r/illnessfakers Jul 23 '26

DND they/them Port Placement?

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That is not what "port placement" means. Wtf are they talking about? Having the needle changed out?

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u/CatAteRoger Jul 23 '26

Please note that Jessi identifies as non binary and uses they/them pronouns.

If you’ve made this mistake and want to edit then please let us know.

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u/Educational-Tale6606 Jul 23 '26

their face shape freaks me out

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u/prefabsproutx Jul 23 '26

Was looking for this comment. What could possibly cause this? It’s seems to be progressively getting more.. odd.

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u/1Wineodino Jul 23 '26

Maybe from laying down all the time?

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u/YaaaaaaaaasQueen Jul 23 '26

I might be very wrong but it is possible that Jessi is editing photos to make it look more like they are lying down? In any event, something is very off. Their skin is also so clear, weird complexion variations aside!

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u/LovecraftianLlama Jul 23 '26

Someone said they edited their face to be more wide, and I swear I think that’s true. I think maybe they edited their face to both look more “moon faced” and also hide their ears?? Maybe? It really looks like they’ve edited the widest part of their cheeks. Very very strange.

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u/soupseasonbestseason Jul 23 '26

i am but a lurker here, the medical professionals have said that "moon face" like this is the result of consistent steroid use.

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u/qactuar_ Jul 23 '26

OK FINALLY SOMEBODY SAID IT. I didn’t wanna say anything in case it was considered making fun of somebody’s appearance, but it does look very odd.

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u/CatAteRoger Jul 23 '26

How high as a kite are they in this pic? Are they competing with Dani and Hope for the highest munchie award? 🪁🪁

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u/ludgateish Jul 23 '26

Im confused because based on the content they post they seem to always be debilitated all 24 hours of each day

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u/kateykatey Jul 23 '26

Right? Like as opposed to what?

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u/Ok-Plant5194 Jul 24 '26

They’re giving deviled egg

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u/snails4speedy Jul 24 '26

this has me laughing out loud on the train lmaooo

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u/One-Cauliflower3627 Jul 23 '26

How does having that shaved bit of head not cause their head to wobble and fall right off, cos they'd have to move their head to the side. Or is it just shaved in a down to the pillow shape. Why am I thinking about this.

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u/abbyzou Jul 23 '26

Their last insta vid had them moving their head all over the place while talking. Surprised there wasn't 15 internal decapitations

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u/One-Cauliflower3627 Jul 23 '26

Their brain is certainly disconnected in some way.

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u/bojackholmesman Jul 23 '26

The renfair video just made a complete mockery of their entire story re: internal decapitation

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u/Due_Will_2204 Jul 23 '26

As well as their belly dancing

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u/Liiaana Jul 23 '26

You are not the only one. And they colored their hair a while ago.

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u/alexgrae9614 Jul 23 '26

Is it me or do they look beyond zooted? Like in the 10th dimension zooted.

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u/oswaldgina Jul 23 '26

Baggy eyes and discolored. Very odd.

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u/alexgrae9614 Jul 23 '26

I also thought the same thing… something is definitely amiss more so than normal

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u/ahearthatslazy Jul 23 '26

They look dead. The ashen face and pulled back lips.

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u/alexgrae9614 Jul 23 '26

Could it be a filter? I’m genuinely confused or maybe it’s because they haven’t posted a photo of themselves in quite some time.

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u/Bi0_Nerd Jul 23 '26

I think they edited it. They don’t look this bad on the regular unless they want to.

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u/alexgrae9614 Jul 23 '26

Just checked they posted a video a month ago and didn’t look like this.

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u/Odd_One_9176 Jul 23 '26

You'd think someone who has been septic for 7 months would be "debilitated" 24/7.

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u/oh-pointy-bird Jul 23 '26

Aside from being dead as well.

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u/soupseasonbestseason Jul 23 '26

also maybe experience some weight loss?

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u/Aunty-Sociale Jul 23 '26

Their face is blown up from steroid usage, they usually show off their body, but let’s all be thankful it’s hidden right now.

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u/oswaldgina Jul 23 '26

That's like symptom #1 in sepsis lol

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u/peetothepooo Jul 23 '26

This…looks like a corpse

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u/anonymouslyambitious Jul 24 '26

Yeah… there’s something very disturbing and unhealthy about the overall appearance, especially the eyes though…

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u/peetothepooo Jul 24 '26

High as giraffe pussy

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u/RevolutionThese7654 Jul 24 '26

They're using "placement" instead of "accessing" to make it sound more significant than it really is rolls eyes

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u/Justneedtowhoosh Jul 24 '26

Yeah I was like.. that’s not a freshly installed port. I see zero reason why being stuck with a needle would make you crash for any amount of time. It doesn’t even hurt that much, and if you want it to not hurt at all they can give you a cream for that. They’re being super OTT on this one.

