Yolanda Hadid: My Love, My Lemons, My Lyme Disease.

[kokapetl]

It may just be mucous.

[beaker73]

Alas David does not have a private jet-they charter and rarely overseas.  Yolanda wanted to buy him one. The Gulfstream she showed us starts at around $60 million.  Why buy when you can charter?

 

David invested six million (at least) in the Malibu house to get things rolling.  I think their marriage was pretty much predicated on business and promotional opportunities.  When Yo and David met he was still going through his divorce with Linda Thompson.  I am not quite sure how David living with Mohamed became David's bachelor pad-which I believe is the condo we see her in now, in Yolanda's  revisionist history.  I think the house was Yolanda's desperate attempt to build a fabulous spec home, much like we have seen Mohamed do, live in it for a bit get some free exposure on TV and make a killing profit.  Yolanda just didn't get the money she thought she would.

Right.  And didn't Yo mention in her first season something about having a decorating business? Like around the time she was "decorating" one of Mo's houses and very "kindly" told one of the workers he needed to learn English? Maybe she was trying to get that off the ground back then.  

[lunastartron]

This is getting Kafkaesque. Yolanda has it worse than AIDS patients. She can't write (except she can). She can't get out of bed or watch tv (except she can). She can't talk (except when she can commandeer reunion moderation from Andy). She can't deal with a setting more complex than a stripped down apartment (except she can). She can't film for another season (except she can). She has silicone poisoning. She has a tapeworn the length of a dog or toddler's height. She has these in addition to Lyme- *chronic* Lyme; no, wait, neurological Lyme. And she has mercury toxicity. And her children have chronic Lyme, which causes DUIs. Did you also know that Lyme can curtail a run Olympics when you aren't even a nationally ranked athlete? What's next - ebola? Maybe not because Lyme is probably somehow worse.

[Higgins]

All it needs is a glass door.

Crazy stuff....even the perfect alignment of the various poison potions is disturbing to me.

[cooksdelight]

I predicted several months ago they had money troubles. Yolonda will be shopping for another Mo as soon as she reaches her miraculous cure. Nothing this woman says makes sense to me. At all.

[notnowimbusy]

My SIL had cancer and Yo's closet has more meds than SIL ever had.  Makes you wonder if "some" of her problems may stem from various meds being contraindicated with others.   She's going to God knows how many doctor, so it's conceivable that none of the professionals know what she's taking.   When my grandmother was older and sick, she got extremely weak, confused, and had a hard time eating.   She was going to three separate dr's for various things.   I went in to her GP with a complete list of exactly what meds she was taking, and when.   He was shocked.   He immediately took her off of 3/4 of them.  Within a week she was back to her old self.    Not to mention Yo has always had a rather unconventional diet, so lack of nutrition to stay thin is just adding to her troubles.     Bottom line is that closet full of meds is ridiculous.     I don't doubt that she's sick, in some way, but there does seem to be an awful lot of "feel sorry for me", empty nest syndrome (I'm wondering if her son is living with Mohammed while she can't do anything), her husband calling it quits, and menopause.  Now that alone would be a cocktail for not wanting to get out of that fluffy white bathrobe. 

[Lura]

Yolanda is described, in columns, as being 51 years old.  Judging from some still photos and the way she looked last night on the show, Yolanda looked at least ten years beyond 51 to me.  It occurred to me, while watching, that she might have had a wee bit of help from the makeup department, enhancing the rings under her eyes and darkening her complexion in other, blotchy spots.  If she didn't, she absolutely looked a wreck to me. 

 

If she isn't faking it, and if cooksdelight's prediction about Yolanda finding another man, is true, then I think she has a lot of work to do before she'll even pass for her own age.  Of course, if I'd been faking a happy marriage all these years like Yolanda has, I'd need more than mere cosmetic help!

[nexxie]

 Quickly so I don't post in the wrong thread too long: LisaV was on a morning show this week and I caught a few blips. One of the blips said she really liked Joyce and felt she didn't get a fair chance on the show. And that they, LisaV and Kyle, with their husbands, were friendly with Joyce and PeePee [ha, I did that, not LisaV].

 

Happy to hear that some cast members were nice to Joyce and PeePee. :)

[zoeysmom]

Brought over from episode thread:

 

 

How did this go down?  Do you think she pulled Anwar and Bella aside and told them they were going to go along with this elaborate lie?  Or do they really think they're sick because she found a doctor to lie to them and to their father?  Or is Mohammed in on it, too?

 

I'm really not trying to be a smart ass, but I'm curious about how everyone who thinks the kids' illnesses are fake, how it came to be.

 

I'm having a hard time believing Yo and her kids are so twisted.  But stranger things have happened.

My guess is the kids probably complained of fatigue and one of the 100+ doctors Yo has been seeing probably offered it up as an explanation.   I do believe and base this on the medicine CLOSET I referenced a couple of day ago,  Yolanda is prone to suggestion.   She formed opinion of the other women without any real interaction and it is really easy to succumb to someone in a lab coat when you are hurting.

 

The pageant thing was a tough sell for me - I've always hated that scene - but imo all of these women are lightweights when it comes to intellectual pursuits, and superficial in their obsession about how they look. At least Joyce and husband seemed to have good hearts - I'd like to see more like that and fewer zero-sum game players. But, for their sake, it's probably a good thing Joyce and family are off the show.

Joyce was one of the few RHOBH to have a four year degree.  I loved her husband and they should not have been run off by Brandi and Yolanda.  The Fosters were maybe the worst hosts ever the way they conducted their dinner party that night. 

 

To be fair, Anwar was going to football practice.  He may be of the belief, as I am and every trainer I've ever had, that you don't eat heavy proteins and/or fats before a work out. They digest too slowly.  There is a formula.  Or maybe he just doesn't like heavy food jostling around in his belly.  If you looked at my teen boy's small handful of supplements he takes every morning, you might think I was trying to make him sick, too.  Multivitamin, over the counter allergy pill, echinachea, Vitamin C, and a probiotic. 

 

If Yolanda IS this horrible monster that is purposely making her kids sick and/or forcing them to lie about a sickness, I hope she's figured out soon.  Because, imo, that would make her the most heinous housewife ever.  She should be in prison.  Somebody should call CPS to have her investigated!

 

I don't think Yolanda would ever make her kids sick.  I think she is just easily suggestible.  Time for her to consult Mohamed or perhaps keep her kids medical issues private.

This is getting Kafkaesque. Yolanda has it worse than AIDS patients. She can't write (except she can). She can't get out of bed or watch tv (except she can). She can't talk (except when she can commandeer reunion moderation from Andy). She can't deal with a setting more complex than a stripped down apartment (except she can). She can't film for another season (except she can). She has silicone poisoning. She has a tapeworn the length of a dog or toddler's height. She has these in addition to Lyme- *chronic* Lyme; no, wait, neurological Lyme. And she has mercury toxicity. And her children have chronic Lyme, which causes DUIs. Did you also know that Lyme can curtail a run Olympics when you aren't even a nationally ranked athlete? What's next - ebola? Maybe not because Lyme is probably somehow worse.

I don't think Yolanda is writing her own blogs. 

 

I will say this it sounds to me like Yolanda watched the Uncensored episode and decided divorce is good for character rehabilitation.  I do think there will be additional filming to reflect the decision to divorce.

