Accident prone or Munchausen Syndrome 23 years later.
I was going through my past blog writings for the Hill and came upon this one. Figured an update to “an oldie but cute blog” was due.
Well, Sorry to say, “Judy’s Syndrome” never made it into the medical books. Here is an update of the mishaps of Judy that
lead to the "Accident prone or Munchausen Syndrome" blog
Have had plenty of falls and pokes in the eye along with scratches in the 20+ years since I wrote this silly piece. I am happy to say that no accidents result in black eyes or broken teeth from my countless falls. I sheepishly
admit much of what took place is a result of the fact that Sign Language is hazardous to my health.
A broken foot and smashed finger were serious enough to send me to the ER. The broken foot received surgery with the added bonus of an implanted metal rod. The smashed finger had a thick bandage to cover up the damage. Needless to say, both incidents required a dose of painkillers.
Now, remember it is important to read this with tongue in cheek. Also, I want to remind you that it is ok to chuckle.
p.s
below is a copy of the original blog from ages ago. 
Today I spent several hours googling to see if I could discover a clue for the clueless. I am becoming increasingly dangerous to myself via “accidents” so thought I better check to see if there was a medical term or syndrome for me.
First, I googled up the word Munchausen Syndrome but decide that was too far fetch for this gal to consider. I’m not nuts even though I am beginning to wonder. I hate pain so the idea of intentionally inflecting it on myself is about as appealing as jumping off a mile high cliff. I have a doting husband so the notion of trying to get attention holds as much water as a leaky pipe since I get plenty. While googling I discovered a support site and immediately signed up. I figured if I read about others experiences then maybe my self-confidence would reveal itself again.
The last year and half of accidents were normal I thought but yesterday’s poking myself in the eye while signing to a friend was the final straw. What’s the big deal about poking yourself in the eye, you are probably asking. Well, how is this for an explanation. In the last four weeks I managed to have a trike accident that broke two front teeth, gave me a hairline elbow fracture, fat lip and skinned knees. Enough???? Oh no, I gotta fall again last week and bruise or broke a rib. I didn’t or won’t go to the urgent care because we are on personal terms now and I already have had enough x-rays, MRIs and CAT scans to glow in the dark. Now I am wearing a black patch over my right eye, peering through my left eye and pecking the keyboard with my right hand.
Finally, I looked up the word “accident prone” and would you believe they actually have dictionary definitions for accident prone. Have to admit that the description might as well have had my picture by the definition. The problem I had with this is that I never applied that term to myself in my 57 years. On the other hand, when you consider the 7 times I have broken my left arm, broken both wrists, shattered my right elbow, broken a big toe and a little one and don’t forget fingers, countless skinned knees and a stay in the hospital because of burns, hospital stay because of a busted scalp that required staples, endless scratches because of sign language then I am forced to wonder that maybe I had a case of the fashionable term of DENIAL.
All my research today didn’t yield any results that might explain this weird thing. Maybe I should coin a new syndrome and call it “Judy’s Syndrome.” The definition of Judy’s Syndrome is the ability to have accidents on a daily or weekly basis, more frequent accidents than accident prone.
Sound pathetic? Maybe but on the positive side, maybe I will get some comments with cute graphics that I can snag.
