“How I overcame chronic fatigue syndrome”

ONE DAY IN 2003, I was running around an adventure park, having fun with my younger daughter before seeing friends. I left my friends’ early, as I started to get a runny nose, and went home to have an early night. Then, I didn’t wake up for weeks.

I remember drifting in and out of sleep and being in a darkened room. My only memory of those few weeks is being propped up in bed to be given a drink. Being bedridden on my own, with my two young girls popping in occasionally to check on me, became the norm for the next few months.

My body had completely shut down, like