Hi,
My sister was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome when she was about 17 years old. She is now about to turn 30. During most of her twenties we thought it went away, she was doing much better, but was more sensitive in general than most people. Also, she found out that she had an undiagnosed birth defect: one of her kidneys was only working at 16%, after having an operation to correct the defect (the tube between the bladder and kidney was blocked) she had more energy and felt better.
But, in the last 3-6 months she has been suffering from an increasing number of migraines, getting colds monthly and becoming increasingly more tired (this may have something to do with the fact that she has been working as an ICU nurse, a very demanding job). Finally, she has come to a point where she is in constant pain. Not only to her joins ache severely and more than she has ever experienced, she suffers from lack of sleep and becomes tired from almost any activity. We think she also has dysmenhoria, as she has very sever periods (it is in my family, pain so severe during period that we vomit in addition to other symptoms). It seems that the symptoms that we are associating with the re-emergence of CF, if this is what it is, began with her period and then have not gone away. Right now she is surviving on pain killers and sleeping pills and has not had any relief in at least a month, she is about to get her period and we are concerned the pain may be so severe that we will need to admit her to a hospital. This is a young woman who hardly complains and has been noted for her high pain threshold by doctors in the past. I would like to know if such a high level of pain that is constant is associated with CF or if anyone has other suggestions for what she may be suffering from.
With thanks,
Nicole