Where are you?

I was listening to someone at work answer the question, "how are you?" This particular person will tell you exactly how bad he is doing. He is someone who calls in sick for various reasons, and seems to enjoy the attention the women give him by asking how he is doing, then feeling "bad" for him. So now everyone feels bad, except him, until the next time.
I have sympathy and empathy for someone who is sick, but I find it hard to be around someone who feeds off it. He is not the only person I know who gets something from negative attention to their health, I have people in my family who are the same way, and it is difficult to be around them; they live in their illnesses and want others to join in their misery. That is not where I where I want to be; I want to be in a place of good health and kick any illness's ass and be healthy as soon as possible. Living in the illness keep you ill all the time. That is your reality. Being healthy and moving past illnesses builds up your physical strength and will. If you are sick, and need some support, that is different, and I will do what I can. If you are always sick, and talk about it regularly, I think there are other places I would rather be than to hear about all that. But one thing to think about, why are you always sick?