Chronic illness, only for the strong?

[Guest guest]

Wanted to share this excerpt from 's post from Experimental

(#82536). I'm sure many of you know his story, but this blew my mind.

It supports my whacko theory that we pwc actually have stronger than

average immune systems, and could explain why we are chronically sick

rather than dead. You can read his whole story at:

/message/82536

Wrote:

" When you look at the Incline Village cohort, makes you wonder if it

was actually harmful to be young and in good shape.

The illness passed right by all the invalids and sickies in

hospitals and hit marathon runners, champion swimmers, tennis pro

and hang glider instructor - all outdoorsy types.

It looked like those with the greatest apparent potential for a

powerful immune response were the very ones affected most.

The fact that we didn't all die from other illnesses that went

through would appear to confirm that this is no " immune weakness " .

The illness is more consistent with the Spanish Flu - those who were

young and strong were the ones most likely to die.

This was exactly the same scenario as Royal Free in which the nurse

trainees were slammed in droves while the sick people in that very

same hospital were scarcely affected.

There were times when I wished that I was sickly and not so

athletic prior to CFS so I could possibly have escaped it too. "

[Guest guest]

Penny

's post made sense to me as well, recent improvements and how

they came about, make me more convinced this is the case for some of

us myself included. Gene expression research in the UK would seem to

support 's opinion too.

Cheers, Tansy

> " When you look at the Incline Village cohort, makes you wonder if it

> was actually harmful to be young and in good shape.

> The illness passed right by all the invalids and sickies in

> hospitals and hit marathon runners, champion swimmers, tennis pro

> and hang glider instructor - all outdoorsy types.

> It looked like those with the greatest apparent potential for a

> powerful immune response were the very ones affected most.

> The fact that we didn't all die from other illnesses that went

> through would appear to confirm that this is no " immune weakness " .

> The illness is more consistent with the Spanish Flu - those who were

> young and strong were the ones most likely to die.

> This was exactly the same scenario as Royal Free in which the nurse

> trainees were slammed in droves while the sick people in that very

> same hospital were scarcely affected.

> There were times when I wished that I was sickly and not so

> athletic prior to CFS so I could possibly have escaped it too. "

[Guest guest]

Penny when you've already suffering an infection in hospital your

producing antibiotics to ward off other invaders.So I suppose the

competition also keeps an acute infection able to keep a chronic

infection at bay.

Assuming something ACUTE is more powerfull than a CHRONIC agent.

> " When you look at the Incline Village cohort, makes you wonder if

it

> was actually harmful to be young and in good shape.

> The illness passed right by all the invalids and sickies in

> hospitals and hit marathon runners, champion swimmers, tennis pro

> and hang glider instructor - all outdoorsy types.

> It looked like those with the greatest apparent potential for a

> powerful immune response were the very ones affected most.

> The fact that we didn't all die from other illnesses that went

> through would appear to confirm that this is no " immune weakness " .

> The illness is more consistent with the Spanish Flu - those who

were

> young and strong were the ones most likely to die.

> This was exactly the same scenario as Royal Free in which the nurse

> trainees were slammed in droves while the sick people in that very

> same hospital were scarcely affected.

> There were times when I wished that I was sickly and not so

> athletic prior to CFS so I could possibly have escaped it too. "