I'm not convinced she knowingly would have taken anything --- what if she was being poisoned by a husband who saw the "fat" pictures and decided he wanted to be rid of her. We had a case here where the man was losing weight, they tested him for cancer, for all kinds of diseases, he kept losing weight, getting sicker and sicker, losing his appetite. They finally tested him for heavy metal poisoning and found the problem -- arsenic --- his wife was putting arsenic in his orange juice --- trying to murder him slowly.
I am not going to try to convinve you to change your mind about this case. As a matter of fact, I am awaiting MS's appearance on LKL myself. I want to hear his story too.
Hildy, I read the article in which the writer stated that Terri allegedly had an eating disorder. Personally, I took this as pure speculation from her family. Her family noticed that she was losing weight. Of course, there was never a medical diagnosis of anorexia or bulemia so we cannot say factually that she had an eating disorder.
OTOH, I also read that she would be visibly shaken after calls from MS. I read that he made comments about her weight. I read that she was unhappy in her marriage and that she confided in her brother that she was considering divorcing this man. IF these testimonies are true, they offer another reason for her weight loss. Stress.
I went on to read how MS would check the mileage on her car, among other things, when she would visit her family. Hildy, certainly you are a reasonable woman. You know that this behaviour is not common among all men whose wives visit their families. For as much as domestic violence has been spoken about we know that these are "classic" signs of a troubled, possibly abusive, spouse.
I read the stories of many people who knew Terri as a vibrant young woman and who have risked public ridicule and scrutiny to come out on her behalf to state these things. BTW, to clear something up, these are NOT new allegations. These people have maintained these accounts for several years. I see no one in MS's circle of friends or family come out and say what a wonderful marriage they had. I do recognize that his brother mentioned in the same article that he was not aware of any trouble in the marriage. Most times the abuser's family is either in denial or the dark about their family member's behavior. I have even listened to MS's former girlfriend, the one he was seeing at the time of his malpractice suit, who stated that MS was verbally abusive towards her and very controlling. She also said that he behaved in the same manner to a then infirm Terri. I believe that this same girlfriend broke off the relationship as she was frightened of MS.
Hildy, imagine that you were to suddenly find yourself in as precarious a sitution as Terri. Do you feel that your husband would begin dating other women? MS wasted no time in finding a paramour. He had one on his side at the trial and in Terri's room when he would visit her. Yet, his own testimony damns this behavior. He stated that he took his vows seriously, the ones that stated in sickness and health, till death do us part. YET, here he was with a girlfriend in his wife's room and while he was suing for money to care for her.I would say that he was a little distracted from his vows.
I have heard it argued that MS should and had every right to go on with his life. I agree with that. However, he used his wife to gain financially. He was in adulterous relationships when doing so. His statements during the malpractice suit makes his present motives and behaviors very suspect.
Hildy, as a reasonable and intelligent person, you have to admit, there are proveable aspects to this story that do not cast MS in a favorable light and that there are many mysteries in this case which remain unsolved.
Have a great day!