Monday was a heady, exhausting day, with the long-awaited NIH/FDA study coming out mid-afternoon. I cartooned all afternoon in my head, then managed to get this one out on Tuesday: [click on image to enlarge]
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, blogs of my fellow invalids were notably quiet, with a few putting up a notice of the new article and apologies for being flattened beyond saying more.
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The hell with "gently." :)
ReplyDeleteA little more hopeful now, yes.
Hooray indeed!!!
ReplyDeleteSo does that mean they can use Vaseline? :)
ReplyDeleteThomas: Hmm...is that a reference to an advertisement or something? It's lost on me. Haven't seen a lot of ads in the last 20 years.
ReplyDeleteI'm really glad to hear this. I'm not even going to try to understand the study, but I can see why you'd be thrilled. The only thing worse than being sick is being sick and having people suspect you're making it all up: so evidence that there's really something wrong would be sweet vindication indeed!
ReplyDeleteYay this is great news, slowly we are on the road to proper recognition off our condition- no more intimations of pyschiatric problems, no more 'just go for a walk, walking is great, just get up and walk' and maybe some proper research into treatment or dare I even whisper .. a cure?Shhhhh!
ReplyDeleteHope you are well, best wishes from the UK x
That was in reference to the denialists. ;)
ReplyDeletewhere do those with M E diagnosis get tested for xmrv?
ReplyDeleteand $ 25,000 for a stem cell transplant with Dr. Cheney ?