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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts) Wed Apr 1, 2015, 07:01 AM Apr 2015

Iconic singer Joni Mitchell was diagnosed with Morgellons. ... she's awake and in good spirts [View all]

Folk-music icon Joni Mitchell is in intensive care at a Los Angeles hospital after being found unconscious in her home Tuesday night, according to website and Twitter account.

"Joni is currently in intensive care in an LA area hospital but is awake and in good spirits," her official Twitter account posted around 1 a.m. Wednesday.

A statement on her website said: "Light a candle and sing a song, let's all send good wishes her way."

It remains unclear what prompted the medical emergency.

She was diagnosed several years ago with Morgellons disease, a rare condition that causes people to experience a crawling and biting sensation to the skin.

“Fibers in a variety of colors protrude out of my skin like mushrooms after a rainstorm,” Mitchell told New York magazine in February. “They cannot be forensically identified as animal, vegetable, or mineral.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/joni-mitchell-found-unconscious-rushed-hosp-report-article-1.2169023?cid=bitly&utm_content=buffer49882&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=NYDailyNewsTw

Morgellons

http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/morgellons-disease-what-is-it

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Iconic singer Joni Mitchell was diagnosed with Morgellons. ... she's awake and in good spirts [View all] Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 OP

If this is an April Fool's Day prank, it's in very, very poor taste... SidDithers Apr 2015 #1

I don't know. Other sources have it more up in the air. cali Apr 2015 #2

Morgellons has been found to be a spirochetal infection FourScore Apr 2015 #117

My first thought as well. Thanks. (nt) Orrex Apr 2015 #3

Mayo clinic vs sid? Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 #5

Peer reviewed PLOS-One research conducted by the CDC, or a web site?... SidDithers Apr 2015 #6

Sid vs NY Daily News? I'll go with Sid. Orrex Apr 2015 #7

Joni said she had it in another paper so complain to Joni Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 #8

No kidding? Well, let's see what the Mayo Clinic says about Morgellons: Orrex Apr 2015 #16

umm, the NY Daily News is liberal. m-lekktor Apr 2015 #63

It's still a psycholgical condition, not an infection Orrex Apr 2015 #83

Regardless of whether the condition is an infection or a psychological condition . . . markpkessinger Apr 2015 #86

No one has disputed that point Orrex Apr 2015 #87

I think a post implying that Michell's condition, whatever it may be, is an April Fool's joke . . . markpkessinger Apr 2015 #92

Well, I'll own up to it, since it was my first impression as well. Orrex Apr 2015 #97

Or how about the American Society for Microbiology - Clinical Microbiology Reviews?... SidDithers Apr 2015 #10

That should pay well pscot Apr 2015 #88

Morgellons is not a delusional disorder. Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 #4

"Morgellons is a controversial condition and is not recognised by mainstream medical authorities." ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #11

What I don't understand is the "fibers" which have been morningfog Apr 2015 #12

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2015 #98

You can't genetically modify something that doesn't have genes arcane1 Apr 2015 #99

Maybe it is....from your link.... Logical Apr 2015 #113

The most recent research shows Morgellons is a coinfection of lyme disease. FourScore Apr 2015 #114

She really was found unconscious and taken to hospital. morningfog Apr 2015 #9

Yeah, I saw that. Hope she's OK... SidDithers Apr 2015 #13

I had never heard of the condition, but it morningfog Apr 2015 #18

whatever G_j Apr 2015 #31

whatever... SidDithers Apr 2015 #33

and there are scientists who say there's no environmental damage from fracking Romeo.lima333 Apr 2015 #15

True, but irrelevant here. Orrex Apr 2015 #17

nope that's not my suggestion Romeo.lima333 Apr 2015 #44

Story ran yesterday... brooklynite Apr 2015 #26

I'm not disputing Joni Mitchell collapsed, and was taken to hospital... SidDithers Apr 2015 #27

From the linked FEBRUARY NY Magazine interview... brooklynite Apr 2015 #30

"Abscessed ovaries!" cwydro Apr 2015 #45

Something women get in their lady-parts, dear. Christ on a trailer hitch. Hekate Apr 2015 #52

Well, I'm a woman, and I'm very glad cwydro Apr 2015 #64

71 years old bigtree Apr 2015 #14

She has suffered from Morgellons for years Beaverhausen Apr 2015 #19

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2015 #38

Oh Joni, you really need a psychiatrist, you're not really sick... Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #20

She's sick, and she needs a psychiatrist...nt SidDithers Apr 2015 #21

Ok we heard you the first time Beaverhausen Apr 2015 #22

Dude, you implied that I said Joni's collapse was all in her head... SidDithers Apr 2015 #23

I didn't imply anything Beaverhausen Apr 2015 #32

Whatever! Doctors have been telling women this for millennia, to demean and degrade women. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #24

The difference being, pericarditis and Lupus are real diseases... SidDithers Apr 2015 #25

And global climate change is not caused by man Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #34

Several things going on here Orrex Apr 2015 #35

"fucked women"?! Really?! You had to go there!? Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #36

Wow... SidDithers Apr 2015 #39

That's your answer to you fucked women comment? Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #40

