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

[Maxie]

The Chiari trend is something I’ve been following loosely for personal reasons, and the uptick in surgeries the last 3-5 years is horrifying. No one really knows how common Chiari actually is bc it’s so often found incidentally while testing for other issues. It used to considered something you’re born with and now some docs are saying it can be acquired ie from head trauma (don’t know enough to speak on accuracy of that). The support groups are just as bad if not worse than chronic Lyme- the money that is being shelled out to see a couple doctors in the United States is mindblowing.

I don't think the munchies who self prescribe the cervical braces from Amazon help themselves at all. Bracing without an actual need can lead to muscle wasting and atrophy.

It seems like very few people have successful chiari surgery that I have seen. It's almost like the surgery is the equivalent of opening pandoras box. Especially if they use one of the hotshot surgeons who don't accept insurance.

 

[Punkinsplice]

All the bracing going on in munchieland is disturbing in itself. Any brace a doctor or PT prescribes comes with specific instructions on how to wear it and the safe maximum hours per day for wear. If you buy them from Amazon without expert input, you can actually ( as Maxie has stated) fuck yourself up pretty well. Maybe this is the intention?

 

[large_farva]

Introducing Calvin Arium / Scaryn Arium / @Deadeye_cyborg
A french dangerhair,bi AND trans, 'tism, self-diagnosed EDS and MCAS, wheelchair user with a vogmask and crutches who likes being a # cripplepunk and perpetual child, animal hoarder, crappy artist who did an informative wheelchair comic.

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Munch at first sight...





Self-diagnosed EDS - check

Fan of Jaquie - check

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[Free Pancakes]

The ones who brag about self diagnosing make me uniquely angry. Why not just say "I don't have a diagnosis of x, but I have some of the symptoms"? Not legitimate enough?

 

[thirsttrap12345]

Introducing Calvin Arium / Scaryn Arium / @Deadeye_cyborg
A french dangerhair,bi AND trans, 'tism, self-diagnosed EDS and MCAS, wheelchair user with a vogmask and crutches who likes being a # cripplepunk and perpetual child, animal hoarder, crappy artist who did an informative wheelchair comic.

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Munch at first sight...
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Self-diagnosed EDS - check

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Hate to break it to Calvin the Cyborg but he has a copycat who is also a Cronically Jaquie wanna be skinwalker. Actually thought it was the same person at first.

 

[Punkinsplice]

Sorry for that! How do i delete dbl posts?

CRIPPLE FIIIIGHT! Edit

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[flatlandbasin]

Any insights on this hospital? Hospital shopping or are they threatening an inpatient ED program far enough away from home?

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Eta anelise info

Froedert Hospital is located in Milwaukee (more specifically, Wauwatosa, which is a suburb) and is a level 1 trauma center which is the offshoot of the Medical College of Wisconsin. TBH I'm not really sure why someone from the Chicago area (such as Analise is) would transfer to MKE unless they are doctor shopping. Chicago is home to many fine medical institutions given the number of universities in the area. Chicago and MKE are approximately 1.5 hours apart, so it's the next easiest/ most logical step for someone to go to a large medical complex. However, if you truly were ~mEDicALlY cOMplEX~ it would be more likely to go to University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, located in Madison, Wisconsin (approx 2.5 hours from Chicago) as that is the flagship university and has more funding and more specialized departments.

 

[LahLahBlackSheep]

I'm reporting back with some SOS weirdness.



I went to my friend who doesn't have a stomach because of stomach cancer and is fed AND hydrated through her J and this is what she told me about this.

'Of fucking course she can't tolerate high speeds. You aren't supposed to bolus a j-tube. She's either in the stupidest hospital ever or she's lying through her teeth. You are supposed to feed slowly into the jejunum over hours and hours. That's why most of us are on 20+ hour feeds. I feed at a rate of 80 for 14 hours and have water flushes every hour of 30 ml. If she was correctly running the feeds and flushes she wouldn't have any problem staying hydrated because the formula has liquid in it too. But she's either a fucking liar or is in the stupidest hospital in the world and then she needs to run asap because they will kill her. The jejunum doesn't stretch, it pops, I sure hope they aren't running feeds fast with a total of 500 ml. RIP crazy'

 

[Punkinsplice]

Can SOS not drink water like us plebs? For clarity, has her new tube made it impossible to eat/drink by mouth?

