Sickened

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Throughout the years, Pebbles has once again found joy in her life by indulging in some of her most cherished pastimes. You'd think something with this much drama would manage to avoid being boring, but it wasn't the case. I am just astounded that someone could manipulate the system and their children as she has and that no one, doctors and hospitals included, although I used to tell my mother and she didn't believe it but she was a hard old biddy at times, even seemed to suspect it. Until I read this book. Then I saw what she'd been up to.

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I didn't have any friends growing up. We didn't really have any surrounding family or neighbours. It was just this wild and woolly lush part of the country and I walked around barefoot with my animals. My family consisted of my mum, my dad, and my little brother Danny, who was about seven years younger than I was, and we lived on a dead-end dirt road in a double-wide trailer. We had migraine headaches. We had sore throats," she said. "[Then we had] intestinal issues. I had to drink barium meals." As a "survivor" book, it's okay, though the topic itself (Munchausen) is somewhat more interesting than the writer and I don't mean that in a belittling or disrespectful way.I think a friend of a friend I know quite well has this. She prides herself on being able to talk to doctors in medical terms.

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There are monsters everywhere in the world. They come in all shapes and sizes, all races and religions. Some are trusted, admired and respected. Some are called friend, colleague, neighbour.

The doctor visits and recollections of her daily family life supply the reader with an understanding of how MBP affects the child and how the mother acts with MBP. Julie’s mother takes her to various doctors trying to convince each that Julie has a serious illness. Julie is often confused not understanding why she must be shaved or what a headache is. MBP is a terrible form of abuse which convinces children they are ill and leaves children unaware of how to take care of themselves. When Julie leaves home, she only knows to eat cake batter. Gregory retells her story supplying the reader with an appreciation of her strength and an understanding of MBP and the torture of Julie’s childhood. Marc continues to enjoy good health, to learn, and to share with others what has been working for him. He loves the spotlight that ApoE4.Info places on a gene that plays a key role in the worldwide chronic disease epidemic, and he looks forward to ever increasing research focus on the APOE variants. As Treasurer, Marc manages the organization’s finances and IT infrastructure.