CFS is hell, I know a former mountain/backcountry rescue, firefighter structural and wildland, paramedic, SWAT medic, parachutist, diver, officer, pilot, instructor for most of the above, and general all around action man with all of the accessories included who lived on a life of athletic adrenaline, he even did heli-attack firefighting for the forest service when in college, one step below smokejumper.
Then one day his liver swelled up and he bloated up, now every time he overexerts himself or gets chilled it can be weeks down in bed.
He can still do a century on bicycle in the mountains when he is well and still flies but the professional rescue life is now gone, he survives doing analog hardware analysis for RF caused malfunction and draws a disability. Fortunately he had a second passport was able to move to a country which had socialized health so he doesn’t have to give up having a home and family to stay alive.
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