Hi and a quick question on heart problems

[Guest guest]

I dont get on these groups very often these days but I wonder if I could ask the

group a quick question.

I just wondered if anyone on the group had experience of other family members

" catching " the bug that set off their M.E. or set off a relapse. I had a severe

viral infection back in 2003 and this set off a severe relapse. I have been

fragile ever since and am now housebound.

The odd thing is I got married while still suffering from the virus and many

of my relatives attended the wedding. My aunt and two of her children developed

atrial fibrillation a month or two after my wedding. Just before one of my

cousins developed the heart problem she went through a brief (1 week) viral

infection with similar symptoms to my longer lived infection. I thought I would

ask if anyone else had experience of family members being affected.

Incidentally a neighbour of mine who had two children with longstanding M.E.

died of prostate cancer. He was in his late seventies so I guess it could have

been a pure coincidence. Then again it set me thinking that XMRV or whatever may

affect family members due to proximity or genetics.

Thanks in advance