I remember the days when weeks felt like a long time to be ill. Once, before myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), I got a nasty infection and was ill for about three weeks, but it felt like an eternity.
Now the idea of being ill for weeks then recovering doesn’t sound too bad to me. When I first got sick with ME I swore I’d be better in a few months, then that extended to within a year, and later within two years.
When I passed all these milestone with no real improvement, it was crushing. I was so optimistic that I would achieve that two year mark.
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