"....There are also those who like being sick they will stay sick enough to always have people around but well enough to enjoy their company."
HeeeeHee! I actually KNOW people like that! some of whom I work with at my job! For some people, staying at a certain level of sickness is an attention getter, that makes them feel less invisible to others. It's sad that people will trap themselves in this predicament because they will end up becoming very very VISIBLE to the Nursing homes and end up dependent on hospital care when older.