Index of CFS Site

This index will provide you with a listing of all the articles, research, etc. in this CFS Site. This will also be the way for you to find out if any new information has been added. I've attempted to try and make this site as easy to find things as I can. Many new articles and research fall under the headings of the old ones thus if you've been here before - you may be unaware of the new additions.

By making a list of what is in each article, I believe that it will help you find any new material that has been added.
I could have made a transporter, but apparently many people seem to favor this format as it allows you to view which places you've been to. So I will keep this format for the present, but the Transporter is available to reach other realms. CFS is just a part of one huge realm. It is just one part of me. To view all of My Site - just go the the Transporter.

Here is a listing of what is here and by clicking on topic heading (in the article - not here - you can view what that page contains).

CFS SITE MAP

About Me (Before CFS)
My CFS Page
CFS Rings
My CFS Story
What is CFS?
Diagnositc Criteria
Symptoms of CFS
Is CFS Real?
The CFS FAQ
Acknowledging CFS
In Search of a Cause
Prognosis of CFS
What About Treatment?
CFS and the Difficulties
Coping Strategies for CFS
The Fifty Percent Solution
Disclaimer
Memory Loss and M.E.
New Facts and Info On CFS
Research on Fatigue
Emotions with CFS
PWC's Can be Touchy
Home Pages of Other CFS Sufferers
Links to Other CFS Sites
CFS and Polio
Sleep and CFS
CFS and Hypersensitivity Diseases
My Letter to People Without CFS
In Memoriam - Joan Irvine
Letter to Dateline
Understanding CFS
How to Kill A Sick Friend
Nineteen Good Thing about CFS
The Gifts of CFS
What CFS Cannot Do
How you can Help
CFS Probability Test
M.E. & FM Manual
CFS Humor Poems
CFS Poems

About Me(Before CFS)
This is a little about me (before CFS) and what I enjoyed, my interest,etc.
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My CFS Page
This is my CFS Page. It offers some interesting information regarding CFS and also has many of the symbols associated with CFS and why.
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My CFS Story
This is my CFS story. It contains how I caught CFS, when, getting diagnosed and my feelings about CFS.
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CFS Rings
This is where you'll find all the CFS Rings that I have joined.
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What is CFS?
What is CFS?
Definition of CFS
Could CFS Be Depression?
Recent Evidence
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Diagnositc Criteria
This is the Diagnostic Criteria presently used by doctors to determine whether you have CFS or not.
Diagnosing CFS
Can CFS be diagnosed by laboratory tests?
How is CFS diagnosed?
Are there CFS specialists who are more qualified than physicians in generalpractice to diagnose this illness?
Can CFS be diagnosed by using extremely sensitive molecular tests to demonstratethe presence of retrovirus-like DNA sequences?
Should diagnostic imaging techniques, such as MRI, PET scan, and SPECTscan, be used in the diagnosis of CFS?
CFS patients have been shown to have increased antibody levels (i.e., elevatedtiters) to various infectious agents, including EBV, cytomegalovirus, HHV-6,rubella, enteroviruses, and Borrelia . Does this observation indicate thatCFS can be triggered by the reactivation of latent infections?
Can CFS be diagnosed on the basis of an abnormal upright tilt table test?
Can CFS be diagnosed by laboratory tests?
How is CFS diagnosed?

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Symptoms of CFS
A listing of the many symptoms of CFS.
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Is CFS Real?
Is CFS Real?
What if CFS is a Real Disease?
Is CFS a New Problem?- Historial Review
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The CFS FAQ
A list of what is in the CFS FAQ - a frequently referred to document.It lists the most frequently asked questions on CFS.
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Acknowledging CFS
Acknowledging CFS
Value of Acknowledging CFS
CFS Receives Recognition
Problem with Name
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In Search of a Cause
In Search of a Cause
Brain Abnormalities
CFS Cause Still a Mystery
Possible Causes
Hormones and CFS
Numerous Factors
New Possible Causes
What causes CFS?
Is CFS caused by an uncharacterized human retrovirus?
Does human herpesvirus type 6 (HHV-6) cause CFS?
Do enteroviruses cause CFS?
Numerous Factors
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Prognosis of CFS
Prognosis of CFS
Money being spent on CFS Research
Positive Prognosis but there is still Danger
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What About Treatment?
What About Treatment
Alternative Treatments
My Own Treatment
Treatments that Doctors agree on
Treatments that Doctors don't agree on
My Personal Opinion on Treatments
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CFS and the Difficulties
Meeting the Challenge of CFS
What other CFS Sufferers have to say
Understanding and Love Needed
The Top Things I want to hear
Coping with CFS and how to deal with it
How does one live with CFS?
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Coping Strategies for CFS
by Maggie McKenzieII, M.A.: Fred Friedberg, PH.D.; Robert Fontanetta,Lucy Dechene, PH.D.(Partial List. Not in order of importance).
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The Fifty Percent Solution
By William Collinge, Ph.D. from Recovering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:A Guide to Self-Empowerment(Putnam, 1993).
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Disclaimer
Please read my disclaimer. I felt it extremely necessary to put this in and when you read it - you will understand why.
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Memory Loss and M.E.
Index
1)Memory Loss
An explanation with research showing why CFS patients have memory loss.

