Faking having cancer, can you imagine?

ktwlpn, LPN · Oct 27, 2003

Originally posted by Love-A-Nurse
Can you imagine anyone wanting to pretend they have cancer?

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She obviously has big psych issues-having read the story I don't believe it was done purely for financial gain in this case(as it has in others

)and I really feel very deeply sorry for this troubled young woman.

**SKM-NURSIEPOOH, BSN, RN** · Oct 27, 2003

if this proves to be true...i hope this girl get the full punishment allowed by law!

thoroughly disgusted!

moe

cannoli · Oct 27, 2003

I have problems with people lying about things like that, I would be afraid it would really happen. Karma, or something.

Rustyhammer · Oct 28, 2003

You can't help but feel sorry for her.

She isn't really right is she?

-Russell

TheBrainMusher · Oct 28, 2003

such a shame. I hope she gets help!

P_RN, ADN, RN · Oct 28, 2003

I have seen many things similar. We had a nurse who convinces several doctors she was in sickle cell crisis......they never caught on they trusted her to be telling the truth....

We had a patient who injected saliva into her knee, then was hospitalized many times with cellulitis. The Inf Ds doc was eventually called and he identified the bug as being ONLY found in the mouth.

Munchausen's? Financial gain? Attention seeking? All sad and it will make it hard on the next person who really needs help from the innocent people who helped her.

Brownms46 · Oct 28, 2003

I feel very sorry for this young woman. Since this started after the death of her father, I wondering where her mother was in all of this? Or possibly other family members, as there was no mention of any family in the article. Sad, very sad indeed.

gizzy76 · Oct 28, 2003

There was a case not too long ago around Edmonton, Alberta where a lady had led her community to believe that her daughter had some sort of Cancer, I think it was leukemia. Anyway, she would shave her daughters head and tell her that she was sick. This little girl trusted her mother and did not know any different. The community did fundraisers and had money pots set up in various businesses. If I recall correctly, they had raised tens of thousands of dollars for this little girls treatments.

This was all done for the $$$$$. Sad, sad, sad. Breaks my heart.

I do hope this lady in the U.S. gets treatment.

Love-A-Nurse · Oct 28, 2003

when i read the article, i had mixed feelings about it.

i think it should be a law for those [especially children] who go through an emotional turmoil at such a young age, should seek some professional assistance. just imagine how many who are grown now still has a lot of childhood angry in them which sometimes lead to various unacceptable behaviors, assuming this is the case of this young lady.

Burnt Out, ASN, RN · Oct 28, 2003

This girl needs help.... :rolleyes:

Love-A-Nurse · Oct 28, 2003

originally posted by ?burntout
this girl needs help....

yes, one way or the other, she sure does.