The news about the link discovered between Fibromyalgia/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the XMRV Retrovirus is all over the Internet now. It’s great news in that this discovery may lead to treatment, but it’s difficult news because retroviruses move into human cells and rewrite the DNA to a diseased state. XMRV is transferred the same ways as the HIV virus, so if I carried this virus when I breastfed my children, they have been exposed and could be carrying it also. When the blood test is made available they’ll be tested too, along with me. The second really hard part of this news for me is that the day I almost died in 1997, the ER doctor did a spinal tap and told me a VIRUS, not a bacteria, was in the spinal fluid. “What virus?” I asked.  He said he didn’t know, but that it didn’t matter because I’d be feeling much better in a few weeks. He never knew, but he was wrong, and no anti-virals were offered. (I’m needing a little time to process this disappointment and move back into the I-chose-this-life groove, which is the truth. I did choose this life.)

THE XMRV RETROVIRUS:

Here are some more links about XMRV and FMS and CFIDS.

Video of Dr. Petersons’ testimony before CFSAC (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee) 2009 Meeting Day 1 Dr. Peterson

Whittemore Peterson Institute
Scientists Discover Significant Link Between XMRV and ME/CFS

CFIDS Association

XMRV: Retrovirus Linked to Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome linked to infectious retrovirus XMRV

Thank you, dear reader, for being at NAtP today. I hope some of this information is helpful to you. May you be blessed by Love, forever and ever. Amen.:)