Throughout the essay Jamison talked about the phenomenon of the Morgellon disease. Morgellon disease is essentially an illness that is an unsettling feeling of the skin. The author went into detail about how she became frustrated and angry about her misdiagnosis over the years and decided to pursue a position as a nurse to turn her frustration into useful work. A nurse whose legs showed white patches and later found scabbed and lesions upon her skin. Dawn eventually diagnosed herself with Meorgellions (Jamison, 225). An important quote directly from the author that I believe plays an important role within this essay is when she stated “They didn’t know what this matter was, or where it came from, or why it was there, but they knew… that it was real.” After reading this it made me think that since morgellons disease was so unstudied and had little knowledge upon it , how did the author come upon diagnosing herself with morgellons? Also another thing that is important to think about when learning about Morgelleons is that only approximately 12,000 people suffer from Morgellons disease. On the other hand, since this disease was unheard of often it eventually became a controversy among the CDC ( Center for Disease Control).
