Community Munchausen's by Internet (Malingerers, Munchies, Spoonies, etc) - Feigning Illnesses for Attention

[Ellesse_warrior]

With the massive glaring caveat that I am not a neurologist and brains are t my area, yes.

Those scans are insufficient to tell, in short. The one with the red circle does look like there’s an increased distance between C1 and C2, but if you look at the spinal processes on each side it’s clear that the slice is at an angle. So on that one image alone I don’t think you can take a decent measurement. The measurement I think you’d want is an axial scan - that’s looking straight down into those two vertebrae and seeing if they’re offset against each other. Think of balling your fists, placing one on top of the other and twisting them.

The second scan also isn’t the one you’d use for normal pressure hydrocephalus- again you’d want a slice horizontally through the ventricles in the centre of the head and to be looking down on that slice. I don’t see any Chiari and I don’t see any brainstorm compression either.

Absolutely happy to be told I’m talking bollocks here - brains aren’t something I ‘do.’

Lmao at the CSF leak though Morgan has though. CSF is watery, dumbass. It also has a very specific sweet smell. And the reason you’re shitting blood, Morgan, is that you took a metric fuckton of laxatives. I’m tempted but not quite tempted enough to look at the photos. If it’s not haemorrhage amounts of red or coffee grounds black then it’s likely she’s just ripped something a bit. Enjoy your anal fissure!

Enjoy your anal fissure made me lol

 

[Otterly]

Enjoy your anal fissure made me lol

Those things hurt like a mofo. *chuckles*

That article just has all the red flags - NHS won’t help, dude in Spain, etc. I know people shit on the NHS but if you were actually in danger of doing something that could actually kill you, the NHS wouldn't be saying ‘nah nowt we can do mate.’

 

[thirsttrap12345]

This poster is actually my new fave. Finally a sensible poster in there.

It’s one of the only valid comments in that sub right now. Don’t worry they will be banned soon.

 

[Spooniest spoon]

With the massive glaring caveat that I am not a neurologist and brains are t my area, yes.

Those scans are insufficient to tell, in short. The one with the red circle does look like there’s an increased distance between C1 and C2, but if you look at the spinal processes on each side it’s clear that the slice is at an angle. So on that one image alone I don’t think you can take a decent measurement. The measurement I think you’d want is an axial scan - that’s looking straight down into those two vertebrae and seeing if they’re offset against each other. Think of balling your fists, placing one on top of the other and twisting them.

The second scan also isn’t the one you’d use for normal pressure hydrocephalus- again you’d want a slice horizontally through the ventricles in the centre of the head and to be looking down on that slice. I don’t see any Chiari and I don’t see any brainstorm compression either.

Absolutely happy to be told I’m talking bollocks here - brains aren’t something I ‘do.’

Lmao at the CSF leak though Morgan has though. CSF is watery, dumbass. It also has a very specific sweet smell. And the reason you’re shitting blood, Morgan, is that you took a metric fuckton of laxatives. I’m tempted but not quite tempted enough to look at the photos. If it’s not haemorrhage amounts of red or coffee grounds black then it’s likely she’s just ripped something a bit. Enjoy your anal fissure!

Thank you! I wonder if it's the same surgeon that did those other two surgeries.

The NHS sometimes doesn't cover some treatments that are newer or more experimental. Some cystic fibrosis meds come to mind. It is pretty telling that only the shitty newspapers are covering it though.

 

[Otterly]

Thank you! I wonder if it's the same surgeon that did those other two surgeries.

I’d put money on it. I think it was mentioned a while back but it’s insanely risky surgery that there’s very little clinical rationale for. The Spanish dude is a maverick at the very best, and and outright Frankenstein at worst.

 

[Dr. Celery MD]

I recently stumbled upon a munchie/chronic lyme family through a tagged photo of Chronically.Court. I knew if she idolized Court she'd be good for some laughs.


Meet Kimberly A. Cronan Gifford, a self-proclaimed "lyme mom" who believes that her children have not only been infected by "gestational lyme", but also infected by tick bites. So I guess like super-lyme?