Edited December 3, 2015 by zoeysmom

[WireWrap]

Right.  And didn't Yo mention in her first season something about having a decorating business? Like around the time she was "decorating" one of Mo's houses and very "kindly" told one of the workers he needed to learn English? Maybe she was trying to get that off the ground back then.  

When she, Yolanda, first joined the show, David gave an interview to a Canadian paper/interviewer that he/Yolanda wanted a "Lifestyle" show of her own. It would be abut decorating, healthy living/exercising. So, Yes, she was trying to get her own show back then......but failed to get it and was angry that LisaV got HER own show instead.

[WireWrap]

I read a few articles today about Yolanda Foster and was a little shocked with what I saw. Firstly Yolanda Foster Blindsided David Foster with Divorce Announcement, if Yo seriously held out on announcing her divorce from David just to help gain sympathy I would be shocked. Secondly I read Inside Yolanda Foster and David Foster’s Divorce, Money Problems and More! that article states that between financial issues, Yolanda's Illness, and David's "wandering eye" the couple was doomed. Lastly I saw that medicine cabinet above and wow she really is all game!  whats even more shocking about that preview is that Yolanda Foster Has a Parasite Two Feet Long!? How can she claim that she has no idea where it came from! its from all that traveling to different countries! 

Without a doubt, she released that statement to garner sympathy/support for viewers and I would also add, that I suspect she did it to also help her IN the divorce proceedings. She can easily use footage from the show to try and show the Judge HOW sick she really is and that she needs a large alimony payment each month to cover her "medical" treatment costs, she only has child support for Anwar now and that will end soon, very soon.

[kokapetl]

Right. And didn't Yo mention in her first season something about having a decorating business? Like around the time she was "decorating" one of Mo's houses and very "kindly" told one of the workers he needed to learn English? Maybe she was trying to get that off the ground back then.

I read that Yolanda received Hadid Interiors as part of her divorce settlement with Mohamed.

[talula]

FYI--"Extra" on NBC tomorrow (Friday, December 4th) at 7:00 PM (EST) has an interview with Yolanda about why her marriage fell apart.

[zoeysmom]

Without a doubt, she released that statement to garner sympathy/support for viewers and I would also add, that I suspect she did it to also help her IN the divorce proceedings. She can easily use footage from the show to try and show the Judge HOW sick she really is and that she needs a large alimony payment each month to cover her "medical" treatment costs, she only has child support for Anwar now and that will end soon, very soon.

I can almost guarantee you Yolanda's alimony if any will be minimal.  That is why they sign pre-nups.  Yolanda has worked on RHOBH for the past three years.  She started working, and her continuing Hadid Interiors job six months after the marriage and hasn't missed a payday from Bravo.  She should be receiving some profits from the Malibu house.  They were married such a short period of time I don't see this being a huge payday for Yolanda.  Oh goodie!! If she files we will get to see an Income & Expense Declaration.  I would not be terribly surprised if their dissolution is filed with a confidential settlement agreement and all they have to do is wait six months until the divorce is final. 

FYI--"Extra" on NBC tomorrow (Friday, December 4th) at 7:00 PM (EST) has an interview with Yolanda about why her marriage fell apart.

Thanks Talula

[lunastartron]

And . . . I (subjectively) think we have a winner! Prenuptial waivers of spousal support are voided under California Family Code in mitigating "unconscionable" circumstances and legal precedent has been established that leaving a brain damaged spouse w/out said support qualifies as such. http://tamaratattles.com/2015/12/03/a-completely-hypothetical-intellectual-discussion-with-psylocke/#more-18833

[WireWrap]

FYI--"Extra" on NBC tomorrow (Friday, December 4th) at 7:00 PM (EST) has an interview with Yolanda about why her marriage fell apart.

Let the SPIN begin! LOL

 

I can almost guarantee you Yolanda's alimony if any will be minimal.  That is why they sign pre-nups.  Yolanda has worked on RHOBH for the past three years.  She started working, and her continuing Hadid Interiors job six months after the marriage and hasn't missed a payday from Bravo.  She should be receiving some profits from the Malibu house.  They were married such a short period of time I don't see this being a huge payday for Yolanda.  Oh goodie!! If she files we will get to see an Income & Expense Declaration.  I would not be terribly surprised if their dissolution is filed with a confidential settlement agreement and all they have to do is wait six months until the divorce is final. 

Thanks Talula

There was an interesting blog/discussion at TT's site, you might want to go read it. It appears there is a way for Yolanda to use her NLD to get alimony despite any pre-nup!

 

Looks like Lunastartron read that discussion! LOL

 

And . . . I (subjectively) think we have a winner! Prenuptial waivers of spousal support are voided under California Family Code in mitigating "unconscionable" circumstances and legal precedent has been established that leaving a brain damaged spouse w/out said support qualifies as such. http://tamaratattles.com/2015/12/03/a-completely-hypothetical-intellectual-discussion-with-psylocke/#more-18833

 This was eye opening, especially since she has been claiming 'brain damage' for a few years now! LOL

 

ETA, One of the first things Yolanda talks about this episode is her "brain damage" caused by NLD, one of the very first! AND it is ON camera!

Edited December 4, 2015 by WireWrap

[MatildaMoody]

From Yolanda's Blog:

 

"If Lyme wasn’t such a controversial disease, I'd probably have chosen to deal with my journey in a more private manner, but the amount of suffering that goes on behind closed doors all over the world is unconscionable, and I feel it's my duty to be a voice for those who can't be heard. I want to shine a light on a disease that so many know so little about."

 

This actually bugged the crap out of me. Not as much as her comparison of the AID's epidemic, but it still bugged me. Lyme is not a controversial disease. It is recognized by the CDC and there are courses of treatments for it. Chronic Lyme - which is what Yolanda has been calling it until this season - is controversial because there is no medical diagnosis for it. There may be one in the future, but there simply isn't one now. 

 

I would be curious to know if she self diagnosed based on her symptoms and had her physician back her up. Or, if she was diagnosed with having Lyme and after her first course of treatment didn't work immediately, she started to believe that she had a chronic case and began her search for a cure. 

 

I have no doubt that Yolanda is ill. I just think that whatever illness she had was exacerbated by her overuse of supplements, her leaking implant, and her unwillingness to give any one treatment enough time to work (and let's be honest, menopause is a bitch and the symptoms can be exacerbated by so many things that it should always be a consideration). 

 

All that said, I am irritated by her refusal to acknowledge that Lyme Disease is enough of an illness without calling it Chronic. It takes time to remove the infection and rehabilitate from it. And, she has never given her body a chance to heal before trying the next thing. She doesn't even appear to have even sought any alternate diagnosis - everything has been an "I just found out after visiting this practitioner" moment. How much sooner could the leaking breast implant have been ruled out? What about the other illness she says she had gotten from being licked by a cow when she was a child? How much sooner could that have been ruled out if she had not been so willing to jump on the Chronic Lyme train?

 

And, I don't mean to sound flip when I ask these questions. I honestly think that Yolanda most likely had a treatable condition and in her "I'm going to get this done" way, she ignored any other factors that may have played a part in her healing process. THAT is where the real controversy is IMO. I don't think anyone doubts that Yolanda is sick and afraid of what her future will bring. If anything, they are doubting what led her to this point in her "journey".