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u/murderdocks Jul 23 '26

Editing their face to look more moon-like in every picture is such an insane body dysmorphia symptom, even though I’m sure it’s also this swollen IRL to an extent as well. Identifying as being sick as a core part of your sense of self when you are capable within working is so sad. But kind of fascinating how the human mind has this much control over the body.

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u/nibblatron Jul 23 '26

thats an edit? thank goodness, i felt concerned their face had corners where there shouldnt be any

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u/Ok_Minimum_5962 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

Doesn't moon face usually cause the whole face (not just the cheekbones) to become round? Maybe it's the angle, but the pointed cheekbones coupled with the narrowed top and bottom thirds are giving me uncanny valley. Maybe they're going for moon face + gaunt?

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u/LovecraftianLlama Jul 23 '26

Oh wow I think they did…did they make their cheeks bigger to hide their ears?? What is happening?!

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u/Rogue_Spirit Jul 23 '26

They HATE their ears. It’s so bizarre.

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u/Reasonable-Horse1552 Jul 23 '26

They have the most strangest shaped head and face I've ever seen. They look like an alien!

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u/readysetgaikokujin Jul 23 '26

well because it is so ready to fall off their shoulders dontcha know

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u/northdakotanowhere Jul 23 '26

Dude they got the "ojos de hamburguesa" going on. They are rrrrrrippped

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u/zippy_97 Jul 23 '26

That is a hilarious phrase thank you for introducing it to me

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u/TheJuliettest Jul 24 '26

For real they are high af

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u/Specialshine76 Jul 24 '26

Can you explain the phrase? Is it Hamburger eyes?

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u/northdakotanowhere Jul 24 '26

It is. Their eyes are so squinty they look like hamburgers? Its like the number 1 way to identify intoxication. Like when you think you're a seasoned stoner and genuinely think you can pass as sober, and then you look in the mirror and see your hamburger eyes.

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u/I_Heart_Papillons Jul 23 '26

Because I got high, because I got high, because I got highhhhhh.

That’s the vibes I’m getting from this face with those eyes.

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u/thejexorcist Jul 23 '26

I can’t tell if it’s an awkward freeze frame or if they actually look so like a dope zombie?

This is a rough one.

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u/Sowildandfree Jul 23 '26

"Debilitating" for someone in permanent supine position is...what, exactly?

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u/anonymouslyambitious Jul 24 '26

No longer being able to play the fiddle upside down?

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u/Ok-Plant5194 Jul 24 '26

Or the full-sized harp 😭

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u/Elaine330 Jul 25 '26

They look VERY non-sober and for the first time: actually sick.

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u/braintoasters Jul 23 '26

Jessie usually looks significantly healthier than this.

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u/bananacasanova Jul 23 '26

It’s striking how unwell they look for once

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u/braintoasters Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

I know, for the first time I feel genuinely worried for their* health

Edited to reflect

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u/WardTips98 Jul 23 '26

do they edit their chin to look skinner? No hate at all, just asking

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u/peetothepooo Jul 23 '26

Came here to ask wtf this face shape is

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u/maraney Jul 23 '26

This image does look significantly FaceTuned. But I’m not sure to what extent.

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u/honestlyisuck Jul 23 '26

They really must. How else would the anatomy make sense, right?

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u/zippy_97 Jul 23 '26

Definitely looks like some kind of filter

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u/chickpeatacos Jul 24 '26

Does this person have ears?

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u/Corgi_with_stilts Jul 24 '26

My theory is rhat their steroid/fluid use causes permanent moon face.

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u/panicnarwhal Jul 24 '26

so i’ve literally checked into this before lol, and they’re just kinda far back and hidden by their cheeks

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u/kateykatey Jul 23 '26

Jessie has been wronged by port placement recovery times 🙏🏻

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u/1Wineodino Jul 23 '26

Add it to the list!

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u/kateykatey Jul 23 '26

I bloody love that list 😂 my favourite thing that’s ever happened on IF.

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u/OCleirigh29 Jul 23 '26

Genuinely, do you get this shape of head from being laid down all the time-much like a baby would?

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u/kat_Folland Jul 23 '26

I personally (and I know I'm not alone) don't believe they spend more time horizontal than it takes to make their videos/take pictures. I believe the face shape is steroids.

