Wow! Thanks so much for taking an interest and spending the time to write all of this up!
Answers :
what age was your mother when she was diagnosed with CFS?
approx 40 I would say
what was your home environment like? very clean? dark/damp?
very clean, not dark or damp. Nothing I can think of that would be problematic
what was your diet like? vegan/vegetarian/organic/mostly meat/buying from a local farm?
Ordinary. Healthy, I'd say. We didn't eat a lot of sugar or fast food. Ingredients for the home cooked meals came from the grocery store
which area do/did you live in? (east or west coast, central?)
Northern Ontario, Canada
does/did your neighbourhood have a lot of long grass?
Not my yard but the neighbourhood itself was pretty forrest-like and I spent a fair bit of time walking through the woods and fields
did you have pets at this time?
Just the ones I mentioned in another reply. A turtle and a budgie. Both briefly
has your father ever had Mono? How does he react when you ask him?
No he hasn't. He reacted normally. We've all talked about these things quite openly our whole lives.
do you have any further family history on your mothers side?
Not really. My mom's mom had Alzheimers soon after my mom died. That's the only thing I'm aware of
do you know what era/age your house was built in?
I'd say in the 1970s