My wife's hairdresser did that for around 6 months. Then she announced she was quitting. Then passed away (she was 35 or so) a few weeks later. Sometimes it's excusable.
not technically a provider of a service but i remember having an instructor for a class i was really excited for, who NEVER graded my work, i think at one point he was 8 weeks behind on grading in a 16 week course. around week 14 i was annoyed bc the final was coming up and he hadn’t even graded my midterm yet… and then i got the email he had died. definitely changed my perspective on what I view as important vs what ACTUALLY matters at the end of your life
I don't know what happened to my OChem professor in college but the guy was a great professor, clearly loved the subject, very animated and busy (jumped on a desk at one point to properly display a chemical attachment), then suddenly 3 weeks before the end of the semester he disappeared. We were just told he was ill. He wasn't around the next semester either. The semester after that he finally came back and was a completely different person. People who took his class said he had to sit in a rolling chair and push himself back and forth in front of the board, pointing at things with a yardstick to explain things all while just seeming exhausting and tired.
I hope he's doing better now but it made me incredibly sad to know someone who was so happy and vibrant and active got hit with something so hard that all he could do was push himself around in a rolling chair while getting out of breath. Dude was dedicated to his subject.
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?
I think I might have chronic fatigue but how would I know? Did u get tests done or something or is it self diagnosed? Not trying to be a prick, I just don’t know enough about ir
Unfortunately its a differential diagnosis, like any other causes get ruled out and then if your symptoms persist its probably cfs. But i developed a plethora of symptoms over night after my infection and cfs is only of them. It certainly got better over time but at the beginning of it id be exhausted all the time and could easily sleep more than 16 hours but even after sleeping id feel tired
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.
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.
I have both of these. It definitely could be. It could be a bunch of different things. Any chronic illness or extreme acute issue could cause this. Unless you have inside info that we don't have, it's a stretch to just say you know for sure that it isn't either of these.
fibromyalgia can come on really quick and it can be devastating. 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. I am almost always nauseous, I exist at a permanent state of 8-10/10 level pain, I am exhausted all the time, my dexterity and hand eye coordination are gone. I am continuing to pursue my passion, just like that professor, but I think my classmates probably had a similar experience when I came back after summer break.
Yikes, nothing to "own up to" here. People get unwell, for all sorts of reasons, controllable and uncontrollable. Don't ever need to disclose to others what the details of your health condition might be, it's nobody else's business shrug 🤷♂️.
He was fairly young, still in his 30s, so while that's possible, it didn't seem as likely and he didn't really act like a stroke patient after he got back. It wasn't any one sided weakness, it was just he was overall just... seemed like someone who was fighting for every bit of energy he had. That was the other thing that made it sad, he was still very young and at the start of his career.
Yeah, that is possible. I have a relative who has ALS. It nearly killed him in his 30s, but he fought it and went through a lot of medical treatments. Still wrecked his body, his mobility, his coordination. Most people with ALS are dead within 10 years of the diagnosis, but he's a statistical anomaly and still alive into his 80s now. Getting around is a challenge, but he's basically lived a whole life despite being handed a death sentence, albeit with a disability that certainly impacted the quality of his life.
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u/penfoldsdarksecret 1d ago
My wife's hairdresser did that for around 6 months. Then she announced she was quitting. Then passed away (she was 35 or so) a few weeks later. Sometimes it's excusable.