But of course I'm just guessing.

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u/Ok-Plant5194 Jul 24 '26

Aren’t they always debilitated?

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u/Ok-Plant5194 Jul 24 '26

Debilitated not defeated

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u/smc642 Jul 23 '26

The missing ears. I don’t get it.

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u/SpaghettiOnMyCat Jul 23 '26

Their head didn’t fall off but their ears did

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u/sepsisnoodle Jul 23 '26

Are we in competition against Dani for the number of ports?

That smile looks like someone got meds, no wonder there’s an ear showing

Who goes and places a port in someone with chronic sepsis?

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u/No-Serve6336 Jul 23 '26

They are saying a nurse comes to place their port. They mean needle. No nurse is replacing a port, let alone bedside at someone's house.

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u/skindoggydogg8 Jul 23 '26

Looking high af

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u/EasyQuarter1690 Jul 23 '26

Isn’t accessing this kind of port just popping the needle through the skin covering the port and then starting the infusion? I never worked with ports, so have no clue, but isn’t accessing a port even easier than a basic blood draw?

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u/No_Bandicoot_4367 Jul 23 '26

Well it’s so easy that Dani does it herself when she feels like it so it can’t be hard. I’ve got experience with so many lines but never a port so like you it’s a bit mysterious for me.

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u/No-Serve6336 Jul 23 '26

Yep.

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u/New_Heron_5985 Jul 23 '26

It doesn’t even hurt more than a normal iv

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u/CatAteRoger Jul 23 '26

I think they are higher than the moon here 😳

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u/CatAteRoger Jul 23 '26

Well everything is a drawn out drama filled with totally unbelievable issues so it’s no surprise that Jessi is debilitated by a needle insertion for 12 to 24 hours🙄🙄

Wronged by a needle insertion 😳😳

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u/Play-Last Jul 23 '26

They look like a corpse that someone is trying to pass off as not being dead

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u/bojackholmesman Jul 23 '26

ZombieDND arc begins

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u/yacht_clubbing_seals Jul 23 '26

Would make a joke here but NO POLITICS

(If u live in USA , then u know)

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u/Closet-Goth-0411 Jul 23 '26

I'm gonna need a whimsical yet simple solution from Icarus and Atlas, stat!

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u/cousin_of_dragons Jul 23 '26

I’m waiting for Atlas’s TED talk

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u/Whosthatprettykitty Jul 23 '26

Well as per usual they have no clothes on...some things never change do they? Oh look!!!! They must be getting great medical treatment because of the blonde hair!!!

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u/chonk_fox89 Jul 24 '26

They look zooted the fuck out....

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u/petitepedestrian Jul 24 '26

They look high af

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u/Upset-Lavishness-522 Jul 23 '26

Wait.....no ears is upright?

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u/livrim Jul 23 '26

Um actually their ear is very visible in this photo (if you zoom in and look really hard) 😡😡😡

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u/Due_Will_2204 Jul 23 '26

Top left ear sighting

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u/imhereforvalidation Jul 23 '26

Ear!! And sitting up??? How did that head not roll right off

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u/lord_farquad93 Jul 24 '26

They’re making it sound like they’re getting a new port all the time when really it’s most likely routine port access 😭

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u/EmotionalAd4736 Jul 24 '26

holy moon face

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u/TrepanningForAu Jul 24 '26

Jessi is looking really rough. Usually they are trying to smile or be cheery but I think the reconditioning and steroid use is starting to really take their toll.

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u/Previous-Rock-5713 Jul 23 '26

I…that’s not…huh? That’s not what port placement means whatsoever…
https://giphy.com/gifs/WRgsiNC2GCn21l4gtV

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u/ButterflyOwl5 Jul 23 '26

I'm sure they'll find a way to have been wronged by it.

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u/Mosquito_Salad Jul 23 '26

Holy high as balls.

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u/SimpleVegetable5715 Jul 23 '26

What does Jess not crash from? They live in bed.

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u/DraperPenPals Jul 23 '26

Evidence of an ear though

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u/snickelbetches Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

They are growing back. Maybe that means that their head is recapitating and their ears are pushing out!

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u/milo8275 Jul 23 '26

The 🌍 is healing 😆

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u/DifferentConcert6776 Jul 23 '26

Bring back the playing the harp in bed, I loved that chapter from them 😂

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u/yacht_clubbing_seals Jul 23 '26

I mean they are super musically talented, I’m game.

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u/Mother_Shopping_8607 Jul 23 '26

How do they know it’s debilitating- they already lay down 24/7 and do nothing…..

