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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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