Hey. M.E patients! Stop listening to people who want you to hate doctors!
Seriously. Read this instead:
We should measure progression not through gradual activity increase, but through gradual increase in adherence to a normal activity curve.
I mean, it's very good isn't it? You could even find yourself working, with your doctor, to make measurable, objective, progress against your M.E *without increasing your overall activity level one jot!*
And you know what?
If it turns out you do have a virus, or it turns out you live next door to toxic waste dump or whatever, and you cannot get better: this system reveals and exposes that fact.
Your doctor can see you trying and will know that there must be something else perpetuating your M.E.
Oh, you sexy thing!