Jen Brea Talking to GMT News
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Very severe (bedbound, unable to do basic care)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Undated
Summary
Index entries credit JenB first with Valcyte (antiviral) for some improvement, and later, more substantially, with CCI/AAI fusion plus tethered-cord surgery (detailed on her own Medium blog, not fetched here) after she was found to have spinal instability. She was very severely disabled by ME/CFS before these interventions. No further duration or severity detail beyond the index claims was available in what was fetched.
What they credit
Credits Craniocervical surgery, Antivirals, Surgery & structural, Craniocervical fusion / tethered cord, Valcyte / valganciclovir.
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