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Are you suffering from CFS/ME and/or fibromyalgia? Are you caring for someone with these conditions? Is someone close to you a sufferer? Almost certainly it will have taken your doctor some time to arrive at the diagnosis of CFS/ME and once there you may have been offered little more than…


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I love being challenged in how I think about ME/CFS, and Dr Perrin, in coming at the illness from such an unusual angle, does just that.

For Perrin, spinal rigidity and obstructed lymphatic flow are key components of the illness. My first reaction to such claims: what can these things possibly have to do with an illness of exercise intolerance and post-exertional malaise?

Well, as I found from this lucid and engaging book, much more than you might think. The deal was sealed when an osteopath I visited confirmed that I also had all the problems Dr Perrin has noted…

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