[lunastartron]

It would also explain the sudden change in her terminology to "neurological." I know that Yo either tried or successfully had her prenup to Mohammed thrown out (anyone aware which for certain?). Personally, I've never seen the intelligence that some ascribe to Yo; she's unskilled at argumentation and expressing her grievances without defaulting to hypocrisy and double standards. It also shows that she didn't continue with her education past 16 in many respects. But she has a notable caginess that reminds me of, say, Lauri Waring.

[trimthatfat]

Yolanda strikes me as the type who would ensure the pre-nup is somewhat in her favor. I just couldn't see her signing something where she wouldn't benefit from the end of the marriage. I don't think she'll get alimoney, but I can't imagine that she'll leave the marriage with only what she entered in it.

[JennyMominFL]

This is getting Kafkaesque. Yolanda has it worse than AIDS patients. 

 

 

LOL, She definitely has it worse than me. Whether or not she has done it to herself I don't know. I have AIDS and my husband is an Aortic Dissection survivor.  Our pill shelf could fit on one corner on one of her shelves.

But some people are already hypochondriacs, then when they get sick it gets 10 times worse. My mother is one of those people that reads the pill bottle warning and then magically has all the symptoms, or she gets sick and believes she has all the complications.  I won't even tell you all the things she thought and believed when she had kidney cancer.   But in one case, the doctor told her that if she didn't have surgery the cancer (That's what she called it) would get her eventually. In her mind. it became 6 months to live and then she was a miracle when she waited 18 months for the surgery and wasn't dead yet.

I think You may be like that.... Really sick but making it far far worse than it really is.

Edited December 4, 2015 by JennyMominFL

[Giselle]

Growing up, I was nowhere near as wealthy as the Hadids but I was probably as sheltered and coddled. It's really not all that difficult to conjecture that Yo, a very hands-on mother, directs the health care decisions and appointments of her brood. Had my mother taken my to a professional when I was in my teens, I would have followed her lead without question.

 

Perhaps Mo is ignorant of the facts pertaining to Lyme. Perhaps he doesn't want to contradict his children's mother publicly on the issue. Perhaps he has voiced objections and Bella has made her own decisions regarding what she elects to believe.

 

All speculation, of course.

 

Edited to add: kids are very suggestible naturally, in my opinion. As a teacher, you may or may not disagree. But I'd argue that elements of that quality has factored into, say, phenomenon like the daycare abuse/Satanic panic hysterica of the '80s. An adult in power can make certain impressionable charges believe anything.

 

 

Devising an opinion to this show or an accompanying blog inherently requires a not insignificant amount of transposition, inductive interpretation, and, more often that not diction-parsing. But commencing one's recap of recent events in one's life with a, by definition, critical nod to other's "lack of compassion" (which is so ubiquitous that she's grown accustomed to it . . . but apparently not accustomed enough to refrain from mentioning it) does not suggest a flowering of compassion on one's own part.

 

Additionally, because this cannot be emphasized enough, Yolanda positioned her situation in that bog as an equivalent to that of AIDS patients in the "early '80s," prior to the development of any effective treatment for that affliction. She actually implies that she is suffering more than those contending with AIDS because, according to her, Lyme is more widespread and her counterparts enjoy the support of "a united world." Tell that to those who continue to deal with a disease that is so pervasively stigmatized that men in Africa will literally rape children in an effort to remedy themselves.

 

These might be the most disgusting remarks I've ever encountered from a Housewife. (Perhaps unsurprisingly, a strong contender for runner-up would be the "you can't call someone racist" and "be quiet, (insert implied 'brown lady' here)" that Yo and her Dream Team decided were the appropriate response to Brandi's bigotry toward Joyce)

 

Yolanda is not compassionate. She is, at best, grotesquely ignorant and (my vote), at worst, monstroustly self-absorbed.

 

Yes, yes, yes.

 

On a side note, I admire your way with language. I wish I had your gift.

[biakbiak]

I was listening to Cassie Wilson's New podcast about the show and she noted that in the condo there are pictures of the kids but none of David so I wonder how long they have been separated.

Edited December 4, 2015 by biakbiak

[Giselle]

She fights dirty and she uses her myriad of diseases as a weapon and a shield against being called out on her shit.

 

I have wondered if she whipped out her health card one too many times with David, regardless of the statement they put out.

 

A guy married 4 times more than likely has issues but I'm sure they both failed the marriage in some way.

[b2H]

Here is my take on this:

Let's suggest that she does try to use her illness as leverage in the divorce settlement.

David is smart enough to hire a lawyer that will force her to be evaluated by a 'traditional' medical doctor of the lawyer's choosing, who will want to review all her files and possibly even do a work up to ensure that she is not faking or hypochondrical or Munchausen by Proxy or any of the other possibilities, including she really is as ill as she says.

This would be the condition for her being awarded a settlement. Part of the process.

Just the posted photograph of the pharmacopia itself would be enough to set off warning bells.

ETA: if the lawyer insists on it, then David can just shrug and say my lawyer demanded it.

Edited December 4, 2015 by b2H

[WireWrap]

Here is my take on this:

Let's suggest that she does try to use her illness as leverage in the divorce settlement.

David is smart enough to hire a lawyer that will force her to be evaluated by a 'traditional' medical doctor of the lawyer's choosing, who will want to review all her files and possibly even do a work up to ensure that she is not faking or hypochondrical or Munchausen by Proxy or any of the other possibilities, including she really is as ill as she says.

This would be the condition for her being awarded a settlement. Part of the process.

Just the posted photograph of the pharmacopia itself would be enough to set off warning bells.

ETA: if the lawyer insists on it, then David can just shrug and say my lawyer demanded it.

That is always possible BUT she also has him on film admitting that she is very sick over the course of several years now. She has photos of him in hospitals/clinics all over the world holding her hand as she recieves some sort of treatment so it might be hard for his lawyer to convince a judge that David really doubts her illness or the severity of said illness now. I honestly don't know which way a divorce Judge would rule with all her film/photo evidence of him supporting/believing her DURING their marriage.

[walnutqueen]

A great lawyer would spin it to make David look like the long-suffering spouse indulging his hypochondriac wife in her ever-escalating delusions.  And he would eviscerate every lie and exaggeration Yo uttered on camera.

[Bronzedog]

According to ET, Yolanda is worth quite a bit more than David.

[RedHawk]

I was so distracted with trying to figure out which western movie was on the TV, with the reflection on the piano, that I lost most of whatever dribble he was saying.

LOL! Me, too!

[talula]

FYI--on NBC news tonight regarding funding Lyme's Disease treatment. My next door neighbor had three Lyme's Disease tests before he tested positive. After watching this news story I'm beginning to see what Yolanda is talking about.

I-Team: Lyme Disease Confusion Ensnares Sick Patients in Treatment, Insurance Complications

By Pei-Sze Cheng

When Pope Francis disembarked at Kennedy Airport in New York City, Julia Buzzese only hoped she could catch a glimpse of him. After being blessed by Francis she said she believed the pope would "give me a miracle," and allow her to walk again. (Published Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015)

Dr. Ronald Stram in upstate Delmar, just outside Albany, was watching Julia and reached out to her family because he believed he could help.

“It broke my heart,” said Stram. “I knew that she had a suspicious disease that had gone undiagnosed and I think that Lyme is a very complicated disease and it was one to at least explore.”

