Word: bedridden
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hardened, sinewy blond who is almost succeeding in fighting off the encroachments of middle age tells her unstylish, homebody sister how sorry she is that the homebody threw away her life caring for their bedridden father and addled aunt. The care giver insists she has no regrets: "I can't imagine a better way to have spent my life." Later she explains, "I have had such love." She does not mean her elderly wards' love for her -- they are often cross or ungrateful -- but rather hers for them. She is not confessing to neurotic possessiveness or bidding for sainthood...
...malaria provokes a powerful response by the immune system. Heimlich does not apply malaria therapy, which is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Nonetheless, he insists that the treatment, available in Mexico and Panama, is a legitimate last resort for late-stage Lyme sufferers who are "paralyzed, bedridden in a fetal position" or perhaps going blind. Results vary, and what is achieved by weeks of full-blown malaria seems at best to be a remission...
...illness is hard to diagnose, but fevers, swollen lymph nodes, muscle weakness, headaches and bouts of fatigue that last for six months or more can all be signs of CFS. Many patients are unable to work and even become bedridden. Alan Tolkoff, a Los Angeles management consultant who has recovered from CFS, got so weak that his wife had to spoon-feed him. With no specific tests to pinpoint the syndrome, patients having milder symptoms can go through several physicians before finding one who believes something is seriously wrong. However, more and more doctors are listening to the complaints...