You certainly don't have to convince me, sanjean. :)
I was so sick I thought I was going to die. Then I wished I would! Pain in the chest, inability to even get down a glass of water, unable to eat, lymph nodes the size of grapes (and no, that is no overestimation!)...
I guess everyone is entitled to his/her opinion.
Sometimes they just aren't as right as you are. :p