Expert: Candy - 9/13/2009

Question
My mother has had increased leg weakness during the past year in spite of regular exercising to strengthen them.  She had a 'temporary' minor stroke which seems to have been the catalyst for her current problems.  She is cold and tired all the time.  Little things, like getting into bed, exhaust her. She was having breathing problems as well, but that seems to have improved.  Her doctors have not been able to give her any definitive answers and she continues to weaken.  As a result she struggles with depression.  She has trouble trying to get up from chairs, too, of course.  I am at a loss of how to help her, and we are both frustrated with doctors and tests that don't show any reason for the problems.

Answer
You need to have her doctor run an Epstein Barr blood test.  If it comes back positive then she's got CFIDS.  Until you have those results there isn't much I can recommend right now.  But once you get the results....and if they are positive...I have a list of natural remedies that have helped me as well as a list of websites that will give you more information.  So let me know what you find out and I wish you and your mother good luck.