No, that's my answer to your "medical industrial complex" comment... SidDithers Apr 2015 #42

What is your answer to your "fucked women" comment? Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #46

First. It wasn't my comment... SidDithers Apr 2015 #47

Oh my side, sidorrex. It's still thinly veiled misogyny, any which way you wrap it. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #48

You really enjoyed Asahina's yuiyoshida Apr 2015 #70

"Fucked women over for centuries," yes. How would you describe it? Orrex Apr 2015 #41

Sidorrex... Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #43

Do you know what it means to fuck someone over? Have you never heard that phrase? Orrex Apr 2015 #53

The only place you used a curse word was in front of the word women. Thinly veiled misogyny. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #58

There are no bad words My Good Babushka Apr 2015 #65

That's a fucked up interpretation Orrex Apr 2015 #84

No trolling. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #100

Who's a Monsanto troll? Orrex Apr 2015 #101

... Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #102

Whatever, April Orrex Apr 2015 #103

AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service FrodosPet Apr 2015 #106

It was "fucked over " libodem Apr 2015 #112

Can't see any more posts... Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #123

I was going to say that we ate grandma's cake My Good Babushka Apr 2015 #61

The only place a curse word was used was in front of the word women. That stands out like a Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #66

You said throbbing, and put it in front of a phallic object. My Good Babushka Apr 2015 #71

Where point to me where, babs. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #75

Just pointing out My Good Babushka Apr 2015 #76

I'm not a Freudian psychoanalyst or student. It was a thinly veiled misogenist attack, period. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #78

You are the only one who seems to think so. My Good Babushka Apr 2015 #81

I think it's pretty crappy that this all started from Sid attacking me simply for saying that I Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #90

Shirley, "fucking" is used as a verb not WhiteTara Apr 2015 #94

Sores CAN magically appear from your mind onto your skin My Good Babushka Apr 2015 #62

That's as believable as a fundamentalist Christian's belief that when Jesus comes to get them he Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #68

The brain is part of the body, too. My Good Babushka Apr 2015 #74

The mind is a body part yes. But the intonation of sids "mental"argument is that the illness is a Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #77

You absolutely can have psychosomatic rashes or sores My Good Babushka Apr 2015 #79

Absolute provable undeniable proof, please. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #80

I'm not your personal fucking Google My Good Babushka Apr 2015 #82

The majority of research is behind a paywall Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #89

OOOhhhh, you said curse word Google!! Thor_MN Apr 2015 #115

The mind/brain is a very powerful thing. HappyMe Apr 2015 #69

Agreed, but a serious scientist is not going to look at a sore on a persons body and immediately Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #73

or the result of constant self injury.... mike_c Apr 2015 #105

Delusional Parasitits sounds like a fancy way of calling a disease sufferer crazy. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #107

their mental illness is their disease.... mike_c Apr 2015 #108

Y'all are investing a lot of time and energy in trying to convince people that Joni Mitchell is Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #109

Your use of the term "crazy" in this context is offensive. Orrex Apr 2015 #110

Mental illness is real illness. stage left Apr 2015 #91

Indeed . . . markpkessinger Apr 2015 #93

have you ever worked with Morgellon's suffers? mike_c Apr 2015 #104

First TV appearance Manitoba TV 1965.. YouTube Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 #28

Joni is just exquisite in that. I've never seen it before. Hekate Apr 2015 #111

Best wishes for you, Joni Mitchell Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2015 #29

Uh...Morgellons isn't a real disease. Arkana Apr 2015 #37

The latest research shows it is a spirochetal infection FourScore Apr 2015 #118

I hope she gets the care she needs in a nonjudgmental compassionate atmosphere, unlike DU... Hekate Apr 2015 #49

+ 1 crazylikafox Apr 2015 #51

Very well said Beaverhausen Apr 2015 #55

+2, bahrbearian Apr 2015 #59

I'm just annoyed to run across a thread where I agree with Sid whatchamacallit Apr 2015 #50

it does cause a frightful case of cognitive dissonance tishaLA Apr 2015 #67

Morgellons is not a physical disease. Avalux Apr 2015 #54

I agree. HappyMe Apr 2015 #56

Yes that's true. Avalux Apr 2015 #57

I watched the news at noon, HappyMe Apr 2015 #60

It is a spirochetal infection. Any information prior to 2010 is unreliable. FourScore Apr 2015 #120

The latest research FourScore Apr 2015 #119

Thank you for this. Avalux Apr 2015 #121

Your most welcome. As a researcher, you might also be interested in the work done by FourScore Apr 2015 #122

FFS.... mike_c Apr 2015 #72

Obviously you're part of the Medical Industrial Complex Orrex Apr 2015 #85

Shut up, pig. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #95

There is increasing evidence that morgellons is a spirochetal infection FourScore Apr 2015 #116

thank you.... mike_c Apr 2015 #124

My hypothesis on this FourScore Apr 2015 #125

Wishing Joni a speedy recovery. AtomicKitten Apr 2015 #96

My fool-proof, certain test as to whether or not a person has an autoimmune disorder and/or hedgehog Apr 2015 #126