In the end, though, Dr. Lemon conceded that Merredith is a classic example of something she sees all the time with autoimmunity. “We listen to their stories and we try to fit them into the box, but millions of people don’t fit into a box. They’re not making up what they’re experiencing, they’re not flakes. We just don’t know what’s wrong yet.” For these people, Dr. Lemon said, “science has not caught up yet.”