Opinion | Caira Conner: Jameela Jamil Munchausen accusations ignore the realities of chronic illness. - NBCNewsTHINK
In late February 2019, I posted a picture of me standing in a hospital bathroom, wearing a patterned gown and an opened-mouth grin, on Instagram. A tube of Sensi-Care Protective Barrier cream is visible on the shelf. The photograph's caption contains an explanation for howand the cause of my hospital stay — had induced a newfound appreciation for everything I already had, and loved, in my life.
Because the days of misery preceding the photo are not depicted, of course: the moments when I defecated on myself in the hospital bed or on the floor en route to the bathroom or over the toilet while trying to simultaneously apply barrier cream to keep torn skin from reopening. It was nice to feel like I had won against something. I periodically revisit the post, if only to scoff in amusement at the filtered depiction.
The helplessness of it all isn't captured, either. The flood of joint pain that traveled with the infection and the months of paranoia over its possible return are also omitted. It is a snapshot, taken impulsively in the euphoria I experienced when I was told I'd be discharged — deliberately self-flattering and decidedly detached from the context it pretends to highlight.
To relay any experience in its full, unvarnished context is difficult — particularly through the flashes and fleeting blurbs of social media. Jameela Jamil, an English actress and model and the founder of the inclusivity advocacy group
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