Originally from Rhode Island, Kimberly and her three kids moved to Colorado when all of them were suddenly diagnosed with chronic lyme by a chronic lyme doctor.

Spoiler: Links

Kimberly's Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn
Website
Vimeo Account
Youtube #1
Youtube #2
Youtube #3 (yes, she really has THREE Youtube accounts)
Her husband, Jason's Facebook
Go Fund Me
Country Line Dancing fundraiser
Chili Cook off fundraiser
T-Shirt fundraiser #1
T-Shirt fundraiser #2
T-Shirt fundraiser #3
"My Kids and I All Have Lyme" video
Change.org petition to get some guy ousted from the National Tick-Borne Disease Working Group because he has the gall to not believe in chronic lyme
Blog post about lyme disease awareness month
Another post about her and her poor sick kids
Annnnnnd another one

Spoiler: Crazy Crazy Lyme Lady photo dump

In one of her first posts on her Instagram page, Kimberly proudly shows off her muscles with her brother. They opened a gym in their home state of Rhode Island. Kimberly was reportedly in excellent shape.


Then in July of 2013, she introduced her "medical condition" (that she never actually names and just looks like a squinty eye) that she refers to as "Igorlina."


The rest of 2013 was quite a ride for her health.


Once 2014 started, the health problems with her three kids (Cole, Giovanna "Gigi", and Isabella "Bella") started.


2015 came and she really ramped things up while exposing her woo-believing ways. Her oldest, Cole, seemed to be her main fixation.


But don't worry, her own health issues kept popping up too!


January 2016 chronic lyme becomes her whole life. As soon as her son is diagnosed, her other two children are also dx'd within weeks.


At this point they move to Colorado for treatment. All three kids immediately get PICC lines.



So now Kimberly has chronic lyme at this point.


At this point, lyme is to blame for everything, even peeing your pants.


And they get into crazier and crazier treatments.


Doing stem cell treatments at Infusio in Beverly Hills and talking about the special bond lyme gives her and her kids.


Back in Colorado and more weird treatments. Plus her kids being oddly active for how sick they are.


"Energy Work" is a lifesaver, apparently.


Her kid getting "lyme drunk" is funny.


2018 brought the Gifford's (minus dad Jason who seems to always be back in Rhode Island, but he does take the time to say that MS is really chronic lyme) to Seattle for more pseudo-docs and treatments.


Her son has his worst weeks yet but can compete in ninja warrior games.


More craziness


This January they announced they were going for "treatment" in Maui and needed sponsors. They weren't going to a treatment center or even a doctor, they were just continuing their meds and shit in Hawaii on other people's dimes.


What a surprise! Going on a free trip to Hawaii made everyone better!

This is a lot but it's just scratching the surface. This lady found chronic lyme to blame all her problems on and really ran with it.

 

[Toohottotrot]

Out of interest what does s-j claim to do for a living

 

[Sylvie Paula Paula]

-Had "the little girl, not little girl, she's about to be 15" paint her studio for her. Doesn't explain who this child is.

Is Sarah Jean pro-child labor? Or is it just that every munchie needs to have a child, paid or not, they can boss around and have do work for them?

Out of interest what does s-j claim to do for a living

She used to do professional makeup, but now she gives out care packages to actually sick children. Not sure if she has a job other than that.

 

[Ellesse_warrior]

Out of interest what does s-j claim to do for a living

She does make up. Her video 2 days ago she was doing makeup for a bride.

 

[Toohottotrot]

Edited to say ellese warrior answered my question thanks

 

[IBrokeBob]

Well perfect timing to post this indepth article.

What Happens When Lyme Disease Becomes an Identity?

The tick-borne disease that’s now a movement.

www.thecut.com

What happens when lyme disease becomes an identity

""""The medical establishment generally avoids using the term chronic Lyme, and because of this establishment wariness, advocates who believe Lyme is a chronic infection now sometimes advise patients to avoid it too.) This version of Lyme has no consistent symptoms, no fixed criteria, and no accurate test. This Lyme is a kind of identity. Lyme is a label for a state of being, a word that conveys your understanding of your lived experience. Lyme provides the language to articulate that experience and join with others who share it.

