Monthly Archives: March 2011

How It Began – Part II: Chicago

Posted on March 20, 2011 by

This is the second entry in my ME/CFS “origin story.” Here are Part I, Part III, and Part IV. The rest of the winter of 2003-4 passed uneventfully. Come spring, I was in Chicago for the Food Marketing Institute trade show for work … Continue reading →

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How it Began – Part I: The Flu Shot

Posted on March 19, 2011 by

This is the first entry in my ME/CFS “origin story.” Here are Part II,  Part III, and Part IV. You say you want to spend the winter in Firenze You’re so afraid to catch a dose of influenza You live your life like … Continue reading →

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The Mystery, Solved

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

I really apologize for not writing. I’ve been dealing with some major muscle weakness that’s made it enormously challenging to type at all. Many days lately, I haven’t even been able to manage short comments to introduce links on facebook. … Continue reading →

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The Pills Not Taken

Posted on March 2, 2011 by

If you’re not familiar with the Robert Frost poem, here you go. One of the things that keeps me up at night (who am I kidding; everything keeps me up at night, from sugar to licorice to antifungal cream) is … Continue reading →

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