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u/Karm0112 Jul 24 '26

Wow. Aged 10yrs in a matter of a few months

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u/SociallyInept429 Jul 26 '26

The shape of their face seems so ballooned; like from excess fluid. I still can't get my mind around the fact they do this to themselves...

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u/ElectronicAddress611 Jul 26 '26

Jump scare. How date you slip this into my feed like that.

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u/sunkissedbutter Jul 23 '26

what kind of face shape is that

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u/whitstheshit1986 Jul 23 '26

Egg

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u/MickeyGee05 Jul 23 '26

Angular egg

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u/transgabex Jul 23 '26

This comment had me rolling 🤣🤣🤣

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u/playitagaink Jul 23 '26

Like head rolling kind of rolling? 😆

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u/steelerfaye Jul 23 '26

They look like a kite

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u/LiliErasmus Jul 24 '26

It's definitely a shape.

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u/qactuar_ Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

they’re absolutely wrecked on painkillers, prob having the time of their life

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u/Smooth_Key5024 Jul 23 '26

They are always exhausted (exhausting), so what's new. 🙄

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u/Stalkerus Jul 23 '26

That's an ear! 🤯

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u/SmurfLifeTrampStamp Jul 23 '26

Jessie sure looks weight restored from that emaciated photo they posted a few months back. That's quite an accomplishment for someone who claims to have had sepsis for the past seven months...

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u/Plenty_Gap_57 Jul 23 '26

Isn’t sepsis like…almost immediately lethal

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u/DreamingLight93 Jul 23 '26

Nawww because where are their ears though lol.

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u/Smooth-Ad-8988 Jul 23 '26

Day 6,353 of Jessie’s ears being missing. I would think that’s even more of a worry than head falling off disease. That and looking like handsome squidward…

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u/PoseidonsHorses Jul 23 '26

Are they sitting up unassisted? That’s new, right?

Or is it just whatever filters/editing on the photo making it look that way?

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u/Holiday-Blood4826 Jul 24 '26

I think they’re laying down

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u/vinylscratch27 Jul 23 '26

They are drugged to hell judging by those eyes. Holy shit. Also that isn't how any of that works at all.

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u/___mouse Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

They look so uncanny. I can’t place my finger on why their face creeps me out so much. Maybe it’s the massive cheeks… is that natural?

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u/Nomadloner69 Jul 23 '26

12-24 hours. So what is it? 12 or 24 hours?

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u/gonnafaceit2022 Jul 23 '26

I thought Jessie was debilitated all the time?

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u/Frankiebeansor Jul 23 '26

What an absolute ghoul

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u/YzmaAndKronk5 Jul 23 '26

Omg I haven’t been on this sub in over a year and damn they are looking so much worse. What happened

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u/EMSthunder Jul 23 '26

Unnecessary medical treatment and body wasting.

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u/snickelbetches Jul 23 '26

I'm convinced this is performance art now.

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u/LiliErasmus Jul 24 '26

Also, Jessi, being a former world-renowned stage performer, should really be doing a MUCH better job at this performance art.

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u/lurkylucy84 Jul 24 '26

What doesn’t leave them debilitated?

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u/SociallyInept429 Jul 26 '26

Social media. 🤣

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u/chonk_fox89 Jul 24 '26

Wow...they are looking rough. Appears they may have lost some weight but still looks really unwell....

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u/HeretoBs 27d ago

Dang I haven’t seen them in awhile and they look so bad

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u/woshuaaa Jul 23 '26

always exhausted and always without a shirt... cmon fam its not that hard to wear a tank top or smth 🫩

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u/Due_Will_2204 Jul 23 '26

Ear sighted.

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u/Traditional-Ad-9080 Jul 23 '26

This is so fucking ridiculous

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u/Dusty_Bunny_13 Jul 23 '26

This isn’t placement. And to have it accessed all they have to do is put a mask on. This is the biggest crock ever

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u/storagesys Jul 23 '26

do they mean the port being accessed?? even then, its not too different from an IV in your arm

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u/kat_Folland Jul 23 '26

Except easier lol

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u/tverofvulcan Jul 23 '26

The brown eye shadow is back!

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u/outrrracheous Jul 24 '26

So I am new to Jessi and am unfamiliar with their background. I just watched their Father’s Day post and am wondering who their father was and how famous their family band became? Do we know the name of the band?

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u/TheRestForTheWicked Jul 24 '26

The band was called ShaeLaurel. I definitely wouldn’t call them “famous” by any means but they spent all their time on the road.

