One of the most unusual and, frankly disturbing, accounts of the onset of an illness that I have ever read is by author Laura Hillenbrand about her falling ill with CFS&#x2F;ME. Alas, it is now behind a paywall at New Yorker.<p>A Sudden Illness - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newyorker.com&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;2003&#x2F;07&#x2F;07&#x2F;a-sudden-illness" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newyorker.com&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;2003&#x2F;07&#x2F;07&#x2F;a-sudden-illnes...</a>