I'm 25, female. I've never been energetic, but maintained a healthy lifestyle and did't have major health issues until about a year ago.
In 2010, I went to South America and got sick, I had a GI infection for the first time ever. Vomiting, stomach pain, and weakness. I've been tested for parasites and tropical illness, all tests were negative. It took a couple months before feeling back to normal.
I was fine until my menstrual cramps got so bad I ended up at the ER. I was told I had Endometriosis and Ovarian cysts that would require surgery.
Shortly afterwards, I suddenly came down with viral gastritis. It never really went away. I had stomach pain, bloating, malaise, weakness, food sensitivity and rashes for months. Endoscopy showed chronic gastritis, a hydrogen breath test showed fructose intolerance.
Around June I started getting really tired. It became difficult to get through the work day, sometimes I had to leave early and would go to bed as soon as I got home. A blood test showed my ferretin was at 11.
End of July I had laparoscopic surgery to remove the ovarian cyst. No complications. I was told recovery would be 2 weeks. Well about 5 days after the surgery, my fatigue suddenly worsened even more, and more, and more. My ferretin was at 8 by late august. I couldn't return to work. I was diagnosed with post-infectious IBS and given iron supplements.
Its now been 2 months since I started taking iron pills. My ferretin is back to 11 and my hemoglobin is way high. The hematologist says I should have gotten my energy levels back by now, but nothing has changed! I'm STILL not back at work, I'm in bed ALL day, I walk half-way around the block and I am out of breath!
No doctor has found the cause ofmy fatigue, I can't stand it anymore, its destroying my life! What couldit be??? Is it CFS?
I'm not depressed by the way. I want to go back to work again so badly and go out with my friends, and run on the treadmill, I miss it so much, but I just can't keep up.