Wednesday
May 16, 2001
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
My name is Manuela and I am a young woman from Germany. You might wonder
why I am writing to your Iranian website. I have been reading your site
for a while and I must say I like it; I like how you people communicate
with each other and I like the stories behind the scenes. Additionally we
are both immigrants and therefore have to deal with a different culture.
Oh, I do love the United States and I prefer to live here rather than
in Europe, but there are certainly challenges to be a foreigner, as you
might feel in the same way. Let me tell you a little bit more about me and
what I am doing right now, it might be of interest for many of you, since
it has to do with modern killer diseases and how to treat them.
I am very interested natural medicine, since I am a sufferer myself.
I suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome, or short CFS, which is a severe
autoimmune disease. CFS affects millions of people the world over. It is
misdiagnosed, goes undiagnosed or is misinterpreted by many. It has been
described as "a multi-system disease that affects the nervous and immune
and musculoskeletal system". This includes unexplained persistent severe
disabling or relapsing chronic fatigue, short term memory loss or disruption
severe enough to cause substantial reduction in work, school, social or
personal activities.
Symptoms can include sore throat, severe muscle and joint pain and many
others. One author has called it "The Crippler" because of its
literally crippling effects on the body. Up to age 19 I had perfect health,
then it rapidly deteriorated with the onset of mononucleosis. I sought help
in Germany to no avail. The doctors used to say "everything is fine
with you, it is all in your head." Within a couple of years I was unable
to work, even bedridden, and after getting no help from the medical profession
I became frustrated and desperate. I knew something was terribly wrong with
my body but I did not know what.
Seven years from the onset of the disease I obtained the information
about a hospital in Tijuana, Mexico and the hope it offered. The attitude
of the mexican clinic that "man is the sum of mind, spirit and body,
and without taking all these facets into consideration healing will not
occur" made sense to me and I decided to go this way.
I was finally diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, Epstein-Barr virus
and fibromyalgia (severe joint and muscle pains). United States and Germany
are considered the most advanced countries in health care, but it did not
prove true in my case. The treatment worked wonders and I felt better almost
right away, eventhough it usually takes a while to work. I came back for
a booster treatment after six month and then for another, before I decided
to move to Mexico. I needed a change and did not want to live in Germany
anymore.
In the meantime living in the United States, I visit the clinic very
often to learn more about these natural powerful treatments. I met many
people from all over the world who were treated for cancer, multiple sclerosis,
hepatitis and other immune disfunctions and I saw many of them blossom and
regenerate, even after having had chemotherapy or radioation treatment which
made me even more believe in integrative medicine. I don't believe in merely
treating or suppressing symptoms; the whole body has to be treated in a
way that it can function better and heal itself.
I dedicated my life to make it known to people that there is help available.
Sometimes one needs to go a little further and take a way that is not very
common, but it is worth the effort. What could be more important than health?
I invite you to write me with questions you might have or you even might
know somebody who is not in good health and needs help. Please feel free
to contact me. You can write me at manuela@cfshelp.com
and check out my website www.cfshelp.com
where you will find more information. Thanks for reading on!
Yours in good health,
Manuela Schoesser
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