It was in June of this year that Julia, who was once vibrant and athletic, suddenly was unable to walk. A few specialists believed she had Lyme disease, but her blood tests didn't support that.

But Stram believed he could help her. Julia has been treated for a month and a half now, traveling from her Brooklyn home to Stram's office in Delmar. Three days a week, she receives antibiotics and nutrients intravenously. She believes she’s getting better.

“I’m starting to feel the bottom of my feet and wiggle my toes more," she said. "The miracle is coming and the pope made it happen."

But the young girl’s treatment might be cut short as she finds herself in the middle of an ongoing controversy.

The CDC estimates 300,000 people get Lyme disease a year in America. Ninety-six percent of the cases are reported from just 14 states, including New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

There is great disagreement on its diagnosis and treatment.

“We’ve seen numerous doctors, four different hospitals,” said Enrico Bruzzese, Julia’s father. “What’s so confusing is none of the doctors we saw had matching opinions."

Bruzzese's insurance company, Emblem Health, has denied them coverage because Julia’s tests have come up "negative for Lyme disease."

Emblem Health, like most other insurance companies, refer to guidelines established by medical associations like the Infectious Diseases Society of America to determine when treatment is appropriate.

Dr. Gary Wormser of Westchester Medical Center is a lead author of guidelines for treating Lyme.

“In early Lyme disease infection, you may only get 1 out of 3 positives because it takes time for antibodies to produce,” said Wormser. “But patients who have been sick for months invariably will have a positive Lyme test.”

Wormser has not studied Julia's case but stands by the theory that she should have at least a minimum presence of Lyme antibodies. Stram showed NBC 4 New York Julia’s blood work, which shows some evidence of Lyme, but not enough to be covered by her insurance company.

In 2008, Connecticut’s then-Attorney General Richard Blumenthal uncovered serious flaws with the Infectious Diseases Society of America's process for writing Lyme guidelines, saying the panel "improperly ignored or minimized consideration of alternative medical opinion and evidence regarding chronic Lyme disease."

The society was ordered to review their guidelines.

Lyme disease is often called the “great imitator” because it can look like so many other diseases, which is the problem Julia faced.

"We tested for everything else, spinal taps, you don't know how many MRIs," she said. "I knew something was wrong with me."

When tests didn't point to any specific ailment, doctors suggested psychiatric testing.

“It was an emotional time for me and my family, but I stayed strong," said Julia. “If it’s something else, what is it? Tell me, I want to get better.”

“This is compassionate care,” said Stram. “If someone else can offer treatment that can show a benefit, we are open. This is a 12-year-old girl who needs to be walking and living a normal life.

In a statement, Emblem Health said, “The health and safety of our members is always our top priority. After our internal review, a subsequent independent third-party review determined that this treatment is medically inappropriate for this member.”

Emblem did offer to pay for a pic line -- a medical device that will make it easier for Julia to receive IV medicine -- but the cost of the antibiotics will not be covered and that could amount to more than $500 a week.

Edited December 4, 2015 by talula

[ryebread]

The drug cupboard is really something.  But also bizarre is the friend/nurse who let Rinna and Eileen in and told them how impressive the medicine closet was.  "Wanna see?" she asked with a bouncy pirouette, and then opened the doors with a flourish. Odd little scene, there.

[nexxie]

For those who want more information - this article goes into some of the controversies surrounding Lyme desease:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140228-lyme-disease-borrelia-burgdorferi-deer-tick-science/

[WireWrap]

The drug cupboard is really something.  But also bizarre is the friend/nurse who let Rinna and Eileen in and told them how impressive the medicine closet was.  "Wanna see?" she asked with a bouncy pirouette, and then opened the doors with a flourish. Odd little scene, there.

IMO, that was staged to make sure we all knew how 'sick' Yoanda is. Although, something tells me, gut feeling, that Yolanda is proud of that closet and its contents and shows it off to everyone. Afterall, she has tweeted photos of her treatments and of all her suppliments/meds for a few years now.

[talula]

For those who want more information - this article goes into some of the controversies surrounding Lyme desease:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140228-lyme-disease-borrelia-burgdorferi-deer-tick-science/

Just wow--excerpt from the link.

"One theory—compelling but controversial—about the sudden emergence of the disease in Connecticut blames the accidental release of infected ticks during experiments at Plum Island Animal Disease Center, on Long Island Sound about eight miles south of Lyme.

Originally operated by the U.S. Army, then by the Department of Agriculture, and now by the Department of Homeland Security, the facility's official mandate is defense research relating to agricultural bioterrorism.

A book by Michael Carroll called Lab 257 cites post-World War II experiments on Plum Island that involved using ticks as disease vectors for germ warfare.

Officials have denied the allegations, but Carroll and others—including former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura—allege the government has used the facility to develop various diseases intended for delivery as biological weapons."

[WireWrap]

This topic is very important to me.  It IS controversial.  IT IS difficult to get diagnosed and the properly treated.  "Lyme" in general is a 4 letter word to Doctors.  They do not want to treat.  Many many doctors that have treated Lyme patients, have lost their licenses.  The Insurance companies WILL NOT pay.  I pay a fortune for insurance and a separate fortune for Lyme treatment.  My Primary Care had to be coerced into testing me. I tested glaringly CDC positive.  It was screaming positive.  She waited too long to treat and then deemed me cured after the lyme had disseminated into deep tissue.  One Doxy a day will NOT break the blood brain barrier to kill the bacteria.  

 

So, being naive in '09, I believed my Primary care (because I trusted the Medical Industry as a whole back then); but still feeling terrible, sought treatment elsewhere...Cardiologists, Infectious Disease, Endocrinologists, many, many ER visits. (I won't bore you with the infinite amount of testing I went through during my search)  

 

Finally in 2014, my new Primary Care retested me and again I tested CDC Positive (glaringly).  He didn't want to treat, of course.  What sane doctor would, unless protected by not accepting insurance.  He referred me to another inept Infectious Disease Dr.  Luckily though, due to an amazing recommendation, I found the doctor that saved my life.  He began aggressive treatment right away, which anyone with Lyme knows, you get much more ill from the dying bacteria overloading your body, especially your liver and kidneys.  It's called a Herxenheimer effect.  The only other disease with the "herx" effect is Syphillis.  Syphillis and Lyme are very similar and look the same under a microscope.  I spent most of 2014 bedridden....my brain swelling,  nerve damage,  my heart palpitations out of control, along with horrific chest pain.  It's dreadful to have a baby in her crib and you are thinking, this is it, I'm going to die, right now and my poor baby will be alone, upstairs.  So i was forced as I was passing out, to call 911 on more than one occasion.  AWFUL nightmare...AWFUL.  I finally had to send my sweet baby to stay with my mother.  I was too sick and my husband worked. Ive only started to feel like my old self recently.  But Im terrified of a relapse.  It will always be a possibility...

 

So, there is a Documentary that was nominated for an Academy Award (for best Documentary). www.underourskin.com/ Anyway, it explains the controversy.  Only the few lucky ones, that find the tick imbedded or see the ring are able to get appropriate treatment.  I, like most, wasn't lucky enough to see the tick or the ring.  That's when the Disease becomes "Chronic" or "Systemic".  I do indeed compare the sufferers to the Aids epidemic.  Both groups were/are marginalized and like Aids, Lyme gets very little research. (Aids of course now does).  

