First it was Oakland A's star pitcher Billy Kotch that came down with the mysterious ailment which tore his career and family apart...
yeekers.com...
www.youtube.com...
Now musical artist Joni Mitchel, renound folk singer and 60's Woodstock icon has apparently come down with the debilitating disease...
Who will be next in the world of celebrity to come out of the "morg"?...
source -
www.billboard.com...
"The Fiddle and the Drum" remains the primary focus for Mitchell, who's also in the midst of treatments for Morgellons syndrome, an
infectious and potentially debilitating skin condition that's put other endeavors on hold for now.
I honestly hope she uses her position as a prominent musical artist for the past 4 decades as a bastion of hope in the media for people suffering with
this nightmare.
The nightmare is vastly darkened by the ridicule and misdiagnosis by the medical community at large, causing sufferers to feel alone and
ostracized.
Most are labeled as mentally ill, causing them to spiral downward loosing friends, family and employment, resulting in homelessness and in many cases,
suicide.
I think the most important aspect of this phenomenon, is not so much the unusual almost alien symptoms of the disease.. but moreso the role of the
population in general, reacting to it on the most part with either indifference, or with scathing accusations and mockery labeling the people from
anything from drug addicts to unfit parents..resulting in having their children taken from them.
When this is all over, and the truth is discovered as to what morgellons really is.. I hope that society at large learns to be kinder to their fellow
man, and be less self confident in thinking they know everything, that something like this couldn't possibly exist..
When in reality, it's just one more example of the opposite.
Personally, I think Joaquin Phoenix has this as well.
Just look at his comment of something crawling on his head.. "feeling like his brain is being eaten by a bug"
(THE most
disturbing aspect of morgellons.. is the constant sensation of bugs or worms crawling through your skin. mostly around the
crown area.. and top of head)
and how he has spiraled downward and become more withdrawn in social situations almost overnight..
notice the "itching" comment letterman makes..
notice he even "itches" in the actual movie clip of his new film..
IF he too is going through this phenomena ...will the "Phoenix" rise out of the ashes of the chaos he seems to be going through once the medical
establishment RECOGNIZES this debilitating syndrome.. and finds a way to help sufferers?
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[edit on 21-2-2009 by prevenge]
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