In the world of chronic Lyme, doctors are trustworthy (or not) based on their willingness to treat Lyme. Tests are trustworthy (or not) based on their ability to confirm Lyme. Lyme is the fundamental fact, and you work backward from there. Lyme is a community with a cause: the recognition of its sufferers’ suffering — and, with it, the recognition of Lyme."""

 

[Toohottotrot]

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If you need a trigger warning your a snowflake

Those look like self harm scares to me im I wrong? What was her explanation for them? Is being a lyme mom better than becoming the next Susan scohflield with a kid in right age range to make it believble? Not as many asspats maybe as their are so many teens who self harm?

 

[Redandvino]

If you need a trigger warning your a snowflake

Those look like self harm scares to me im I wrong? What was her explanation for them? Is being a lyme mom better than becoming the next Susan scohflield with a kid in right age range to make it believble? Not as many asspats maybe as their are so many teens who self harm?

Not quite sure how you’d manage to cut your back with a razor/knife/pencil sharpener blade/whatever as to do that... Maybe a really long handled knife?

They don’t look like stretch marks to me either, but I’m not sure how logically they could be SH scars. That’s what they look like tho. You’ll find a way to do it if you really want to, I guess

 

[Toohottotrot]

Not quite sure how you’d manage to cut your back with a razor/knife/pencil sharpener blade/whatever as to do that... Maybe a really long handled knife?

Neither am I but they don't look like surgery scars either

 

[Kate Farms Shill]

New SJ video.

-night. The struggle is real late at night because she still doesn’t have a fan. She’s exarwsted and didn’t take her narcolepsy night meds, which means she should be “like passing out all day” but she’s not
-cut to morning, vegetable garden harvesting. Doesn’t know when things are ripe, has to research. How is she a vegan but doesn’t know what ripe vegetables feel like.
-some kind of butterfly laying on the ground. She picks it up. She thinks it’s wings are broken And she has to keep it from her animals. Just so y’all know some species of moths and butterfly don’t even feed as adults, don’t have fully formed mouth pieces even, since they only live a few days. They live long enough to reproduce before they drop.
-shows off some kind of UV tooth whitening system someone mailed her. She is too stupid to know what UV is. Christ this woman is so fucking dumb.
-baby birbs left and she missed it.
-eats some soup.
-makes a “what’s in my hospital bag” vid to upload tomorrow. girl you haven’t been hospitalized once in the 16 months you’ve been on YouTube. Give it up.
-can’t pronounce eucalyptus
-waiting for Chinese take out, evil dad tells her baby birbs didn’t fly off; SJ’s outside cats killed them and dragged their corpses inside. Makes a baby birb coffin.
-so much narcolepsy. Not just sleep deprivation or poor sleep hygiene but definitely narcolepsy.
-finds out the tooth whitening thing can’t be used because whatever whitening product it uses is gone, guesses that it’s probably been in her cousins mouth but also that the other mouthpiece sent was “probably new.” Good lord. $54 for a 7 day supply of the product so she’s maybe selling this used dental tool someone gifted her.
-fakes falling asleep from her narcolepsy and it’s goddamned hilarious. Seriously the last minute of this video is just her pretending to fall asleep while talking. #soembarrassing. Scan to the end because it is almost as bad as her fake vomiting/actually purging attempt

 

[Cold Waffle]

New SJ video.

