He got that month-long flu directly after we first got together, and even though I wasn't sick at the time, it's possible that I transmitted something to him unknowingly. At this point, I don't really think a virus is the root cause, but there are so many unknowns that there's no way to rule anything out.
I'm starting to think that CFS has a lot in common with AIDS, and I'm reading a fascinating book written by a doctor who was convinced that HIV doesn't cause AIDS. I was ready to write it off as nonsense at first, but the more I read, the more sense it made, and it eventually led me to the Nitric Oxide cycle, which is hypothesized to also be a big problem for CFSers.
Anyway, even though it's definitely hard for both of us to have health issues, I think that it's actually better than just one of us being sick, because we both have a lot of sympathy and understanding for each other, and most of the time we luck out and one person will be feeling better when the other isn't, so there's at least one semi-functional person to take charge of cleaning and cooking and researching!
Ofcourse there is a retrovirus behind it.
Look you and your husaband like me and my wife are two completely diferent bodys gentecly.
No reason what so ever to both have the illness unless it was transmisible.
In my case i think waa alone for two years after devorced my first wife, those 2 years i did alot of dating were i prpbably got it, them i meet my wife and got married, we have a comun child from this marriage, ahmsome smart 6 year old boy, before i married my wife amd during marriage i suffer from alot of inflamation in my spine, cronic pain, but never nothing that look like cfs, inused to go to the gym etc.
After my son was born 3 yrs into the relation i started to see some changes, mainly in my wofer her immune system, cronic migrane etc, my son also had alot of signs like ezemas, easy bruising, respiratory infections, colds etc, but nothing became cronic untill we came back from a trip , the 3 of is started to have myra of symtoms, me and my wife were cronic like hardly funtioning.. we tested positive for mycoplasma the baby to, but coinsidenttly our other two kids from prev marriage and everyone else on the trip were just fine, we also teated positive to cocksakie and oyhwr hepes viruses.
Wich confirma its something i after my first marriage but before my wife and my son.
I movilized quick when to see good doctors well know in ME/CFS and with their guidance supplement lsantivirals we were able to stabilize my wife when from a 4-5 to like a 6-7 most of cronic stuff when away, i recovered from a 5-6 to like 8-9 , not even close to what in was but better.
My son energy wise and other aspects got better to, but still have alot of ezemas, respiratory infections like ashma.
Im more than convinced this a is a retrovirus, thesame one that cause AIDS, but ofcourse you have to have HIV, like in CFS viruses reactivate replicate uncheck and distintely, thesame happen with HIV its a virus replicate out of control, since this Retrovirus that copy and transform our genes our viral RNase L, our Nk cells, with out this there no immunity, so if you have this RETROVIRUS and also HIV you will develope AIDS, if you have this virus and also hhv-6 or EBV you will develope MS or CFS, if you get bartonella sprirochete you will develope lyme.
All of this illnesess share lot of similarity,
Including than in all of them you immune deficiency( using disfuntion is missleading becouse is both)
Subsetibility to most of thesame viruses mycoplasmas etc..
Our only gran hope is than even though we still short of fundig and not were we want yet, there is alot more understanding of this illness, vitamin and mineral deficiency, supplements that help, evey day there is more Awareness and understanding.