 

Ive had many doctors in the ER explain that they know NOTHING about Lyme and were sorry that my brain swelled and my heart would suddenly go crazy or that I couldn't walk; but there had been no research!  And I live in the heart (ground zero) of the epidemic.  You'd think Doctors wouldn't dismiss it here....but they do....PS. Lyme is deadly. it's serious.  And it often becomes "chronic".    

I am sorry you have had to go through this, it IS horrible without a doubt and I am glad you are on the mend now.

 

That said, your case and Yolanda's are different, different in that she has the means to get the medical help she needed. She confirms that she was diagnosed a few years ago and she did a short round of antibiotics, which didn't work fast enough for her so she went on to other (holistic) treatments without doing the long term IV antibiotics required to do the job, eat healthy and rest. Also, she was always doing that lemon cleanse and living on almonds which would weaken her immune system/body making ANY treatment she did ineffective.

 

She has chased treatments all over the world, going from 1 to another in a short time span, never giving her body a chance to respond to ANY treatment. IMO, she is looking for a quick fix, an overnight cure and that is not realistic nor is it sane IMO. The fact that after she had her leaky silicone breast implants removed and felt better right away tells me that there is more involved in her 'illness' that LD/CLD/NLD and I believe that she refuses to acknowledge that and because she will not admit it, she will continue down this dangerous path she is on.

 

I still say the same thing, IF she is THAT ill, if she is THAT weak...WHY is she still on the show as a full HW? Why not take a season or 2 off to get the medical help she needs (she can afford to do that unlike most people), the rest she needs to heal/recover or at least go to FOH instead of a full HW. She can still be THE spokesperson for the disease, she can help FUND research, lobby pharmaceutical companies to develop treatments/cures, she can help to raise money for that research, she can still raise awareness at home and through social media. She should NOT be on a 'reality' show based on drama/tension IMO.

 

Just wow--excerpt from the link.

"One theory—compelling but controversial—about the sudden emergence of the disease in Connecticut blames the accidental release of infected ticks during experiments at Plum Island Animal Disease Center, on Long Island Sound about eight miles south of Lyme.

Originally operated by the U.S. Army, then by the Department of Agriculture, and now by the Department of Homeland Security, the facility's official mandate is defense research relating to agricultural bioterrorism.

A book by Michael Carroll called Lab 257 cites post-World War II experiments on Plum Island that involved using ticks as disease vectors for germ warfare.

Officials have denied the allegations, but Carroll and others—including former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura—allege the government has used the facility to develop various diseases intended for delivery as biological weapons."

It has long been suspected that Germany developed this during WWII and that the German scientist involved in it were brought to the states after the war was over to continue working on it.

[breezy424]

Gosh.  I didn't think we would be allowed to talk about the next episode when I posted the previews but apparently we are now.  Yiks!!!  That closet full of meds.  Scary.  And then there are the two foot, or was it three foot, parasites.  Sorry, but it's not common for a person to have that kind of problem in a non poor country.  WTF?

 

Again, I disagree with the idea that it is difficult to tested for Lyme.  I've never, nor has any of my family members and people I know, have had that problem.  It's a go to test where I used to live and where I live now.  Maybe others are in a non endemic State. 

 

Back to Yo...  According to her she has seen over 100 doctors.  I wonder how many of those 100 doctors have prescribed something to her.  In any case, that in itself would screw up your system, to say the least.  I do believe Yo is sick.  Very sick.  I don't believe it's all from Lyme.  I think all the medicines and treatments she has done has made her more sick than Lyme.  Add to that the leaky implants.  And add to that, if she had these parasites (Yeah, you can have parasites in your intestines but what she described is much more than 'normal;), God only knows what treatments she has undergone to get them.  Remember she had discussed on Kim's getaway she had sheep blood or placenta transfusions?  I can't remember exactly what it was.  Bottom line is that Yo is FU'd.

 

Again, I don't ever mean any disrespect to people who have Lyme.  I speak from my own experience and from the many people I know who have or who have had  Lyme.  And yes, there are tests for Lyme Yo.  Are they perfect?  No.  They don't test for Lyme.  They test for the antibodies the body produce when Lyme is present.   

[breezy424]

Oh, just to add, it's my understand that Yo did a long term treatment with antibiotics.   The problem is that she jumped to the next treatment before she had time to recover.  And as so many of us know, you need a significant amount of time to recover from a short term of antibiotics, no less a long term.  IMO, the woman just continues to FU herself.  And dare I say, she needs more psychological treatment than physiological treatment because what's she's doing is just not healthy.    She just isn't the expert she claims to be.  Remember when she posted the picture of her blood analysis and her mercury level was so high?  And she said she thought mercury was only used in thermometers?  WTF?  If you're eating fish five times a week, your mercury levels can rise.  Get a clue.  Bottom line is the woman wants to be the face of a very serious disease but she's clueless about facts. 

 

As my child's school nurse said to me when we didn't know what was wrong with my son before he was diagnosed with neurological Lyme, you are your child's advocate.  Don't accept everything you read or that is told to you as 'fact' or is in your child's best interest.  She was absolutely right.  And I've never forgot that when it comes to someone I love and their medical care.

Edited December 4, 2015 by breezy424

[WireWrap]

I agree with your post.  Except, I have to say, that Lyme can turn into an auto immune response and it makes sense, that the leaky breasts made the Lyme worse.  I don't have implants; but my Lyme started to attack my thyroid (unfortunately very common with Lyme).  And I now have Hashimoto and Hypothyroidism.  So in other words, I do think the the severe reaction to the leaky implant was partly due to her over active immune system caused by Lyme. (Not to say that a healthy person wouldn't have a bad reaction to a leaky implant either).  So glad she got rid of those things.  But then I heard that she replaced them?!  Wtf!  After all that...oh well.  I would've just gotten a lift and removed them.  But whatever ;-)

Good grief, I didn't know she replaced them, even if they are the saline ones, stupid move and it goes against her statement that she would no longer do botox, fillers, hair dye, ect, only natural! BUT, this is another prime example of Yolanda speaking out of both ends. IF she has NLD/PLD she needs to stick to a treatment long enough for it to do it's job and that includes recovery time......a long recovery time, not a few days, a few weeks or even a few months but at least a whole year if not longer. I just don't see her doing that at all.

Oh, just to add, it's my understand that Yo did a long term treatment with antibiotics.   The problem is that she jumped to the next treatment before she had time to recover.  And as so many of us know, you need a significant amount of time to recover from a short term of antibiotics, no less a long term.  IMO, the woman just continues to FU herself.  And dare I say, she needs more psychological treatment than physiological treatment because what's she's doing is just not healthy.    She just isn't the expert she claims to be.  Remember when she posted the picture of her blood analysis and her mercury level was so high?  And she said she thought mercury was only used in thermometers?  WTF?  If you're eating fishing five times a week, your mercury levels can rise.  Get a clue.  Bottom line is the woman wants to be the face of a very serious disease but she's clueless about facts. 

 

As my child's school nurse said to me when we didn't know what was wrong with my son before he was diagnosed with neurological Lyme, you are your child's advocate.  Don't accept everything you read or that is told to you as 'fact', is in your child's best interest.  She was absolutely right.  And I've never forgot that when it comes to someone I love and their medical care.

