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What It’s Like to Have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, a Misunderstood Illness that Leaves People in Wheelchairs and Derails Entire Careers

By Alison Millington — 2020

After months of dealing with constant, extreme exhaustion that wouldn’t go away no matter how much I slept, in 2015, a doctor told me I had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS).

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