r/mildlyinfuriating 2d ago

"I'm Sorry, I Have to Cancel"

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u/drinkacid 2d ago

Sounds like a stroke or heart attack.

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u/ChocolateKey2229 2d ago

Or MS or Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue. Any of them can be devastating including stroke or MI.

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u/SnowflakeSorcerer 2d ago

Known to be Lively animated and enthusiastic, then gone suddenly for a semester and comes back exhausted and deflated sounds a like it was a little more than chronic fatigue, would the onset be that sudden and drastic? How would you even find this out?

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u/Hadlie_Rose 1d ago

fibromyalgia can come on really quick. I had normal levels of pain for most of my life, up until I woke up one morning two years ago and couldn't walk. I can imagine people who used to know me would have seen me like that chemistry professor. chronic fatigue/conditions involving it like fibro are devastating.