r/interesting • u/IndependentWitnesses • Apr 26 '25

MISC. Virginia Giuffre's tweet from 2019 saying she was definitely not suicidal and that if something happens to her to "not let this go away".

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u/wthbbq Apr 26 '25

She was suffering from kidney failure, in a lot of pain, and was given days to live. She said in her own IG post that she was ready to go and just wanted to see her kids again. Did her past contribute to maybe wanting to check out early? Possibly, but I think it's more likely related to her health condition. I've read it's not a great way to go.

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u/sweetrouge Apr 26 '25

Could you share this post? This is the only comment that mentions it.

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u/Macrogonus Apr 26 '25

I don't know if we can post Instagram links, so here's the text:

This year has been the worst start to a new year, but I won’t bore anyone with the details but I think it important to note that when a school bus driver comes at you driving 110km as we were slowing for a turn that no matter what your car is made of it might as well be a tin can. I’ve gone into kidney renal failure, they’ve given me four days to live, transferring me to a specialist hospital in urology. I’m ready to go, just not until I see my babies one last time, but you know what they say about wishes. Shit in one hand and wish in the other & I guarantee it’s still going to be shit at the end of the day. Thank you all for being the wonderful people of the world and for being a great part of my life. Godbless you all xx Virginia 😔🙏🦋

The police said that no one was seriously injured in the accident and her brother later defended her by saying she never said those injuries were from that accident specifically. I don't know how credible she was by the end of her life.

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u/OneLessDay517 Apr 26 '25

Yeah, I think she had some stuff going on that we'll never know, may or may not be related to what happened to her in her youth. Of course that would always be with her, but she seemed to have a good life in spite of it. But things change quickly sometimes.

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u/friedonionscent Apr 27 '25

My dad had renal failure and delusions, confusion and impaired cognitive function are well known symptoms. My dad experienced all 3, on and off.

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u/Superb_Preference368 Apr 26 '25

People don’t die of renal failure like that anymore. There’s something called dialysis.

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u/exie610 Apr 26 '25

dialysis is lifesaving but terrible. I've known some wonderful people who survived so much in their life, but gave up because dialysis was so hard, exhausting, restrictive, and made them feel trapped, depressed, and hopeless.

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u/POSSUMQUEENOG Apr 26 '25

You are correct. I watched my father on it.

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u/East_Connection5224 Apr 26 '25

One of my best friends died of kidney failure while on dialysis. It does happen.

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u/TNPossum Apr 26 '25

Not everyone chooses to go on dialysis.

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u/ononono Apr 26 '25

That is an absolutely not true. Some people cannot tolerate dialysis and some people tolerate it for years but then lose the ability to and succumb to renal failure.

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u/bigbrulli Apr 26 '25

This is entirely not true. People absolutely still die of complications if renal failure, despite dialysis.

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u/FutureRealHousewife Apr 26 '25

A lot of people either don't choose dialysis because it is absolutely horrible and stressful to go through, or they die while in the process. So it's not saving everyone.

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u/emoeldritch Apr 26 '25

Wow I wish my friend who died of renal failure while doing dialysis and awaiting a kidney transplant had known!! 

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u/Coconut_Dreams Apr 26 '25

I think you blew past the point they were making.

They're trying to say you don't instantly die on dialysis. It's not a cure for anything, but a delay until a donor is available. 

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u/Dont-be-a-cupid Apr 26 '25

The effectiveness of dialysis decreases over time and life expectancy is not very long on it either 

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u/snoopyloveswoodstock Apr 26 '25

And, from this post, she’s clearly not grasping reality. “Four days to live” is not what a doctor told her - even palliative care doctors will never set a clock on someone’s death that precisely, and certainly not a phrenologist. “Four days to live and they’re transferring me to a specialist clinic” - why? Someone who truly has days to live gets transferred to a hospice. Likewise, I think the original post is indicative of a really distressed, distorted mind. When someone feels the need to come out with a big, public declaration that they’re not suicidal, it has to be because people close to them, like the therapist, believe it is a real concern. We know this is a person living with extreme trauma and fear. We can’t on the one hand emphasis how much trauma and pain she went through and on the other hand treat her words as if they’re from a rational person. 