-night. The struggle is real late at night because she still doesn’t have a fan. She’s exarwsted and didn’t take her narcolepsy night meds, which means she should be “like passing out all day” but she’s not
-cut to morning, vegetable garden harvesting. Doesn’t know when things are ripe, has to research. How is she a vegan but doesn’t know what ripe vegetables feel like.
-some kind of butterfly laying on the ground. She picks it up. She thinks it’s wings are broken And she has to keep it from her animals. Just so y’all know some species of moths and butterfly don’t even feed as adults, don’t have fully formed mouth pieces even, since they only live a few days. They live long enough to reproduce before they drop.
-shows off some kind of UV tooth whitening system someone mailed her. She is too stupid to know what UV is. Christ this woman is so fucking dumb.
-baby birbs left and she missed it.
-eats some soup.
-makes a “what’s in my hospital bag” vid to upload tomorrow. girl you haven’t been hospitalized once in the 16 months you’ve been on YouTube. Give it up.
-can’t pronounce eucalyptus
-waiting for Chinese take out, evil dad tells her baby birbs didn’t fly off; SJ’s outside cats killed them and dragged their corpses inside. Makes a baby birb coffin.
-so much narcolepsy. Not just sleep deprivation or poor sleep hygiene but definitely narcolepsy.
-finds out the tooth whitening thing can’t be used because whatever whitening product it uses is gone, guesses that it’s probably been in her cousins mouth but also that the other mouthpiece sent was “probably new.” Good lord. $54 for a 7 day supply of the product so she’s maybe selling this used dental tool someone gifted her.
-fakes falling asleep from her narcolepsy and it’s goddamned hilarious. Seriously the last minute of this video is just her pretending to fall asleep while talking. #soembarrassing. Scan to the end because it is almost as bad as her fake vomiting/actually purging attempt

Her narcolepsy impression is my favorite S-J moment in a while. Someone get this woman an Oscar. I love how only her head flops forward. She's able to remain completely upright aside from her floppy head.

I have constructed a screenshot flip book for those who want to mash their right arrow key and relive the magic:

 

[Kate Farms Shill]

Her narcolepsy impression is my favorite S-J moment in a while. Someone get this woman an Oscar. I love how only her head flops forward. She's able to remain completely upright aside from her floppy head. I have constructed a screenshot flip book for those who want to mash their right arrow key and relive the magic:
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I can’t imagine how they think this shit will fool anyone. Her, ”Ren” with her fake IV held on with the bandaid, skinwalker’s photoshopped cyanosis, Amy Banek who used to fake “lung pt sessions” for her fake CF... I can’t imagine setting all of this up, filming/photographing it, looking at and editing the finished product and think “yeah that looks totally real! No one will call me on my shit!”

Jaquie just never really showed anything. That’s how she got away with her fakery for so long. She never filmed herself vomiting, she never filmed a fainting spell or a dislocation, and the few times she did try to fake something instead of just claiming it people called her out, like the gait abnormality she suddenly developed after she got her AFOs despite walking fine for weeks before they actually were finished. People like Kelly rely on doing real and extremely alarming damage to their bodies (she is IMO the only traditional, true Munchausen case we follow and the only one I feel would abosolutely be doing the same shit even if she had no social media.) Neither of them were/are particularly intelligent either but at least learned enough to know you either show everything and make it look real as fuck by actually inducing the problems you’re claiming, or you don’t show anything and just use “you only see a few minutes of my day/I don’t show the vomiting and fainting because it’s too personal” tactic.

 

[Sylvie Paula Paula]

-waiting for Chinese take out, evil dad tells her baby birbs didn’t fly off; SJ’s outside cats killed them and dragged their corpses inside. Makes a baby birb coffin.

Does this woman just... not know how to take care of animals?

The lines look like stretch marks. The brown area looks like a bruise.

 

[Kate Farms Shill]

Does this woman just... not know how to take care of animals?

I mean she doesn’t really know much of anything, but her problems with animals include having a very immature “elementary school” level understanding of them, heavily projecting human emotions/behaviors onto them, and being too stupid to know she’s stupid/too arrogant to admit she doesn’t know something. In her head everything she’s doing with her animals is the best possible way to treat them

 

[Maxie]

SJ could afford Doritos, Oreos and who knows what else at Walmart a few days ago but not a fucking fan? Summer is practically over and fans are on clearance.

Who's going to point out any pants in her hospital bag aren't going to fit?