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When my mother was originally diagnosed, which by the way she diagnosed herself and received confirmation from a doctor in atlanta as the small down docs of rural georgia had no idea what was going on. Keep in mind this was in the early 90's. We were told that the theories at the time were viral/bacterial infection, trauma(emotional or physical), and strangely enough prolonged dental surgery. She had FMS and CFIDS. She'd experienced all three before her full blown onset. I've never had lyme disease or arthritis or really anything out of the ordinary. When I was six I contracted toxic shock syndrome as a secondary infection from chicken pox. But other than that I've been healthy. My onset was after two years of extreme mental and physical stress. My mother died suddenly, she had a diabetic ulcer and was on several high dosage medications. She took her medicines, took a shower, and then because of short term memory, took all of her medicines again. Her heart couldn't take it. I was still experiencing post partum depression with my son. Then a hard pregnancy, then my other half left with no warning. We'd been fighting for a while but he said nothing, just gone. We were separated for 10mths, during which my son was diagnosed with ODD/ADHD, abandonment disorder, and attachment disorder. And I had prolonged dental surgery to remove all of my teeth due to them seriously just falling apart. They couldn't explain to me why my teeth did this. My friend once told me that we have all the diseases in our body, whether or not they actually do anything is the luck of the draw. Like the people who can smoke three packs a day their entire life and not get so much as a cough, but people like my great gmother die from cancer and never so much as picked up a cigarette. Whether that's true or not, can't help but feel like we got the short straw. "I'll take a mocha-vodka-valium-latte please....." |
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