May 9, 2010

Life on Hold, for now....

I don't really want to talk about this because I don't want my intentions to be misunderstood, but I think I should just recap for those of you who don't know the whole situation. So if you already know my situation, don't bother reading this.

Right now I'm living at home because I'm suffering from a chronic illness. It all started with getting mono at the end of 2008 and then moving to England in 2009 to work with a Christian missionary organization. I was thoroughly enjoying my job serving the Lord in England but I was still suffering from the virus. The virus finally cleared up in May but then my symptoms actually got way worse. I finally decided to come home last September beause my health was so bad that I could barely work and I knew that I needed to get better. After lots of testing in England before I left and then again in Canada, the doctors concluded that I either have Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The difference (I think) is that CFS I'll always have, altho with different intensities, but Post Viral will go away once my body can recover from the insane viral infection that destroyed my immune system. This can take years apparently.

So right now I continue to see doctors and specialists (and I'm doing lots of research on my own) who are helping me to figure out how to recover from this illness or how to live with and manage this illness indefinitely. So that's the scoop.

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