I had heard that it was a short round and she jumped to the 'Holistic' plan within a few weeks. If she did the longer round of antibiotics, it would not have done the job then either, mainly because she was still doing that stupid/dangerous lemon cleanse and eating like a small squirrel while taking a ton of suppliments. Not long before she announced that she was also suffering heavy metal toxicity and had her fillings removed, it was in the news that they were finding toxic levels of heavy metal in foreign made supplimentsand they were pulled from stores in this country but Yolanda only blames her dental fillings for her dangerous levels.

[lunastartron]

Yolanda specifically stated that Lyme is a "silent killer" "more prevalent" than AIDS during the 1980s, a span of time during which effective treatments had yet to be developed and the contagion was thus at its peak in the West (since, with respect to HIV, medication is an integral aspect of reducing communicability). According to lowest estimate, the death toll for Lyme in the United States over a similar number of years is 7. In my opinion, there is no non-horrific interpretation of the specific comparison that Yolanda made vis-a-vis the element of pervasiveness. But I like to think that I'm always willing to learn so if anyone can point me to documentation of a death and transmission toll in the millions for Lyme, I'd be interested in reading. And if one wants to assert that those suffering Lyme contend with marginalization because of the lack of recognition from the CDC and other medical authorities, that's a valid statement. But if you're going to compare said marginalization to that in particular which AIDS patients have endured and continue to confront, I'm going to ask for examples in which individuals afflicted with Lyme have been treated like virtual lepers in the Occident; are subject to banishment from family and community alike in parts of the contemporary third world; face legislation in 37 states (I could be off on this number) that criminalizes conduct related to the hypothetical transmitability of their ailment but not that of similar maladies; feel compelled to pay millions of dollars in order to maintain their medical privacy due to the public ideation of the disease in question; are subject to fear-mongering news stories about whether or not they infected romantic interests going back over 10 years; and, if in certain cultures, become desperate enough to rape infants in order to rid themselves of the stigma surrounding the condition. Not because I'm interested in discrediting chronic Lyme but because accuracy is important in general and especially when having discussions about subjects that are widely defined by misinformation.

[breezy424]

You and your family/ friends are blessed to have found good, competent doctors.  I live in Fairfield County, CT.  You don't get much more endemic than here.  It's been a complete uphill battle.  I'll admit, after moving here from the city, that I was completely naive to Lyme and frolicked through the grass without a care in the world.  Now, I refuse to walk on grass and moved to the beach area, away from the unnecessary 3 acres.  My first Primary Care Physician belittled me and insisted that I needed Depression meds.  BUT I wasn't depressed.  I had Lyme Disease.  After my 3rd visit (not realizing that time was crucial with Lyme) I finally got her to test me.  Well, too little, too late. '09- '14 was pure hell.  So again, you're very lucky; but I know 100s of people here with chronic Lyme.  I know of disabled individuals, dementia and death due to Lyme here.  It should be taken very seriously.  (Each and every household in my previous neighborhood, was effected by lyme).  Glad that I moved; but Im still very cautious... 

I'm so sad to hear your story.  My husband has many relatives in Fairfield County.  I'm sure that there are many, like yourself, who weren't immediately tested.  My responses have been about that it doesn't 'have' to be the case or the norm.  I don't want posters to be in a situation of fear and have told my experience because of that.  I understand the struggle that some with Lyme have gone through but at the same time, I want others to know that Lyme, even Neurological Lyme, can be cured.  I know that because I've seen it with my son.  Not easy but very possible.  There is hope.

 

I totally get why you moved.  In the past few years, I've been tested and treated a number of times. I go into a panic mode every time I pull off tick and put it in a plastic bag, and go to 24 hour clinic.  And I'm the person out there with long pants, socks and shoes, gloves, etc. and then.... I'm getting ready for a shower and I see one. 

[Thick McRunFast]

Whatever is going on with Yolanda I am 100% certain that she damaged her health with all her Master Cleanses. Your body is not built to function on lemon water. Wasn't it only two seasons ago where she was telling everyone how amazing the cleanse was and how great it made her feel? Did she not have LD then? Why am I trying to make sense of her tangled web of medically unsound nonsense?

[tenativelyyours]

I think Yolanda has a weird perception that she has to be perfect.  And coupled with her essentially being a personality, to me, of only being able to raise herself up by putting others down.  Whether it is overt with fellow cast mates or simply the personification of being having the perfect marriage, the perfect children, even the perfect divorce. 

 

Then getting sick, she has to extend that.  Being the perfect victim of disease.  It's not a question of whether she is sick or not, it is the means she pursues to use that sickness as contiunation of her being the most of the most.  She is the most sick.  She is not just the most sick but she is not appreciated enough for what she is going through.  Well I hate to tell the Lady of Lemons and Lyme, but I have plenty of my own shit to go through and if she wants me to appreciate the cross she had made and now wants to drape herself artfully from, she might want to take the made for China sticker off it first (bad pun on her going everywhere to find a cure that somehow misses the perfectly good treatments everyone I know and know of have been able to take advantage of here in the US).

 

Again. for me it is not a question of whether she is sick or not.  Or even how sick.  It falls to the in family joke we have had facing a variety of cancers, terminal and cured as well as other life threatening or challenging ailments.  And that is, being sick doesn't suddenly cure you of being an asshole. 

[talula]

Brainstorming on what David could have done causing the end of his marriage. Could David have talked to an attorney about getting health, real estate and financial control of his wife who has mentioned various times that she suffers from a brain impairment. Would/did he try to get her declared incompetent? If he was trying to do so he would then be making all decisions regarding her health care, real estate sales and any future expenditures. If he had control of her life decisions could he have declined signing her Bravo contract?

I believe "if" he attempted to do so, which is a stretch, it would have ended the marriage.

Some have guessed David might have walked out of the marriage due to her LD. Imagine if she discovered he was acting on her symptoms?!?

Edited December 4, 2015 by talula

[tenativelyyours]

There is a part of me that chuckles at the idea David Foster initiated the separation and pending divorce based on Yolanda's illness.  Simply because this is the man who really helped change the face of relaity television.  He tried to orchestrate his step sons careers as reality stars, his then wife Linda and himself playing a very large on camera role of exasperated patriarch.

 

I guess what I am trying to put into words is Foster is stuch a greedy for attention fame-grabber, the only way I can see the illness being a factor is that at one small point her breast implant leakage was making her sick enough that Yolanda did consider not returning to the show.  And David figured "no cameras?  why bother".  Only to find out after they parted she was returning and it was too late.  Most likely pure fantasy I know.  But it tickles me that she is back and he isn't.  I think that is going to hurt someone who thinks he walks on water.  Waters of fame and adulation that is. 

 

I do think that the marriage, even if simply that of convenience, was over before they started filming.  And part of what we will see with Yolanda is her making sure to sling every arrow she can as the poor malingering abandoned wife hanging from her cross on the Hill of Real Housewives.  The best revenge is not served cold.  It is severed hot and piping, front and center from your own star role on a reality show. 

[WireWrap]

I admit to having difficulty reading your posts, due to the lack of paragraphs.  And I still have some residual brain fog.  So forgive me for not reading your entire post.  The word "marginalization" jumped out.  If you are truly interested in this info, please watch: www.underourskin.com/  (It's an award winning documentary and free online)

 

Don't know where you read that millions have died from Lyme.  But millions are suffering and many of them would and do prefer death.  You can google Lyme Disease and suicide for the statistics.  Since Lyme isn't really recognized, Death certificates often state cause of death: heart failure, stroke, etc.  When Lyme was the actual cause of death.  I believe in the '80s, and a death was due to AIDS, the certificate often read: pneumonia, etc....

