From The Virus Within by Nicholas Regush . http://extras.denverpost.com/books/chvirus0528.htm In the fall of 1996, Tina, in her forties, spiraled ever deeper into depression, suffering from repeated attacks of migraine headaches. Desperate, she offered herself the only prescription that seemed fitting: suicide by drug overdose. When news of her suicide attempt spread throughout the area, people were shocked. What could drive Tina to such straits? Yet the real tragedy was still on the horizon. Several months before, Tina had experienced a flurry of flu-like symptoms: difficulty in breathing, nausea, diarrhea, fever, and aches all over her body. The symptoms were noted in her medical record, but she made nothing of them. After all, such symptoms are common and transient, usually abating without medical intervention. In fact, many early symptoms of disease are subtle and do not attract attention until the disease is well established. This is probably why...