Health Rising:“Nothing in the Blood?” ME/CFS and Long COVID Serum is NOT Whacking the Mitochondria in the Muscles (But May Be Affecting Other Tissues)

[Mij]

Cort Johnsom, March 30, 2026

"Nothing in the Blood?" ME/CFS and Long COVID Serum is NOT Whacking the Mitochondria in the Muscles (But May Be Affecting Other Tissues) - Health Rising

Geoff’s Narration The GIST The idea that something in the blood is causing or contributing to ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, and/or long COVID is so tantalizing. For one thing, while it may not be easy to identify that substance, once it is found, the idea that all that may be needed […]

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[Kitty]

When did "whacking" become a medical term for impairment?

 

[Creekside]

When did "whacking" become a medical term for impairment?

I don't know, but I'd accept that over psychobabble, such as labeling people who avoid foods that make them feel worse as having an "avoidance disorder".

 

[Jonathan Edwards]

When did "whacking" become a medical term for impairment?

One of the more sensible bits of the blog I would say. We were discussing whether we had whacked the B cells hard enough in the last century (just).

 

[MrMagoo]

I don't know, but I'd accept that over psychobabble, such as labeling people who avoid foods that make them feel worse as having an "avoidance disorder".

I have ARFID, It’s not psychobabble, mocking actual conditions isn’t ok.

Biohack brain rewiring and manifesting are psychobabble.

 

[Ranma]

I have ARFID, It’s not psychobabble, mocking actual conditions isn’t ok.

Rare to see ARFID mentioned, had been struggling with that for decades, until about six months ago.

 

[PageofME]

When did "whacking" become a medical term for impairment?

It hasn't. It's just the Nevada school of Creative Writing that Cort has attended.

 

[MrMagoo]

Rare to see ARFID mentioned, had been struggling with that for decades, until about six months ago.

It’s a bit like ME, I have times I do well to overcome it in the main but always end up back to default beige predictable processed stuff eventually.