 

I told my husband if I die of heart failure, please make sure to indicate Cause of Death: Lyme Disease.  And Donate my body to research.  I am unable to donate organs due to infecting potential recipients.  So, hopefully my body would benefit Lyme Research.

I believe that Lunastartron's point is that millions are NOT dying of LD/CLD/NLD like the millions that HAVE died of AIDS and that is why Yolanda's comparrison to AIDS IS offensive.

Brainstorming on what David could have done causing the end of his marriage. Could David have talked to an attorney about getting health, real estate and financial control of his wife who has mentioned various times that she suffers from a brain impairment. Would/did he try to get her declared incompetent? If he was trying to do so he would then be making all decisions regarding her health care, real estate sales and any future expenditures. If he had control of her life decisions could he have declined signing her Bravo contract?

I believe "if" he attempted to do so, which is a stretch, it would have ended the marriage.

Some have guessed David might have walked out of the marriage due to her LD. Imagine if she discovered he was acting on her symptoms?!?

We really have no idea if David asked for the divorce, if Yolanda asked for the divorce or if it was a mutual decision they both wanted. Neither Yolanda or David have said anything about it/gone into detail.

There is a part of me that chuckles at the idea David Foster initiated the separation and pending divorce based on Yolanda's illness.  Simply because this is the man who really helped change the face of relaity television.  He tried to orchestrate his step sons careers as reality stars, his then wife Linda and himself playing a very large on camera role of exasperated patriarch.

 

I guess what I am trying to put into words is Foster is stuch a greedy for attention fame-grabber, the only way I can see the illness being a factor is that at one small point her breast implant leakage was making her sick enough that Yolanda did consider not returning to the show.  And David figured "no cameras?  why bother".  Only to find out after they parted she was returning and it was too late.  Most likely pure fantasy I know.  But it tickles me that she is back and he isn't.  I think that is going to hurt someone who thinks he walks on water.  Waters of fame and adulation that is. 

 

I do think that the marriage, even if simply that of convenience, was over before they started filming.  And part of what we will see with Yolanda is her making sure to sling every arrow she can as the poor malingering abandoned wife hanging from her cross on the Hill of Real Housewives.  The best revenge is not served cold.  It is severed hot and piping, front and center from your own star role on a reality show. 

Unless they, production/Bravo, go back and film new footage and re-edit scenes, I think we WILL see David on the show this season. At the time of filming, they were still putting out that they were still a couple, together, in public.

 

ETA....Yolanda is as big a famewhore as David is IMO. This is a woman that says she is too sick to read, watch TV, write, hold a conversation or leave the apartment YET here she is, ON a drama based Reality show. Like attracted Like in that marriage IMO  LOL

Edited December 4, 2015 by WireWrap

[kokapetl]

The teaser for the current season has Andrea Bocelli in it, only David could make that happen.

I think David participates in his wives reality shows as favours to them. Princes of Malibu got pulled after 2 episodes. Brody Jenner (and Spencer Pratt) only really became famous through The Hills.

Edited December 4, 2015 by Kokapetl

[Jules2307]

Yolanda is described, in columns, as being 51 years old.  Judging from some still photos and the way she looked last night on the show, Yolanda looked at least ten years beyond 51 to me.  It occurred to me, while watching, that she might have had a wee bit of help from the makeup department, enhancing the rings under her eyes and darkening her complexion in other, blotchy spots.  If she didn't, she absolutely looked a wreck to me. 

 

If she isn't faking it, and if cooksdelight's prediction about Yolanda finding another man, is true, then I think she has a lot of work to do before she'll even pass for her own age.  Of course, if I'd been faking a happy marriage all these years like Yolanda has, I'd need more than mere cosmetic help!

I think she was sick (most likely due to both regular old Lyme disease and the leaky implant) and enjoyed the attention. The fact that she flits between countries and doctors and doesn't seem to be taking any prescriptions, just a ton of vitamins and supplements, screams to me that she wants pity.

 

Cooksdelight was totally right about Yo trying to find a new man. Her "Look how great I look and how much I've overcame" really kicked off last night at the Bravo premiere: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3345681/Yolanda-Foster-looks-great-spirits-shows-curves-sheer-white-dress-Real-Housewives-premiere-party-just-days-confirming-split-husband-David.html

 

She doesn't look like she did a few years ago but I realized that her face is puffier than it was. It took me a minute to figure out why but she's constantly getting IVs. Her fluid retention must be off the charts.

[zoeysmom]

There is a part of me that chuckles at the idea David Foster initiated the separation and pending divorce based on Yolanda's illness.  Simply because this is the man who really helped change the face of relaity television.  He tried to orchestrate his step sons careers as reality stars, his then wife Linda and himself playing a very large on camera role of exasperated patriarch.

 

I guess what I am trying to put into words is Foster is stuch a greedy for attention fame-grabber, the only way I can see the illness being a factor is that at one small point her breast implant leakage was making her sick enough that Yolanda did consider not returning to the show.  And David figured "no cameras?  why bother".  Only to find out after they parted she was returning and it was too late.  Most likely pure fantasy I know.  But it tickles me that she is back and he isn't.  I think that is going to hurt someone who thinks he walks on water.  Waters of fame and adulation that is. 

 

I do think that the marriage, even if simply that of convenience, was over before they started filming.  And part of what we will see with Yolanda is her making sure to sling every arrow she can as the poor malingering abandoned wife hanging from her cross on the Hill of Real Housewives.  The best revenge is not served cold.  It is severed hot and piping, front and center from your own star role on a reality show. 

Something tells me David never learned the old adage, "charity begins at home. . . ".  Yolanda seems to have forgotten her own creed of "authentic".  I get David needs/wants to work but something tells me he could work a little closer to home.  Forget the Lyme Disease, what about the fact Yolanda has a teenage son at home?  She has to forego parental time to be with her king as he trots around the world servicing all these charities (I am quite certain that David get some sort of financial benefit from these endeavors if nothing more than lots of courtesy private jet rides).  Yolanda's authenticity is to spend the entire season filming and concealing the fact she and Davis are splitsville because they want to have the appropriate spew worked out before announcing.  How about being honest why you have had your house on the market for three years, or not making false statements such as your husband winning an Oscar, or your daughter being named Sport Illustrated Rookie of the year or Bella was an Olympic athlete?*.  She knows damn well if she says it on the show it is forever the retractions are buried and rarely acknowledged.

 

Yolanda had a couple of interesting sentences in her blog, "Being chronically ill has definitely given me a greater understanding of human nature, and I've learned to accept people's lack of long term compassion for others while they live their busy lives." Actually, Yolanda you give the reader no idea what the others have done to indicated their absence of "long term compassion".  None of these ladies, their husband, your husband or the 100+ doctors can cure you.  They are compassionate in they include you, compliment your positivity, text you and try and visit you.  It is a little like complaining that although the flower were beautiful, they were delivered by a florist so the thought and act are somehow secondhand.  I would say Yolanda has learned very little about human nature.  This is such a judgmental statement and condemnation of the others character.

