Michael Jackson To Sell Off Personal Items, Perhaps To Pay Medical Bills For Staph Infection?
Does that bare spot on your wall over the sofa just scream out for something to fill it in? Are you a monolimb who needs a glove to keep only one hand warm? Is the dirt driveway at the end of your doublewide in need of special gates to keep intruders out? Then you're in luck, because Michael Jackson is having one whopper of a rummage sale:
As the former King of Pop is rumoured to be almost bankrupt, he is selling off furniture and art from his California ranch.So if you're in the area, or just want to get some memorabilia, clear your calendar and pick yourself up some one-of-a-kind treasures! From a set of sparkly gloves to a Ms. Pac-Man game to a Rolls Royce with 24k trim inside worth upwards of $200,000, you too can live like an emotionally stunted body-dysmorphic recluse! In other MJ news, it is now being rumored that he is suffering from a staph infection which is causing him a lot of pain and could be permanently disfiguring (more so than he already is):The auction will be conducted in Beverly Hills by Julien's Auctions between April 22 and 25, with some of the proceeds going to The MusiCares Foundation.
MICHAEL JACKSON is suffering from an acute MRSA-type skin infection which threatens to EAT his flesh. The singer has been receiving antibiotics via a drip in a bid to beat the superbug, which sources say has spread throughout his body. Jacko, 50, revealed painfully-inflamed skin on his face and hands as he visited a Beverly Hills clinic where he is being treated. The stricken pop legend may have contracted the infection following plastic surgery on his NOSE, it was feared last night. The 50-year-old Billie Jean singer is said to have a severe “staph” infection, resistant to conventional antibiotics. Experts warned it threatened to develop into a terrifying flesh-eating disorder which could kill off areas of the superstar’s skin and leave him in need of major reconstructive surgery. Jacko has been receiving antibiotics via an IV drip in a bid to beat the condition. But the skin on his face and hands looked inflamed when he was snapped on his way to a Beverly Hills clinic during another week of intense treatment. A source revealed last night: “Michael Jackson has a severe staph infection that he contracted during work to reconstruct his nose. “The disease is an MRSA-style infection because it is resistant to conventional antibiotics, so he has been visiting a clinic to get antibiotics via an IV drip. “The infection has spread throughout his face and body and is being aggressively treated by doctors. “There’s a chance it could turn into a flesh-eating disorder where it begins to kill off his skin so he’s being very carefully monitored.”
FOD (Friend of Dawn) blogger and author Ian Halperin has recently declared that MJ is suffering from a serious lung disease that could be fatal:
NYT bestselling author and celeb biographer and blogger, Ian Halperin has issued a challenge to beleaguered pop idol Michael Jackson to prove he is NOT dying of deadly lung disease. As was reported in several news outlets over the last few weeks, Jackson was said to be suffering from a “rare genetic condition called Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency” and would die within 6 months if he didn’t receive a lung transplant. In addition, Halperin, who has written a book on the troubled star, states that Jackson is most at risk from “chronic gastrointestinal bleeding” and has lost vision in one eye. Of course, Jackson’s camp and his “official one and only spokeperson”, a Dr. Tohme Tohme (seriously?) have emphatically denied these claims as “a total fabrication” and claim that in fact, Jackson is great health and pursuing many lucrative and fancy business deal. The National Enquirer (hey don’t laugh, they’ve gotten some big stories right lately) is also corroborating Jackson illness, and cite painkillers as a source of much of Jackson physical deterioration over the years:And Ian is now reporting that the staph infection is a separate illness which is affecting his treatment for Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency:A source close to the star divulged: “It’s tragic. His condition is just so far gone, I’d be surprised if he lasts six months. “Painkillers and booze have caught up with him. The only way he was able to cope with the stress of sex scandals and his roller-coaster life was to mask the pain with substance abuse. “But the end result is an addiction that will kill him.”
[...] reliable sources inside Jackson’s camp tell me that the reason for his visits to the clinic are in fact to receive regular injections of alpha-1 antitrypsin, a substance that is derived from human plasma and which is often used to effectively treat the symptoms of Alpha 1.Michael's camp, predictably, is denying the whole thing. Could it be that it is this infection that is the cause of Michael's illness instead of the lung problem? Or, as Ian alleges, is it a combination of the two, or perhaps something else entirely...could it be that everything is finally catching up with him and it is all combining to make him one sick man? With Michael Jackson, you never know, but it is obvious to all that he is one sick man and any supposed "comeback" is, quite obviously, not going to happen, at least not any time in the near future. Those poor children.While I have been told that the treatment has succeeded in arresting the most severe symptoms that Jackson was suffering as recently as last December, there have been some “setbacks” in recent weeks.It’s possible that one of those setbacks has been the onset of an MRSA bug as has been reported by the British tabloids today but so far I’m told the stories aren’t true.Just last week, Perez Hilton posted an item noting that “there may be something seriously wrong with the King of Pop” and showing a photo of Jackson leaving the clinic with puffy disfigured hands.According to medical literature, one of the symptoms of Alpa 1 Anitrypsin deficiency is panniculitis, characterized by subcutaneous inflammation of the skin similar to the symptoms seen in the photo posted by Perez.
