Convenient Illnesses

Ok this is another thing that sends me off in a tirade.

People on Social Networking sites posting pictures of support those of us who have a silent illness then list a huge list of said illnesses.

One that pops up often is Fibromyalgia. Now I don't know much about it but it seems to be spreading like wildfire.  My knowledge of it is based on what I have found using Google. It seems to be rather difficult to diagnose properly and there is a bit of a general feeling that people can easily be labelled with having it due to the doctor just ticking the check boxes rather than doing proper tests, so basically if you wanted to have it you can just go to the docs and list various symptoms and bam! another sufferer.

I know this seems rather unfair. To be honest I know someone who suffers from it and was diagnosed after months of attending the doctor but this person works in fact runs his own business.  I do know there are some who are faking it just to get out of working (not everyone but I do know this is going on)

Anyway my bug bare isn't actually about this particular illness but more the people I see on facebook who have to constantly post on daily if not hourly about their aches and pains and off days. I have noticed a pattern with a few of these people. They never seem to get struck with any of their symptoms when they have anything arranged EVER. It has almost become a joke in our house as one day they will be "oh my I am so ill I need to stay in my bed" and the next day they are off on a jolly.
Never ever do any of their flare ups or bad days happen when there is a party, concert, day out, night out or holiday.

Now I have no diagnosed designer or convenient illness to render me unfit for work. I do know that when my back throws a wobbler and renders me immobile or I have come down with a  migraine which decides to lurk for 3 days it ain't caring when or where it just attacks.

It bugs the crap out of me. For one they are making a mockery of those people who are actually suffering from these types of illnesses because people like me look and go "wait a minute here" and two do they think everyone is stupid. Stop looking for sympathy because one day you will have something really wrong with you and no one will care. The Boy Who Cried Wolf