You're so right. They always have it worse... If you tell a ham you're dying then they'll claim they're already dead without the slightest hint of shame! It doesn't surprise me at all about the fatty you dealt with at work. It sucks working with whales!! As for me, I was born with a "rare" connective tissue disorder called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. I have an even more rare mix of 3 types of it (classical, hypermobile and vascular).  The vertebrae C5&6 (my neck) collapsed onto my spinal cord 6 years ago, crushing it by half. It caused a bunch of problems but one of them was that it paralysed my digestive system, meaning that my stomach can't empty itself. If I eat/drink then it either sits in my stomach for days, rotting and poisoning me or I vomit it all up. Even with the tube in my intestine to bypass my stomach, I struggle to get enough calories and I'm still extremely underweight.