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- Time to change the subject heading, but in response to Dorothy's question about
- whether anyone else has experienced not getting colds or flus, Yes! I've been
- sick with CFIDS for 2 1/2 years, and been exposed to lots of sick people, and
- have never yet gotten a cold or the flu. It seems to me like people get
- CFIDS primarily in 2 different ways: some people seem to get constant bacterial
- infections on top of their CFIDS symptoms, and some of us *never* get anything.
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- I've always thought of that our immune systems are so up-regulated that it kills
- off other bugs. But maybe what we have in common is that our immune systems
- are is disregulated. Who knows. I suppose I should be grateful for the little
- things, but right now I'm feeling so lousy that I'm not feeling very grateful
- towards anything.
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- Has anyone else read about having a CFIDS awareness day? Now I can't remember
- whether I read about it in Roger's newsletter...somewhere I read about having a
- CFIDS lie-in to publicize the enormous loss and costs involved in CFIDS.
- Just wondering what others think of this idea... Kate
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