Tyler’s Tweets
Part 1

Got mono during college, never got well. Moved back home. Finished degree & gradually improved to 60%. Living on my own important to me.

Moved to NYC for my health. Left coast friends moved on to better careers, marriages, mortgages. I needed a fresh start, alone.

Linked up w/ group of college friends now in NYC + their friends & coworkers. Eclectic group. Provides connection w/o obligation.

Lucky to have full-time job that I can do in part-time hours. Boss in London. Analyze day's retail figures by their night. I sleep in.

Sublet 1-BR apt from parents' friends while they travel Europe. Quiet-near Columbia. New friends don't drop by. Relief!

No car in city. Can order anything to my door. Food shops on every corner. Subway is efficient. Cabs when I'm too sick.

 

 

Tyler is a composite character based on real patients’ stories, allowing us to describe a range of common experiences. Later parts of his story will be posted in the coming weeks. Please visit our site often for additions to this and other characters’ stories. We also regularly publish first-person accounts of living with CFS in our monthly enewsletter, CFIDSLink.