 

[Ms.bojangles]

The picc drama of SOS


I wonder though if she messes with the standard dressing as this looks normal but looks like the patient has allowed the picc to pull too much with the dressing on. Surprisingly this is a fairly normal occurance with picc dressings and even ivs, usually in the elderly who forget they're attached to an infusion and try to get up without moving the pole, any pulling on the line would dislodge a tagaderm dressing.
But she requests this OTT dressing change. Which looks like what they would use on a child, tacking it down in multiple ways.


A pretty standard picc dressing which looks like what they did at first is this


I see alot of piccs and ports and her dressing change really takes the cake. Reminds me of the picc version of SJs iv dressing from the hospital.
And from the most recent installment someone else posted, she's worried it's infected now and just wants it out asap.

And while I'm happy she is trying to make money in a normal society kinda way by selling presets on light room.. Her shilling comes through strong on her pricing.

Sends out a message asking for her followers thoughts on if her pricing is fair. I was curious as to what presets actually cost for light room so I did a simple search. Surprisingly I found sets of 10 for as low as $4 on etsy. And it wasn't just a few... It was pages like this.

And when a follower is not sure they can support her at $25 for a few presets. The ask if it's possible for a cheaper price for 1 preset instead of a set.

But unfortunately she can't let them go for that cheap. It would only be an add on that she might sell in addition to the $25-65 set. But she might think about doing singles at $8-15...which as you can see is still double that of the ones you can find on etsy. Now apparently alot of the shops were having sales but keep in mind, these are 4-15 presets in a set that they are selling at $8-15 normally.
I know her business portion is a bit OT but I think it's relevant if she's gouging people behind a sick facade to sell more at a higher price.

 

[Poop Shoot]

Maybe I'm slow, but what the shit are light presets and why are people paying money for them?

 

[Punkinsplice]

Presets are like templates, ready-made, visually appealing sets of backgrounds, brushes, fonts, maybe animations if Lightroom does those. Probably a great tool for professional IG thots.

Edit: Is it possible that SOS is an unfortunate munchie who has been treated in a subpar hospital, or are her complaints more overreacting to common inpatient tribulations?

 

[Poop Shoot]

Presets are like templates, ready-made, visually appealing sets of backgrounds, brushes, fonts, maybe animations if Lightroom does those. Probably a great tool for professional IG thots.

Edit: Is it possible that SOS is an unfortunate munchie who has been treated in a subpar hospital, or are her complaints more overreacting to common inpatient tribulations?

Oh is Lightroom an app? I was thinking it was something that messed with the actual lights in your room.

My age is showing.

 

[Punkinsplice]

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Oh is Lightroom an app? I was thinking it was something that messed with the actual lights in your room.

My age is showing.

Lol, it is part of the Adobe creative suite/cloud. I have never used it, but I am familiar with a lot of digital design programs. It can be rather time consuming to create a web or graphic design package from scratch, like with putting together an old school scrap book, you have to decide how each design element will fit into the overall aesthetic. Presets let you just insert your own digital photos and type whatever you want, and you don't have to do the trial and error of trying different color schemes, fonts, and effects together.

Hers are not that speicial, but at least she is productive!

 

[Poop Shoot]

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Lol, it is part of the Adobe creative suite/cloud. I have never used it, but I am familiar with a lot of digital design programs. It can be rather time consuming to create a web or graphic design package from scratch, like with putting together an old school scrap book, you have to decide how each design element will fit into the overall aesthetic. Presets let you just insert your own digital photos and type whatever you want, and you don't have to do the trial and error of trying different color schemes, fonts, and effects together.

Hers are not that speicial, but at least she is productive!

Thank you for explaining. Despite wanting to be the sickest little princess in the hospital she's already more productive than most of the beasts in the fat acceptance thread.

