to say nothing in response to FB statuses detailing, hinting at or generally whingeing about health woes?

[ohbugrit]

Or would it be for the good of humankind if I were to crack one day and let rip with the string of uncharitable thoughts which are generated by such posts?

Ohbugrit - Thank you for asking. Well actually my blood tests were because my iron levels were a little bit low and...blah...blah...for half a page of totally insignificant medical details

Breastmilk - sorry to hear you have been so seriously ill. I have had major health problems myself, although not as bad as you and used to find it hard when people went on and on about insignificant medical issues.

For example, the colleague who goes on and on about having flus. I now just respond with, oh yes I had that cold last week too [evil grin]. Seems to have reduced it a lot. Or the friend who wanted me to call an ambulance because her side hurt. Lesley - might it be wind?? It was.

I have two friends with life-limiting illnesses. Occasionally they will post an update. Nothing hidden or alluded-to, just straightforward updates about their latest op or health or just how they feel, because their friends want to know how they're getting on.
Veiled or half-posts which are designed to ask get people to respond are pretty tawdry and play on concerned friends' emotions IMO. Not fair.

YANBU but FB is the perfect vehicle for the inane so in my view it is to be expected

I have a friend who goes to the dr with a rash - 3 times in 5 days, because it's not going away; goes on and on about a very small scar from an elective operation - 'my surgery'; also 'my condition' - an underactive thyroid. It really hacks me off. I just brush it off - 'oh well, at least it's nothing serious'. I think it's the only way to deal with it. Some people like to indulge themselves. The rest of us just get on with it...

Agreed...I've no quarrel with people who post openly about their health issues (major or minor!) or even about their petty dramas, passing moods, or neuroses. If you want to post that you haven't had a carp in three days, or that you're feeling unloved and alone, or that your sister is acting like a cow - fine. But the 'ooh ooh guess what's going on with me, come on, ask me, i neeeeeeed attention' "updates" - those really irritate.

had a crap, even. carp?

Isn't FB just the place for a load of trivial crap anyway? Not sure what mind blowingly interesting things people are waiting for from posts.

One of my FB friends gave a daily blow by blow account of her recent bout of D&V.

I was beginning to think it was becoming a bit too much... but then one of her RL friends posted something to that effect and it stopped

The only fb posts that bug me are relationship drama type ones, from people in bad relationships. One person does this. She posts about him cheating/ lying being abusive one day, next day she is posting about all the haters and negative people who want to bring her down and how she has no use for haters, then she gets abooty call from ex, then life is sunshine and next day he is a cheating so and so and she has no reason to live. ARG!
I don't have any people who whine about colds thankfully.

There is a woman on mine who does just this except she writes the whole thing in text speak/random spellings so you get.

Bk t da hospital tday, fed up of dis nar.

Or

Fuks sake ppl tek da piss, vey will kno wen am gon! (indicating life threatening illness there are other examples)

I actually approached her Dd to say I'm sorry to hear how ill she's been, turns out there's nothing wrong with her.

I really hate "vague booking" those status updates where they want 10 people to immediately ask what is wrong with them!

So if their posts annoy you, why are you friends? Just hide their feed.

It's not rocket science. And they'll never know...

If they are repeat offenders I normally delete!

But yes, I do hide them if they are RL friends.

Ahhhh - 'vague booking'! I love that!

Yes, that.

'SOMEONE better be careful after what they've been saying about me'
'Why, what's up?'
'Can't say on here'

DH calls Facebook ' a rolling press release for idiots'.

I am one such idiot.

I told 1 persistant health moaner , after the 5th morning of her woes , I said Wow you are a little ray of sunshine aint ya all she does is moan about headaches back ache blah blah , there is nothing wrong with her ,

Do you really think it could be unreasonable to not reply to a Facebook post? Are you actually asking that?

'Being a little bitch, aren't ya? You know who you are'
'Is it me?'
'No, not you hun, you r kool'
'Is it me? Is it coz of what I said the other day?'
'Naaaa, I luv you, you could never piss me off'
27 million likes
Cont.

This is my only example because this person was removed from my friends list. From what I have seen, people who are this self obsessed don't even notice that you have defriended them so it is not even a problem. Funnily enough, they are often easier to get on with in RL because they just talk, like real people. I can't imagine a conversation going as above if it were face to face...

Although the one that really makes my blood boil is...

:-(

That's it. Nothing else. Now, if you really didn't want people to know you were upset you would not post this. If you do want people to know and sympathise, tell them the problem!

(MH problems and depression excluded, obvs)

One of my fb friends' status the other day was something like 'well that was a fun 2 days in hospital'. No more info thus inviting lots of people to enquire after her. Oh, and she includes a photo of her hospital name band, I gather just in case of any non-believers?!? WTAF???

Hahaa knowitall So true

Oh I hate attention seeking updates more than anything. Illness or no illness. YADNBU!

How about the ones who take pictures of their kids looking ill with captions like 'my poorly lil man' every time they've got a fekkin cold.

Or someone I know recently 'checked in' at the local hospital, followed by a series of vague FB updates about how worried she was about DS, "can't believe we're here again", "OMG 2 hours to see a doctor" etc, prompting lots of "oh no hun what's happened?" type replies. Turns out he had drunk half a bottle of Tixylix. Allegedly.

How about the ones who take pictures of their kids looking ill with captions like 'my poorly lil man' every time they've got a fekkin cold.

Or someone I know recently 'checked in' at the local hospital, followed by a series of vague FB updates about how worried she was about DS, "can't believe we're here again", "OMG 2 hours to see a doctor" etc, prompting lots of "oh no hun what's happened?" type replies. Turns out he had drunk half a bottle of Tixylix. Allegedly.