Reply #2: thanks pallas. ebv is epstein barr virus and cfids is

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chronic fatigue immune dysfunction "syndrome"
everything that can be labeled is but in this case the cfids does describe me pretty well. im profoundly fatigued and have a pretty weak immune system

it appears that much of the population has ebv (or other viruses) in their bodies that can remain dormant until there is a trigger that activates it. so for some people it remains dormant and for others it gets triggered
it can be via an accident or illness (i had a bad case of mono) or giving birth etc

anyway i definitely need to address the hormonal and liver weakness. im french/irish/german

on edit: i left out an important piece of information re: dr matsen - he wrote "eating alive" books so perhaps this will be familiar to someone....