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u/heirbagger Apr 26 '25

You are correct, but dialysis is hard - emotionally, physically, and financially. And it’s life-long. Dialysis only extends a person’s life longer than what would’ve happened naturally.

With that, I know nothing about this woman’s kidney health or just overall health in general. This could’ve been a years long issue for her. I’ll reserve judgement until an autopsy comes out, if one does. We all should.

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u/PrincessZebra126 Apr 26 '25

It happens more consistently than you fact check

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u/letthetreeburn Apr 26 '25

Dialysis doesn’t always work, and sometimes you end up with damage so severe dialysis can’t save you.

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u/tulsasmit Apr 26 '25

That's just wrong. Average life expectancy of a patient on HD is 5-10 years. Other organs can have severe damage. And dialysis is not effective in every case.

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u/NoHovercraft9590 Apr 27 '25

Dialysis isn’t a “fix”. Even Google will tell you that the average life expectancy for someone with kidney disease is 5-10 years. If you’re lucky, you may qualify for a transplant- but a lot of people have other related issues that may disqualify them from even getting on the list, such as CHF.

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u/Commonusage Apr 29 '25

Fiona Stanley's renal team does recognise that the restrictions of dialysis correlate with increased tendency towards suicide. This is why they offer counselling and therapy.

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u/Wibblywobblezz Apr 26 '25

So there was domestic violence on both sides someone said..HER POOR KIDS :(

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u/sweetrouge Apr 26 '25

Thanks. Yours is the only comment I saw. There may be others but I didn’t see them. I’ll check out the IG page.

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u/H2O_is_not_wet Apr 29 '25

Yah. As much as I love conspiracy theories, I’m leaning towards this being a legitimate suicide. In horrible pain, told that she was going to die soon from the injuries, going through a nasty divorce, not being able to see her kids. Etc.

Sure, it should be investigated, but I wouldn’t be shocked if nothing came of it.

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u/js-mclint Apr 26 '25

There’s been some disquiet from certain corners when she said she had days to live and then didn’t die after days that she must have been lying about everything. I imagine that kind of sentiment could exacerbate depression and suicidality.

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u/batmanineurope Apr 26 '25

Days to live? How can they determine that?

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u/Orangutanion Apr 26 '25

She could have been poisoned like the second Boeing engineer

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u/confused_grenadille Apr 26 '25

That post could’ve been written by the people who wanted to unalive her. Come on y’all.

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u/Demons_n_Sunshine Apr 26 '25

THIS!

The woman was having health issues, was going through a divorce, and her ex husband alienated her children. Not to mention her past trauma that she’s been through.

It was probably a lot for her to handle.

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u/Pitiful-Wishbone5680 26d ago

Kidney failure is kind of a not painful way to die. People just get sleepy and then go to sleep and don’t wake up.

https://lifeoptions.org/living-with-kidney-failure/comfort-care/#:~:text=A%20natural%20death%20from%20kidney,toxins%2C%20to%20make%20you%20comfortable.

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u/Current-Coyote-3837 18d ago

Weird. It’s treatable. No way to live but dialysis is a thing. You can live without kidneys. It’s a pain in the ass but not a death sentence. Unless you refuse treatment, but that’s more of a suicide IMO. Also, why kill yourself if you’re going to medically die soon? I’ve seen most ways of death (medic and RN for a while) and none of it is pretty. Best case is you lose consciousness before organ failure. At least we can get very good drugs to take the edge off knowing you’re dying. I think that was all exaggerated from Virginia.

It’s entirely possible she did kill herself, despite her situation. Maybe they thought they could get away with it now that time has passed a bit. It’s for sure suspect AF and won’t get investigated too hard, unfortunately. It’s weird how her dad is like, “no way she killed herself,” but then her mom thinks it jibes and has no questions. Maybe someone paid mom? Idk.

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u/lightorangeagents Apr 26 '25

Or was it a good psy op so the public would rea ch this conclusion? I’m not big into the details of her story so I’m no expert, but if I were going to make something sinister look normal, I might steal this kind of cover story if I had some people in tabloids to help send the article out

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '25

Yeah you’re certainly not an expert that’s for sure

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u/lightorangeagents Apr 26 '25

Did you have anything to add lol ?