Does anyone else know anyone who makes a "career" out of ill health?!

Does anyone else know anyone who makes a "career" out of ill health?

This older couple i know seem to be the most unluckiest couple EVER!
Im not saying that their illnesses are fabricated coz obviously most of the time they cant be but it seems to me that for all the time i have known this couple, one or both of them are seriously ill or just recovering from a series illness. I hadnt seen them for about 3 years and i saw the husband today and the first thing out his mouth was his wife wasnt well and then it brought back every memory i had of this couple, they are NEVER well!!
Now dont get me wrong, im not making fun of their supposed ill health as it isnt nice and i have known others who havent kept well health wise but its just something about this couple, it strikes me very very odd. To me i think they wouldnt know what to do if they felt well? What could they say? Their whole life is taking in turns to be ill and sometimes both together!
I really feel with this couple its about attention. Just on my mind coz i met the husband today!!!!

1 week ago
When i say older i dont mean old old, when i first knew them i think they were around late 40's but it think they have been like this for years.

1 week ago
Scots Pines..yes i have heard of that but i do believe this couple for the most part are genuine in their illnesses but i do think they exaggerate them and love the attention they get from it. Maybe they dont get the attention they used to as people are fed up with it. I know even though i havent seen in in 3 years, right away it was the same old story and i had no interest in it.

1 week ago
Just a grandma..are you insulting me? I never mentioned anything about money and this couple arent 40 and the do have a big family so its not lonliness. They are a nice enough couple im just saying it is tiresome when they have no other conversation!!!

sometimes the things that come out of our mouths have more power than we realise. if we focus on and talk about illness all the time it's possible that we really begin to believe we're ill. i'm not saying that they were never ill, but perhaps being ill has become an illness in itself if you know what i mean. I've seen it before.