2)Research on Memory Loss
IQ isn't Everything!
Few of the more Interesting Findings
Unscrambling Your Thought Process

3)How to Improve Your Memory
Some helpful suggestions to aid CFS peoplein improving their memory. I also have some new articles that will soon appear here.

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New Facts and Info On CFS

CFS and Exercise
Is CFS Contagious?
CFS is Contagious
Abnormalities of the immune system
Donating Blood
How many people in the United Sates have CFS?
Who gets CFS?
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Research on Fatigue
Great research and explanation of why CFS people have a great deal of fatigue.
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Emotions with CFS
A list of some of the emotions that anyone with CFS has had to experience.
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PWC's Can be Touchy
A letter sent in to the MEssenger by Carole Vaillancourt that offers an explanation why PWC's are touchy and backed by research on our nervous systems.
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Home Pages of Other CFS Sufferers
A listing of some of the Home Pages of Other CFS Sufferers. There are more but it would take forever to find them all.
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Links to Other CFS Sites
Links to many other resources on CFS on the web. These are just a few,there are many more. One link usually leads to more.
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CFS and Polio
Research on the relation of CFS to Polio.
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Sleep and CFS
Night People
My Mind Won't Shut Down
Several Ways to work with this
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CFS and Hypersensitivity Diseases
Hypersensitivity diseases and CFS
Hypersensitivity and it's meaning
Allergy (external)
Autoimmune diseases (internal)
Food Allergy and increased immune dysfunction
Cytokines and immune activity
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My Letter to People Without CFS
This letter is to all people without CFS.  I hope to explain how and what we all need.
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In Memoriam - Joan Irvine
This page is dedicated to Joan Irvine. Her husband posted her last response to fellow CFS Sufferers.
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Letter to Dateline
A letter to Dateline by Melissa Kaplan on CFS. More of us should be standing up and ensuring that we are heard so that the media and doctors will stop making light of CFS.
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Understanding CFS
A greatly referred to source for not only people with CFS but for friends, family members or anyone who knows someone with CFS.

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How to Kill a Sick Friend
A great article written by Sue Klaus.
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Nineteen Good Thing about CFS
You're probably wondering (if you have CFS) would could be good about having CFS? Well, here are 19 Good Things about CFS.
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The Gifts of CFS
CFS is talked about so often in negative terms that sometimes we forget the positive things that CFS has done for us. We all know the negative side of CFS (if you have it) and wouldn't it be nice to add to this list of gifts that CFS has brought to our lives.


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What CFS Cannot Do
CFS may be able to do a lot but there are some things it cannot do and this page provides a list of some. I believe it could be added to and wouldn't mind hearing you add your comments to this list. Thinking in a positive way is one way to help ourselves.
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How you can Help
A list of a number of things you can do to help someone with CFS
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CFS Probability Test
This test was designed by a doctor and the results come from his site.
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M.E.& FM Manual
A list of topics that this manual offers
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CFS Humor Poems

Join the Club
After New York
CIDS
CFIDS Eraser
In Praise of Turtles or do Turtles have CFIDS
Medication Merry-go-round
N'T
12 days of a CFS Christmas
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CFS Poems

A Sufferer's Plight
Listen Someone
Please help M.E.
Invisible Disability Awareness
The Real Me
Weakness of the Body & Strength of the Spirit
The Song Of THe Sucidial Sufferer
A Poem from Nora
I'm Scared
Walk With Us Awhile
The Fog
"Prisioners"
I'm A "Unique" Person
A Plea
Pain
Friends Without Faces
Three Short Stories with an important Message
ME: the student's story
To Work or Not to Work
Who Really Cares?

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