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Posted on November 5, 2005.

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This comic is the May page in the Collection #1
Chronic Illness Realities Comic Strip Calendar

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Chronic Illness Realities Comic Poster Calendar

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CFS and the Placebo Effect

Posted on October 30, 2005.

by Pamela Rice Hahn

I’m probably not the only person with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia to utter the lame joke: “As long as it’s working, I don’t care if it is a placebo effect!”

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A joke is one thing. It’s nice to know that the reality is something else entirely. In fact, after pooling the data of 29 studies in which 1,016 people with CFS received various placebos, a new study suggests that if you have CFS, and a treatment does make you feel better, the odds are against it being a placebo effect.

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pammy the pencil a character in the Writing Woes comic strip and the Chronic Illness Realities Comic Strip Pammy is the main character in two comic strips by Pamela Rice Hahn, the first of which is the Writing Woes comic strip. Pammy is a writer who is also disabled because of chronic illness and chronic conditions, so she also appears in the Chronic Illness Realities comic strip.

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Who Is Pamela Rice Hahn?

A professional writer since 1984, Pamela Rice Hahn is the author of more than 20 published books.

Pam is also a graphics designer, comic strip creator, and songwriter.

Learn more about Pam by visiting her her personal Web site, the information about her cookbooks page, her CookingWithPam.com bio page and her books page.

Pam created chronic-illness.org because she herself copes with several disabling chronic illnesses and conditions: exercise-intolerant Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)*, Fibromalgia, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS)**, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), arthritis, gout, and high blood pressure. In addition, Pam has balance problems stemming from a childhood fractured skull.

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*Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is also known as Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.)

**Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS) is also referred to as Environmental Illness (EI).