Eileen

So what’s the difference between cancer-related fatigue and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)? A quick Google search defines it as, “a key symptom of chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) that causes a spike in symptoms and a massive energy crash after what, to other people, would be minor exertion. It’s not my best day, but it’s hardly my worst. I discovered others in the ME/CFS community whose cancer treatment left them with ME/CFS — like a party favor handed out at the door, filled with junk.

I wanted to share an article I had published in the ME Action Newsletter called RUINS. While ME is basically what you know as chronic fatigue, unfortunately, it’s more complicated than that. ME/CFS afflicts many of us who have undergone cancer treatment. If the interest is there, I will post again soon to talk about cancer related fatigue, ME/CFS, the differences and the connections.

Coping with Chemo #triplenegativeMy Article on SHARE: Coping with Chemo #triplenegative Triple Negative Breast Cancer Day is March 3. Since I’m a Triple Negative survivor and in honor of the day, SHARE Cancer Network posted my article on Coping With Cancer. Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Does God Give More Than We Can Handle? Cancel Post was not sent - check your email addresses!

Re going from his role as chief neurosurgery resident to that of a patient: My life had been building potential, potential that would now go unrealized. The truth that you live one day at a time didn’t help: What was I supposed to do with that day? Severe illness wasn’t life altering, it was life shattering. His wife, Lucy, writes in the Epilogue: Relying on his own strength and the support of his family and community, Paul faced each state of his illness with grace–not with bravado or a misguided faith that he would “overcome” or “beat” cancer but with an authenticity that allowed him to grieve the loss of the future he had planned and forge a new one.