 

Then there is this gem, "Bless the hearts of my fellow Housewives! May they nor their families ever have to face such illness, because it is at that time we learn and realize what really matters."  Considering Kyle had a child hospitalized, Eileen lost a FIL and two sisters and a niece I think they do realize what really matters and that is charity begins at home.  Minimize their families trials and tribulations because you think yours is all that matters?  Well it just doesn't.

 

I'd be lying if I said it's not hard to be judged by the way I look.  It is almost like you have to show scars and broken bones in order to warrant understanding?  Does it count that even though we don't "look" great we show up?  I am tempted to be distracted by the negativity but I chose to stay focused . . . "  She just can't have it both ways.  She wants the to acknowledge and be compassionate for her hidden illness and when they affirm that she does look very ill she is mad.  Saying someone looks terrible due to illness is not judging it is an observation.  Yolanda has given us three seasons of extreme dieting, photo shoots , modeling shoots with her daughter all designed to maintain or enhance physical beauty and now she is griping about being judged for her looks.  She should be happy she wasn;t once known for her great intellect because the garbage she puts out there is at times appalling.

 

* I only added these misstatements because it is such a disservice to the persons who won the Oscars, won the "Rookie of the Year" and are Olympians.  It is not just padding one's resume they are honors worked for and earned.  (Okay the Rookie of the Year isn't exactly the Nobel Prize for Peace, but for that young woman it was her title-not Gigi's.)  It also irritates me because this woman who has been a proven fabricator is now trying to guilt the public into supporting her Lyme Disease campaign by comparing and making it equal  to one of the worst viruses to have ever plagued mankind. I believe in awareness but not comparative awareness.  I admire her fight but her fight is not everybody's cause.

[WireWrap]

I think she was sick (most likely due to both regular old Lyme disease and the leaky implant) and enjoyed the attention. The fact that she flits between countries and doctors and doesn't seem to be taking any prescriptions, just a ton of vitamins and supplements, screams to me that she wants pity.

 

Cooksdelight was totally right about Yo trying to find a new man. Her "Look how great I look and how much I've overcame" really kicked off last night at the Bravo premiere: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3345681/Yolanda-Foster-looks-great-spirits-shows-curves-sheer-white-dress-Real-Housewives-premiere-party-just-days-confirming-split-husband-David.html

 

She doesn't look like she did a few years ago but I realized that her face is puffier than it was. It took me a minute to figure out why but she's constantly getting IVs. Her fluid retention must be off the charts.

LOL, This reporter says that Yolanda only had bronzer on her face, LOL, she had full foundation, mascara, blush and lipstick. If you look at the picture of Yolanda with David, her face isn't any bigger/fuller in that photo, I think the difference is that she is no longer getting botox injections of fillers and all her lines/wrinkes are starting to show and without the fillers, her face has lost some definition. JMO

[Aunt Kiki]

The teaser for the current season has Andrea Bocelli in it, only David could make that happen.

I think David participates in his wives reality shows as favours to them. Princes of Malibu got pulled after 2 episodes. Brody Jenner (and Spencer Pratt) only really became famous through The Hills.

You are correct.  I watched a PBS special last weekend with Andre Bocelli singing Broadway standards.  David Foster was the arranger and insisted on being the pianist.  He had more camera time than I saw on HW, it was a little annoying after awhile.

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Something tells me David never learned the old adage, "charity begins at home. . . ".  Yolanda seems to have forgotten her own creed of "authentic".  I get David needs/wants to work but something tells me he could work a little closer to home.  Forget the Lyme Disease, what about the fact Yolanda has a teenage son at home?  She has to forego parental time to be with her king as he trots around the world servicing all these charities (I am quite certain that David get some sort of financial benefit from these endeavors if nothing more than lots of courtesy private jet rides).  Yolanda's authenticity is to spend the entire season filming and concealing the fact she and Davis are splitsville because they want to have the appropriate spew worked out before announcing.  How about being honest why you have had your house on the market for three years, or not making false statements such as your husband winning an Oscar, or your daughter being named Sport Illustrated Rookie of the year or Bella was an Olympic athlete?*.  She knows damn well if she says it on the show it is forever the retractions are buried and rarely acknowledged.

 

Yolanda had a couple of interesting sentences in her blog, "Being chronically ill has definitely given me a greater understanding of human nature, and I've learned to accept people's lack of long term compassion for others while they live their busy lives." Actually, Yolanda you give the reader no idea what the others have done to indicated their absence of "long term compassion".  None of these ladies, their husband, your husband or the 100+ doctors can cure you.  They are compassionate in they include you, compliment your positivity, text you and try and visit you.  It is a little like complaining that although the flower were beautiful, they were delivered by a florist so the thought and act are somehow secondhand.  I would say Yolanda has learned very little about human nature.  This is such a judgmental statement and condemnation of the others character.

 

Then there is this gem, "Bless the hearts of my fellow Housewives! May they nor their families ever have to face such illness, because it is at that time we learn and realize what really matters."  Considering Kyle had a child hospitalized, Eileen lost a FIL and two sisters and a niece I think they do realize what really matters and that is charity begins at home.  Minimize their families trials and tribulations because you think yours is all that matters?  Well it just doesn't.

 

I'd be lying if I said it's not hard to be judged by the way I look.  It is almost like you have to show scars and broken bones in order to warrant understanding?  Does it count that even though we don't "look" great we show up?  I am tempted to be distracted by the negativity but I chose to stay focused . . . "  She just can't have it both ways.  She wants the to acknowledge and be compassionate for her hidden illness and when they affirm that she does look very ill she is mad.  Saying someone looks terrible due to illness is not judging it is an observation.  Yolanda has given us three seasons of extreme dieting, photo shoots , modeling shoots with her daughter all designed to maintain or enhance physical beauty and now she is griping about being judged for her looks.  She should be happy she wasn;t once known for her great intellect because the garbage she puts out there is at times appalling.

 

* I only added these misstatements because it is such a disservice to the persons who won the Oscars, won the "Rookie of the Year" and are Olympians.  It is not just padding one's resume they are honors worked for and earned.  (Okay the Rookie of the Year isn't exactly the Nobel Prize for Peace, but for that young woman it was her title-not Gigi's.)  It also irritates me because this woman who has been a proven fabricator is now trying to guilt the public into supporting her Lyme Disease campaign by comparing and making it equal  to one of the worst viruses to have ever plagued mankind. I believe in awareness but not comparative awareness.  I admire her fight but her fight is not everybody's cause.

 

Great goggley moggley!  If the condescension was any thicker and heavier it would tip the earth off its axis and we would all plunge together into the sun!  Talk about deluded superiority.

 

Sickness is not a guarantee to make one profound.  Or enlightened.  Instead it can prompt rage, bitterness and depression.  Not every person who is sick becomes a better person.  Or gains an understanding better than someone who did not.  All that is is trying to porn star your ego and hope it causes everyone else to get all woodie over your greatness.  She could have saved herself the silly pretension and just typed "neener neener, I'm better than you are"

 

Most if not all of these women have at least lost a parent  Some have lost other family members of friends.  So just because they are not tweeting and instagraming a life of woe they have not suffered?  Enought? .  To somehow imply that simply not going through what she is trying to define, they somehow are lesser beings than she is? 

I'm just glad that for all her purported illness she still has the strength to straddle and then fully insert that enormous stick up her ass.  And then use it as inspiration to share such words of  drivel with others.