About the Contributors
Table of Contents
Foreword by Leonard Jason, PhD and Renee Taylor, PhD Introduction by Peggy MunsonDoubt and DiagnosisEncounters with the Invisible by Dorothy Wall
From What Her Body Thought by Susan Griffin
When Tiredness Gives Way to Tiredness by Joan Nestle
Object Assembly by Floyd Skloot
Atlantis
One Window by Dorian Key
Silent Trespass by Nadine Goranson
Prisoner of CFIDS by Mayra Lazara
Bittersweet Nightshade by Floyd Skloot
Right Where I Am by Kate Foran
Valley of Shadows: Journal Entries by Phyllis Griffiths
Stealth by Willy Wilkinson
Roller Coasters by Eva Marie Everson
Memory and Metaphor
Immune Means Memory by Kathleen Bogan
The Paradox of Lost Fingerprints: Metaphor and the Shaming of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Peggy Munson
Fossil Memories by Kat Duff
In the Shadow of Memory by Floyd Skloot
Synergy and Movement
On Life, Death, and the Nature of Limbo: Assisted Suicides in the CFIDS Community by Peggy Munson
From Activist to "Passivist": Where is the Mass Movement? by June Stein
The Gulf War's Troubling Legacy by Gary Null, PhD
The Amazing Illness That Doesn't Exist by Chris Szabo
Taking the Rap: Parents, Blame, and Pediatric CFIDS by Mary MunsonFate and Faith
Kismet by Floyd Skloot
Spiritual Healing, Holistic Healing and the White Light Fascists by Caitlin MacEwan
CFIDS, Suffering and the Divine by James Rotholz, PhDLove and AllianceCFIDS - A Love Poem by Stacey Montgomery What's a Mother to Do? by Gloria Kartiganer Dating CFIDS by Andrew Corriveau Revisiting Sick Sex by Susan Dion, PhD Long Illness by Ellen Samuels | Books and Articles on CFIDS and Health Issues by Contributors
Kat Duff
The Alchemy of Illness
Susan Griffin What Her Body Thought
Joan Nestle A Fragile Union: New and Selected Writings
Gary Null The Complete Guide to Health and Nutrition and many other books
Ellen Samuels "Bodies in Trouble" in Restricted Access
Floyd Skloot The Night Side: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the Illness Experience Music Appreciation
Willy Wilkinson "Remember the Place Where Your Soul Lives:Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome" in The Lesbian Health Book Also a chapter in Gender Politics of HIV/AIDS in Women: Perspectives on the Pandemic in the United States |