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    Post-Exertional Malaise: When The Other Shoe Drops

    I don't suffer from CFS, I know that I'm lucky. I do get wornout by easy daily chores. When I was younger, exercise like jumping on the trampoline made my hands swell. This article is very impressive, well writen, too.