The morning was slipping away as Rose Weinstein sat on her couch, trying to gather the energy to start her day. The Indianapolis grandmother had hours of errands ahead of her, but despite the ticking clock, she couldn’t muster the strength to get moving. “What is happening to me?” she wondered.
Tiredness was never a problem for Rose, who had always been full of life juggling work, family, volunteering and an active social life. But about a decade ago, Rose suddenly found herself dragging through her days, despite consistently getting a good night’s sleep .
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Having entered her sixties, she first figured this fatigue was normal, a sign that she needed to slow down or even give up doing some of the things she loved. But when her annual blood work in 2016 showed various health issues, she realized it was more than just getting older. Rose wondered if maybe there was more to her fatigue than she’d originally thought.