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View results: If your ME/CFS began with a flu-like illness, did it come on rapidly?

  • The flu-like illness that initiated my ME/CFS came on rapidly

    Votes: 21 70.0%

  • The flu-like illness that initiated my ME/CFS began like a 'normal' flu

    Votes: 9 30.0%
  • Total voters
    30