Sickened

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When Taylors, South Carolina, USA residents Bobby and Julie Gregory decided to welcome a puppy into their family, they had no idea that over two decades later, their treasured Pebbles would hold a record title for the oldest dog living. Munchausen's syndrome by proxy is the falsification or induction of illness, whether physical, emotional or both, by a caretaker of a dependent person. In most cases the perpetrator is a mother and the victim her child.

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Munchausen by proxy… we’ve all seen The Sixth Sense… we remember that little girl in the tent with Haley Joel Osment. She scared the bejeezus out of me. We remember the video of her mother pouring Pine Sol into her soup, right? Yessireee…. My faith in humanity waned big time then. Pain is a personal, individual and subjective experience. The complex and dynamic nature of pain makes its assessment and management challenging for healthcare professionals. Various pain scales are available that can assist in identifying the patient's experience of pain; however, these tend to reduce this experience to a measure of pain intensity. The use of pain scales also requires patients to communicate and describe their pain; when this is not possible, it is necessary for healthcare professionals to observe patient behaviours that may indicate pain. Various observational pain assessment tools have been developed to assist in recognising and assessing pain. This article discusses the various pain scales and observational pain assessment tools that are available, and the evidence to support their use. Theresa loves nature, animals, photography, and outdoor activities. After retiring from the Navy, she became a consultant to government contractors, helping them write proposals by “translating” technical solutions into layman’s terms focusing on the advantages of the proposed solution. While fascinating and rewarding work, she lived on the road most of the year, worked long hours, got minimal sleep, faced stress-filled deadlines, ate poorly, and rarely exercised. Even before learning her APOE status, she knew she was ruining her health. So she quit consulting to enjoy a healthier, more desired lifestyle. Unfortunately, her post-retirement activities led to an orthopedic foot issue that required surgery, and then corrective surgeries, none of which fully resolved the pain. At this same time, 2014, she learned her APOE ε4/4 status. Researching these two areas: chronic pain and APOE, has led her down many paths both traditional and nontraditional. This health journey has opened her eyes in many ways. She feels she’s learned volumes, albeit with many more volumes to go. She’s motivated to share what she’s learned, and similar to her work as a consultant, she enjoys “translating” medical findings into understandable language as best she can.

Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever” ~ Baron Münchausen. I pride myself on how little space I take up. I am going to shrink and shrink until I am a dry fall leaf, complete with a translucent spine and brittle veins, blowing away in a stiff wind, up, up, up into a crisp blue sky,” (63).

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We are truly honored. Pebbles has been with us through everything; ups and downs, good times and bad, and she has always been the beacon of our lives,” said Julie. A new account of growing up the victim of Munchausen's syndrome by proxy is harrowing reading, writes Sylvia Thompson. But the memories that hang heaviest are the easiest to recall. They hold in their creases the ability to change one's life, organically, forever. Even when you shake them out, they've left permanent wrinkles in the fabric of your soul.” MBP could be presented in many ways… such as the Pine Sol scene from above or say, poisoning your child with excessive amounts of salt or um….tainting your child’s urine with your own blood… In Julie Gregory’s case it included not feeding your child and then bringing them to the doctor saying that they are listless and weak (duh) or convincing the child that something is wrong with their heart and introducing doctor upon doctor until the mother (it’s usually a female caretaker) finds a doctor willing to run a battery of invasive tests to determine the problem and then screaming at the doctor when he refuses to do open heart surgery on the kid. Hmmm…

Julie Gregory starred in the film I Didn’t Think You Didn’t Know I Wasn’t Dead and My New Advisor by Columbus, Ohio, independent filmmaker Jim Bihari.