Doctor shares personal journey overcoming chronic fatigue

April 26, 2022
Michael Gallagher running the Boston Marathon in 2014.Michael Gallagher running the Boston Marathon in 2014.Courtesy Michael Gallagher
Michael Gallagher running the Boston Marathon in 2014.

Long-COVID may have something to teach us. Those lingering symptoms of muscle pain, brain fog, and exhaustion are familiar to people who haven't had COVID -- but who suffer from chronic fatigue-- people who're often told "it's all in their heads." Like Dr. Michael Gallagher, of Denver. He was a triathlete -- contracted a common virus -- seemed to get better -- but wound up bedridden. Gallagher's new book "Run Down" is out today. We spoke in December.