFIDS Eraser
In Praise of Turtles or do Turtles have
CFIDS
Medication Merry-go-round
N'T
12 days of a CFS
Christmas
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CFS
Poems
A Sufferer's Plight
Listen
Someone
Please help M.E.
Invisible Disability Awareness
The
Real Me
Weakness of the Body & Strength of the Spirit
The Song
Of THe Sucidial Sufferer
A Poem from Nora
I'm Scared
Walk With
Us Awhile
The Fog
"Prisioners"
I'm A "Unique" Person
A Plea
Pain
Friends Without Faces
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CFS Short
Stories
Three Short Stories with an
important Message
ME: the student's story
To Work or Not to Work
Who Really Cares?
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page.
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Is CFS Just In The
Head?
Some Symptom comparisons of CFS
Some
Myths and Facts of CFS.
New Stats on Number of people with CFS.
CFS
to be reclassified in 2002.
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