QUESTION TO OTHER CFS SUFFERERS.

My question to other C.F.S. sufferers is:  Does exercising help or hinder
recovery? A couple of doctors told me to rest as much as possible and
really pace myself and not push myself at all.  While a few other doctors
told me the opposite.  I should exercise regularly and try to increase
the amount I exercise a little bit every week.

I love playing baseball and the idea of a summer without any really
depressed me so I tried to play a couple of innings and felt good after
the first inning then felt horribly tired after the second.

I am very confused because the doctors can't agree about what I should do.

I was diagnosed with a mild case of CFS in August /91, I am 28 years old
and in school studying Civil Engineering.  I am able to lessen my
course-load a little due to the CFS, so studying is almost manageable.

If you have CFS I would very much appreciate your input.

Thank you.

Louise Graham

I have found that some exercise helps a little, but too much exercise
makes it much worse than no exercise at all.  I don't exercise on a
regular basis so I can't say if it would be better or worse.  My gut
feeling would be that light exercise on a regular basis would help.
Of course, this would be for me and may not apply to everyone.

Now that I think about it...  I took swimming lessons 2 or 3 years ago.
It was on Tue and Thu at 10:30am.  I did feel a little better during
this semester.  I would say that light exercise on a regular basis does
help.

I just finished a masters in education which took me three years because
of keeping my course load light enough to be manageable combined with a
20+ hours part-time job.  Undergrad took me five years to be manageable.
A Ph.D. is next.  Three to five years should be enough time.

*Paul

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 [writer has implied that he has CFS]

Hmmm, does "chronic fatigue syndrome" mean, in some cases, simply
"non-superhuman"?

This is not to deny that there are some people seriously ill with
chronic fatigue of unknown origin.  But I would consider a master's
degree program plus a half-time job to be an excessive load for a
_healthy_ person. Maybe the master's degrees are easier where you come
from.

Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor.  But I do advise graduate students.

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A few months ago I fell prey to a case of mono -  it was diagnosed as
such both by Pitt's Student Health Service, and by my doctor.  I just
recently heard about a (supposed) link between it and CFS.  But, (and
this is the fun part) I have heard the rumors BOTH WAYS, i.e., that
having mone will increase your chances of getting CFS, and that having
mone will decrease your chances of CFS.  Is either correct, or is there
no correlation, or does no one know for sure?

David Winters

It is not uncommon for a bout of mono to be followed by prolonged
fatigue (lasting for months). But EBV, the cause of acute infectious
mono, has been discredited as a cause of CFS per se (as defined
by CDC criteria). I certainly have not heard any claims that
seropositivity for EBV *decreases* one's risk of CFS.

Brian