When describing how others deal and accept the realities of their illness, those who cope with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and/or Fibromyalgia often express the sentiment “unless they get it, they just won’t get it.”

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As evidenced by the quote above, Dr. David S. Bell is somebody who does get it! Dr. Bell, who is the author of The Doctor’s Guide to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Understanding, Treating, and Living With CFIDS and A Parent’s Guide to CFIDS: How to Be an Advocate for Your Child With Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction understands Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. In his Lyndonville, New York practice, he’s treated more than 200 pediatric Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients. His book about that experience, Faces of CFS, is now available as a free PDF download on his Web site.

From insights like “[t]he fatigue of CFS is so different, it is off the scale” stated in the book’s introduction to the chapters that each deal with an individual patient’s story, Faces of CFS is like a breath of fresh air in the all too often stifling skeptical climate that surrounds Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. And now it’s available for a price everyone can afford: Free!

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Whether you refer to it as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Chronic Fatigue Immune and Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS), or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.), the name alone cannot convey the devastation brought about by having to cope with this condition. The “fatigue” in the name refers to much more than just being tired. Those who suffer from this condition experience a fatiguing condition similar to how one feels when you have the flu. Only with the flu, you eventually get better. Imagine dealing with those muscle aches, the weakness, headaches, and other symptoms on a daily basis and you know how someone with CFS feels on a good day.

For more information, see: What is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?

CFS Book Available as a Free Download is a post from: Chronic Illness.org

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