An Inappropriate Script

For me, the most problematic thing about the FDA Ampligen committee meeting wasn't Ampligen's nonapproval.  It was a sick ME patient leaning on a cane who showed me the prescription a neurologist had given her—after admonishing her for using a cane.  Gazing at the script for several seconds, I first felt confusion and then the patient's humiliation.  The prescription read:

Tai Chi  

I told this story to a friend who's had ME for more than 20 years, and he said in all seriousness:  At this point, I'd take that cane and bash the doctor's head with it.