For the past 2 years and probably many years before, undiagnosed, I have suffered from a systemic candidiasis which has many of the same symptoms as chronic fatigue. Exhaustion, muscle aches, joint pain and swelling, sometimes low grade fevers-and lots of other things we thought were unrelated. I think that it was even responsible for reoccuring masitis many years back. I can't suggest strongly enough, having the mother with this problem go to see a nutritionally oriented physician with experience treating CFS. The results are almost miraculous. I am awake at 10 pm sometimes even 11. I get through a whole day of work. I can do 20 minutes at a time on the ski machine and walk a couple o miles. This is not to say I never have problems with this incidious syndrome. It's just to say there are solutions out there. You can email me privately for some ideas in the meantime,. but I would really suggest looking for an MD that does this work. Barbara Leshin-Zucker, IBCLC Highland Mills, NY he'll be and when. Maybe you can all hook up. What will you be doing there? I really miss you. You are a good listener and have had enough