It's a low bar, but still.

 

[I hate children?]

Presets are like templates, ready-made, visually appealing sets of backgrounds, brushes, fonts, maybe animations if Lightroom does those. Probably a great tool for professional IG thots.

Edit: Is it possible that SOS is an unfortunate munchie who has been treated in a subpar hospital, or are her complaints more overreacting to common inpatient tribulations?

SOS likes to complain about everything and since she has been discussed here she has badmouthed all her medical care in several different places . She isn't getting her way and that is the problem.

 

[Ms.bojangles]

Thank you for explaining. Despite wanting to be the sickest little princess in the hospital she's already more productive than most of the beasts in the fat acceptance thread.

It's a low bar, but still.

Well let's not give her too much credit. Lightroom presets are nothing compared to web design/graphic design/photoshop. She's creating a photo filter people can use from edits she's done in her photography. Editing a photo can take a while when done in photoshop as there are tons of parts to fiddle with but she's basically doing lighting and saturation in lightroom adjustments and selling them to other people who lack the artistic insight to do so themselves. Then these other people apply them to their photos like you would an Instagram filter.
Sara Jean probably works harder doing her free gift baskets.
But here's a comparison: this is a photographer whom makes her own sets, these include 22 preset filters, plus atleast 20 other brushes and adjustments for photoshop. Normally charges $100 but having a sale where everything is under $20, this one is $14.




SoS is selling 3 or so presets for $25 which look like this.


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They're good but idk if I'd pay the money for hers when I can pay for so much more from anyone else. At this point she's basically using her sickness to go gouge other people for the same service that anyone healthy isn't charging so much for.

Ps looking up all these cheap yet professional presets has made me want to purchase a set so I can have one of those professional looking Instagrams without even trying

 

[mooserangerofthenorth]

It looks like she fiddled with her PICC. There is not supposed to be any line hanging out like that. Also, I noticed they taped it to the back of her elbow, meaning she cant mess with it.
that is what a normal PICC line looks like that isn't all prettied up for a picture.

 

[Punkinsplice]

Well let's not give her too much credit. Lightroom presets are nothing compared to web design/graphic design/photoshop. She's creating a photo filter people can use from edits she's done in her photography. Editing a photo can take a while when done in photoshop as there are tons of parts to fiddle with but she's basically doing lighting and saturation in lightroom adjustments and selling them to other people who lack the artistic insight to do so themselves. Then these other people apply them to their photos like you would an Instagram filter.
Sara Jean probably works harder doing her free gift baskets.
But here's a comparison: this is a photographer whom makes her own sets, these include 22 preset filters, plus atleast 20 other brushes and adjustments for photoshop. Normally charges $100 but having a sale where everything is under $20, this one is $14.
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SoS is selling 3 or so presets for $25 which look like this.

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They're good but idk if I'd pay the money for hers when I can pay for so much more from anyone else. At this point she's basically using her sickness to go gouge other people for the same service that anyone healthy isn't charging so much for.

Ps looking up all these cheap yet professional presets has made me want to purchase a set so I can have one of those professional looking Instagrams without even trying

Thanks for the explanation, and yes, i was giving her too much credit! But I assure you that you could probably get the same results using a cheap or free image editor. I looked at her thumbnails and thought that she was selling more than just setting adjustments, and i am dumb for that. I figured there were custom filters and maybe brushes or font sets because her thumbnails look like the special template sets you can buy for presentations and graphic design/branding. I almost felt bad for questioning her wrist issue again!

 

[Ms.bojangles]

It looks like she fiddled with her PICC. There is not supposed to be any line hanging out like that. Also, I noticed they taped it to the back of her elbow, meaning she cant mess with it.
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Yes the Picc should be far enough in that there's not a lot of line showing and the lumens should be able to move freely but hers are all secured as much as possible. I mean she does have kids but they can put a sleeve over it if she's afraid of it getting caught definitely looks like it's come out some from placement or the hospital really is terrible and didn't measure how long her picc should be. I can't imagine a whole hospital being the way she describes though. Hospitals are held by pretty strict standards.