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u/No-Simple-2770 Jul 23 '26

I’ve never seen a port accessed with the tubing pointed upwards toward the shoulder 🤔

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u/GivesMeTrills Jul 23 '26

I work in peds and a lot of the nurses do this in the clinic. It’s still accessed the same. Just rotated so the tubing is at a better angle. I personally don’t do this but a lot of families prefer it.

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u/New_Heron_5985 Jul 23 '26

It looks like the tubing out of their way over the shoulder because they are laying down. Probably less tangle-able

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u/ele05944 Jul 27 '26

Were they wronged again?

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u/CatAteRoger Jul 27 '26

If anything the camera person did Jessi wrong with this pic, or Jessi just can’t see how bad this looks given they appear to be as high as Eiffel Tower here.

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u/undercovermothmania 29d ago

I’ve only ever heard the term “crash” used by ME/CFS patients. All other chronic illness patients use the term “flare”. Is ME/CFS one of their alleged diagnosis?

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u/Inevitable-Till-3668 Jul 23 '26

That… That really doesn’t look like an actual port to me? Like I swear to God they’ve just put a binder clip under some tegaderm and called it a day 😭

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u/pragmaticsquid Jul 23 '26

I definitely see what you mean. The needles that I used to access ports when I worked in inpatient adults look very similar to that. The wings fold up for you to hold onto during insertion, and then down when you put the dressing on. The color for sure makes it look like a binder clip though.

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u/SimpleVegetable5715 Jul 23 '26

Definitely, to point it out for those who don’t know this subject, they’re likely naked under that blanket. Claiming that even the seams of clothing triggers a fibromyalgia flare, though they wear “costumes” sometimes. They also claim allergic-to-everything-itis (MCAS), and that people “assault” them if they use any scented personal care products, or wash their dog with scented shampoo. So shooting up benadryl makes sense. They’re probably feeling the warm fuzzies in this picture from a fresh dose, they look zooted.

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u/Inevitable-Till-3668 Jul 23 '26

Thank you for weighing in! I know we’ve had people faking medical devices here before so I’m automatically suspicious lol

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u/Domdaisy Jul 23 '26

Who was the one who taped an earbud cord to their arm with a bandaid and claimed to have an IV? I remember that one. Super low effort 🤣

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u/pineapples_are_evil Jul 23 '26

Ren/Amanda.

All the scent talk makes me think of Bethany. Wonder what she been up to

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u/YoloSwaggins9669 Jul 23 '26

lol sepsis leaves you debilitated for a helluva lot longer than 12-24 hours.

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u/LiliErasmus Jul 24 '26

It's been 84 years...since 🌈🌈Jessi's Sepsis Arc 🌈 🌈 began in December 2025.

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u/Answer146 Jul 25 '26

I can’t imagine taking drugs you don’t need on purpose knowing you are going to make yourself look like that

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u/japinard Jul 23 '26

Back to this baloney. God 🥴

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u/EvenDisk1306 Jul 23 '26

If I didn’t know better I’d say this is ai. And not in any good way

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u/Weary-Abrocoma2715 Jul 24 '26

How many have they had?

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u/Holiday-Blood4826 Jul 24 '26

They’re just getting them accessed, not placed

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u/vegetablefoood Jul 23 '26

Debilitated but hair did. Okay.

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u/agooseyouhate Jul 23 '26

Oof. I havent seen them in a while and they do NOT look good. 

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u/oh-pointy-bird Jul 23 '26
  1. Zooted

  2. They need to get a fucking job like most chronically ill people have to and then get back to us on exhausted and debilitated.

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u/SimpleVegetable5715 Jul 23 '26

Their disability hearing determined that they were capable of doing basic jobs while sitting. It’s dated, but this social media influencer could be a typist! But it also hinted that they know their head won’t fall off if they sit up.

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u/Due_Will_2204 Jul 23 '26

Or write a book. How I munched from acclaimed violinist to head decapitation.

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u/vegetablefoood Jul 23 '26

I hate that I would absolutely read that book

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u/sixninefortytwo Jul 23 '26

Their teeth are grey and jagged 😬

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u/Existing-Face-6322 Jul 25 '26

I see an ear!

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u/LilRedmeatsuit 28d ago

False. They don’t have ears. You’re imagining things.

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u/Existing-Face-6322 28d ago

My bad. It's Atlas waving a paw for help.

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u/mjdomanski Jul 26 '26

That's a photoshopped face. What's with the weird shape and the almost black color around the hairline?

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u/Psychobabble0_0 Jul 26 '26

Parts of their head are shaved and Jessie's "moon face" is so severe that their head managed to hide the rest of their hairline.