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I'm Not Crazy, I'm Just a Little Unwell: My Journey Through CFS
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill for
- 2 years
- Published
- 2005
Summary
Leigh Hatcher, an Australian TV journalist, fell ill suddenly in January 1998 with pain, exhaustion and confusion, and was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome about a year later. He had to leave work and became dependent on others. He got well after about two years; his recovery is gently attributed to Christian faith, and no specific treatment is named. He is now a morning presenter on Sky News and no longer unwell.
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What they tried
Credits Prayer and faith healing.
What they credit
Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, in the order they describe; the account doesn’t give enough times to place each step. Hover a point to see what happened and what they link it to. Open dots mark a change they link to a treatment, orange ones a setback. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1998 | sudden illness after an afternoon nap; vanished from TV screens overnight | Moderate | |
| first year of illness | had to leave work and became dependent on others | Moderate | |
| about two years | got well after about two years, attributed to Christian faith | Recovered | Prayer and faith healing |
| 2019 | no longer unwell | Recovered |
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