Jun 30, 2003 · Laura Hillenbrand on the mysterious sickness that seized control of her life and wouldn’t let go.

Hillenbrand fell ill in college and was unable to complete her degree. She shared that experience in an award-winning essay, A Sudden Illness, published in The New Yorker in 2003. Her books were written while she was disabled by myalgic encephalomyelitis, also …

Sep 25, 2019 · The illness came on suddenly, and she lost any ability to perform normal activities or walk short distances; an accidental overexertion could land her in bed for weeks. The physicians who examined her were mystified by her symptoms, and many disbelieved that she was physically ill.

Feb 4, 2011 · For further reading about Laura Hillenbrand and her illness, read her incredible first-person account: A Sudden Illness, which appeared in the New Yorker on July 7, 2003. It will leave you...

Sep 10, 2019 · Laura Hillenbrand’s essay, “A Sudden Illness,” explores her struggles with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. She loses her friends, drops out of college, and moves home with her mother. Many of the physicians she goes to for help misdiagnose her and dismiss her symptoms.

Dec 7, 2012 · In “A Sudden Illness,” an essay she wrote for The New Yorker, she describes her experience during a ride back to Kenyon College after spring break. Hillenbrand was traveling with her boyfriend, Borden, and friend Lincoln when the first symptoms struck.

Oct 14, 2009 · In 2003, Laura Hillenbrand wrote about her experience of C.F.S. in The New Yorker. Her essay, “ A Sudden Illness,” recalls the earliest manifestations of the disease while she was a student...

Nov 10, 2010 · Hillenbrand’s illness first appeared on March 22, 1987, when she became nauseated and chilled on a car ride back from spring break in Maryland to Kenyon College with Borden and another friend.

How chronic fatigue syndrome changed the author’s life.

Dec 20, 2014 · For those who haven’t can read Laura’s prize-winning 2003 story of how she became ill, “A Sudden Illness” here – http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/07/07/a-sudden-illness. (A subscription to the New Yorker for 12 weeks for $12 is required.)