You were all right

[sweetness514]

MGM Grand,

I agree. I don't know about the troll theory. I know that Mobee has been on this site many times, sometimes just to talk to others about her scoliosis, and sometimes to let her frustrations out about scoliosis and then she also talks about all the other bad things that happened to her in her life(medical issues, and abuse), and it is mostly always the same she describes. I think she suffers from some psychological issues and has said so(ADD, OCD). This would make her be dramatic and some people are just that way. My beef was mostly with the suicide thoughts being allowed to be discussed on such a level on this forum, sorry but that should be against the rules.

[HGD24]

I'm sure I'll get flack for this, but I did a quick check of Mobee's posts and noticed many discrepencies in her curvature sizes. We all know our curves by heart so this has struck me as really strange and was one of the reasons I had to agree with Kat. Here's a list of the dates of the posts and the curvature(s) given:

4/20 37T, 33L

4/24 40, 38

4/27 mentions only having 1 curve which at one time was measured at 23 then a few years later at 30 degrees

5/15 34T, 30L

5/20 34T, 30L

7/18 35, 35

7/19 mentions only having 1 curve 34

7/19 34T, 32L

7/20 34T. 34L

Sorry, but I had to look further into this and this is my last post on this topic.

[Singer]

Good work, Heidi! I love it.

I got suspicious when I read the quickie happy ending too. I guess none of us enjoys admitting we were taken in. You know what's really funny -- she's not even posting lately and here we all are STILL giving her the attention she craves. I vote that we forget all about her and move on.

[macky]

You were all right

I have never heard of an internet troll before., and I was hesitant to even reply as this Mocity has had quite enough attention, I just read all her posts and I could not believe it. She lives by herself, well she really needs to go and see a counsellor, as not a lot of what she has written makes sense and it has been to get attention and to dramatise and I really feel to make what we have all been through seem so damn trivial.
I really love this site and I am so very, very upset that someone would use it to their advantage like she has . No more to say except.
Those of us who have scoliosis are SURVIVORS MOBEE AND DONT EVER FORGET THAT.


Macky is leaving the building and the subject. xx

[MGM Grand]

I have never heard of an internet troll before., and I was hesitant to even reply as this Mocity has had quite enough attention, I just read all her posts and I could not believe it. She lives by herself, well she really needs to go and see a counsellor, as not a lot of what she has written makes sense and it has been to get attention and to dramatise and I really feel to make what we have all been through seem so damn trivial.
I really love this site and I am so very, very upset that someone would use it to their advantage like she has . No more to say except.
Those of us who have scoliosis are SURVIVORS MOCITY AND DONT EVER FORGET THAT.


Macky is leaving the building and the subject. xx

Just to clarify, MOBEE is the troll, not MOCITY.

[bbest]

I have been following this thread and debating whether or not to add anything further to this discussion. I certainly do not want to give any attention to the alleged troll. After some thought I decided I had some things I needed to say so here goes...

I don't know if Mobee is a troll. Truthfully, none of us do. I do agree however, that it looks very suspicious and I am inclined to doubt her sincerity. Having said that, I am damn angry. Having recently had surgery, I felt an obligation to help another who is struggling with this disease. I have a tendency to believe that most people are good and I wanted to support this person in any way I was able. When she went on and on about suicidal thoughts and enduring sexual molestation my heart went out to her. Yes, I thought she focused far too much on the negatives, but I chalked that up to some form of psychological illness brought on by her extensive medical issues. I, like many of you on this board, know what it is like to live with the emotional and physical pain scoliosis can cause. We know what it is like to agonize over our decisions. We know the difficulties involved in finding a capable and trustworthy surgeon. Many of us have made the decision to have surgery without the support of our friends and family and have turned to this board for that support. We, as a community, are here to help fellow scoliosis survivors do just that - survive. When someone comes to these boards with a selfish agenda I am personally offended. How dare Mobee or others like her play on our emotions and take up our time. How dare these people misrepresent themselves in order to gain some sort of sick attention. This board means a great deal to me. I don't know if I would be recovering as well as I am, if not for the support I have received from those of you I have come to regard as friends.

Mobee, if you read this (and I think you probably will) you have my apologies if I have misjudged you. However, if my instincts are correct and you are not who you say you are, shame on you! Find something constructive to do with your time. Grow up.

[mocity]

Thanks Mgm

Thanks for correcting MACKY for me. I was not the one writing all that mess.

[sweetness514]

Makes me think with her talking about genitals that she could be. But there wouldn't be a problem and wasted energies and some people getting upset if there were rules and trolls and such language would not be allowed and ultimately deleted.

[jelysc613]

AMEN bbest!! You spoke my mind entirely!

[green m&m]

HGD24

so I guess I'm not the only one that noticed the degree discrepencies.

[dawney]

I have never responded to any of Mobee's threads because frankly I didn't know how to. I do take personal offense to her referring to her deformity in the way she does. I think all of us are self conscious about our uneven everythings. I have never felt like a monster or anything like that. That did offend me.

[berta@aloha.net]

And............where are you Mobee...............we aren't hearing from you..... defending your sincerity................so what does that make us all think.......hmmmm.

[Shari]

I too have never heard of this "trolling" thing. This is the only forum I have ever been on. And I have ALWAYS found it to be quite comforting!!!

If this is truly the case, then I am also feeling offended and violated. I offered personal information out of compassion and concern. I guess I'm more naive than I thought I was!!!

But it does make me appreciate so much more, all the honest people that are here to share and care about each other!!!

Shari

[SpineWhine]

http://hometown.aol.com/intwg/trolls.htm

[Singer]

Thanks for the link, Meg.

FASCINATING!!!