your position, I think, that we shouldn't take our health for granted because illness can strike and devastate us at any time. Life is meant for loving others.
I am sorry for what you and your husband have to go through.
What I think everyone is not getting about this woman faking kidney failure is that she IS sick. I think she is seriously mentally ill and for what she has, there isn't much hope.
Please, when you thank God for your physical health, don't forget your mental health. Having suffered with mental illness for more than half my life, I know what agony is. i wouldn't wish it upon anyone. As for physical illness, I haven't had much. So I am grateful for that.
Anyone could have a nervous breakdown, bi-polar disorder, or a bout of severe depression; young women (and sometimes men) come down with anorexia nervosa; millions of women suffer with post partum depression of varying severity; most know a friend or family member tormented by schizophrenia. The late Princess Diana had a personality disorder, bulimia and episodes of depression and self-harm. I suspect the lady on the show has Munchausen's, which is very rare but has a poor recovery rate. Many people can and do die as a result of their mental illnesses.
Please don't reserve sympathy just for the physically ill - the mentally ill suffer torment all day, every day, for years. Please remember them in your prayers.
By some miracle I have reached some level of recovery. Many of my friends haven't recovered; many have died, due to suicide or accidents., and most of them were in their 20's and 30's. Just as no one is in control of their early childhood experiences of trauma, such as sexual abuse, so no one is in control of whether they become mentally ill. To make matters worse, you have to cope with the social stigma of being mentally ill, and endure former close friends and family members alienating you because they just don't understand.
I hope this woman gets all the help she needs and that she can find some happiness. I hope she reads this, and knows that some people do care, and some even understand.
