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    ME and other major illnesses?

    There is a relationship between CFS/ME and Endometriosis. Personally, I became sick with CFS/ME soon after I began showing symptoms for Endo.
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    Has anyone had experience with the CFS Discovery Clinic in Donvale, Melbourne, Aust.

    Also just a note... At the moment, I find the clinic to be rather impersonal. This may be because I have changed doctors (in that clinic alone) three times in the past year (I began seeing one, she left. I began seeing another, he left. Now I'm seeing Lewis) so I am yet to settle into one...
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    Has anyone had experience with the CFS Discovery Clinic in Donvale, Melbourne, Aust.

    Yes, I have. They are very thorough, so expect to go through a lot of tests and to take a lot of pills. However, I am yet to be convinced. They focus mainly on the gut, at least at the start. After nearly a year of taking countless pills, completely changing my diet, etc... I've had little to...
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    Anybody else been on.....

    This is a bit later but in case anybody else is interested - I went on this treatment. I'm in my last month of it (at least I am nearly done with the probiotics). So far, I have had absolutely no success. It's fairly maddening that I take so many pills each day and completely change my diet for...
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    Endometriosis, do you have it?

    I began to show symptoms when I was 14/15 for Endometriosis. Within 6 months, I became ill with CFS/ME. It has not been until the past 6 months (now that I am 19), that, due to the pain getting worse, we decided to do something about it. So it is believed that I also have a severe case of...