Robert
Part 1 of 5

I am an electrical engineer, disabled due to CFS. I think of my condition in terms of a circuit interrupted. 

I see analogies to my illness everywhere I look. My body's electrical towers no longer carry the right signals to my brain or other organs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert 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.