I'll say this: declaring that you have a bunch of mysterious, vague, and of course improperly/untreated "immune conditions" is textbook munchausen's, especially when it comes from a younger, wealthy woman. So I'd be very careful taking any of this at face value.
Of course, that's not to say that things like EDS don't exist, and she very well may have been the one in a million to actually have a bunch of rare disorders, but all it takes is one look at the "spoonies" community to see what they truly are.
Other red flags include:
Tweeting numerous times a day about how hard life is
Self-identitying as "disabled"
Insisting on unnecessary TPN (they all do this for some reason)
Frequent and inexplicable stays in the hospital which achieve nothing
Unemployed
EDS in particular seems to be very popular among illness fakers
I don’t reckon many doctors would sign off on taking out an eye, or permanently destroying someone’s body, or indeed stick that “halo” device on someone who had Munchausen’s… Let alone the three, I believe, doctors who had to sign off on the VAD order…
So, while in principle you’re right, I… Doubt it, in this case.
Who knows? But in the end, she’s dead now, so I guess we never will know…
You'd be surprised what you can achieve from doctor shopping. Look hard enough and you'll find a doctor who will do absolutely anything as long as you can pay for it.
However, it would be extremely unusual for a munchie to have an eye taken out. The headgear isn't permanent, is very conspicuous, and screams "I am disabled", so it's a munchie's dream, but I'm pretty sure even the most dedicated attention whore would stop short of enucleation. So in this particular case I'm willing to say we've found the rarest of specimens: a young woman who actually has (or had) a rare immune disorder.
I'll say this: declaring that you have a bunch of mysterious, vague, and of course improperly/untreated "immune conditions" is textbook munchausen's, especially when it comes from a younger, wealthy woman. So I'd be very careful taking any of this at face value.
Of course, that's not to say that things like EDS don't exist, and she very well may have been the one in a million to actually have a bunch of rare disorders, but all it takes is one look at the "spoonies" community to see what they truly are.
Other red flags include:
Tweeting numerous times a day about how hard life is
Self-identitying as "disabled"
Insisting on unnecessary TPN (they all do this for some reason)
Frequent and inexplicable stays in the hospital which achieve nothing
Unemployed
EDS in particular seems to be very popular among illness fakers
Did you see the photos in the article, though??
I don’t reckon many doctors would sign off on taking out an eye, or permanently destroying someone’s body, or indeed stick that “halo” device on someone who had Munchausen’s… Let alone the three, I believe, doctors who had to sign off on the VAD order…
So, while in principle you’re right, I… Doubt it, in this case.
Who knows? But in the end, she’s dead now, so I guess we never will know…
Unfortunately.
You'd be surprised what you can achieve from doctor shopping. Look hard enough and you'll find a doctor who will do absolutely anything as long as you can pay for it.
However, it would be extremely unusual for a munchie to have an eye taken out. The headgear isn't permanent, is very conspicuous, and screams "I am disabled", so it's a munchie's dream, but I'm pretty sure even the most dedicated attention whore would stop short of enucleation. So in this particular case I'm willing to say we've found the rarest of specimens: a young woman who actually has (or had) a rare immune disorder.