All she lost; my sister's battle with Lyme Disease.

Seeded on Mon May 18, 2009 12:23 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

This paragraph broke my heart. I could have been written about my own experience: "One of the enduring frustrations for my sister, and for those of us who loved her, was the failure of her doctors to recognize what was wrong.

health, michigan, chronic-fatigue-syndrome, epstein-barr-virus, lyme-disease

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- My story is very much like the author’s sister except that I had crushing exhaustion, confusion and heart issues. After two years of illness my symptoms were starting to morph in strange ways - my face was crooked, my hands were going numb.

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