I wasn’t too vocal about the things I went through this year. I appreciate the understanding and support and wanted to share this message on where I’m at. pic.twitter.com/3qgftKki10

— Jonathan Toews (@JonathanToews) June 30, 2021

Source: Patients with CIRS are often misdiagnosed as having depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and somatization; as well as Alzheimer’s, Parkinsonism, allergy, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome, among others. Treating patients for these seemingly diverse conditions does not improve their symptoms of CIRS, although effective therapies for CIRS exist.
CIRS is an activation of the innate immune system, making a proper diagnosis difficult since common parameters of inflammation are generally negative upon laboratory evaluation. There is a genetic component that can be tested. CIRS is a brain on fire. A dominant clinical feature of CIRS is the common cognitive complaints by patients, including memory loss, mood disorders, brain fog, loss of executive function and fatigue. This is not a surprise considering that this is a key component of the innate immune response. There are multiple markers to measure the innate response and measure the presence of inflammation in the brain.

In short, Jonathon Toews body just, shut, down, after 30+ years of being Jonathon Toews.

The human body is an incredible thing.  Its only job, according to your entire nervous system, is to survive.  That’s it.  After YEARS of grinding, a few cups, and the nickname ‘Captain Serious’ Toews’s body was telling his brain ‘I need a break’.

It happens to more people than you think.  It’s sometimes referred to as ‘hitting the wall’ and it comes for every mono-maniac who pours themselves into something with a savant-like dedication and Toews has competed like he’s going to the electric chair the next day FOREVER.

SO, his body took a knee and Johnny listened to it and now he’s talking about it because he cares about himself and the people he loves.

I liked hearing him say hockey isn’t life and I wonder if you asked him if it was 3 years ago if you’d get a different response.

Good for Johnny Toews.  More people should do the same.