gonna be gone, probably

[Anonymous]

sometimes i think i have really worn out my usefullness on this board—but i keep hanging around anyway! just thought i’d let you know i may be gone for awhile. one of my twins has been in the hospital since wed. i came home last night for a break, but i’m headed back to boise tomorrow. she has an eating disorder and was down to 67 lbs when she was admitted to the hospital. (she is almost 15) she will be going to a treatment center, probably in denver, colorado—-or seattle, washington. both places are about 10 hours away from us. if she goes to seattle, i will probably be going with her. it could be about 6 weeks. my heart is breaking for her. i hear that eating disorders are difficult to treat and could be a life-long battle for her.

our life just seems to take one bizarre turn after another.

[Anonymous]

Christine – I am sorry to hear this. I was wondering how she was doing when you 1st mentioned awhile back that she may have an eating disorder.

I too have rarely been posting, let alone visiting this board recently. I sometimes just don’t have any more advice to add other than what is already posted.

Anyway, I hope the best for your daughter. If she comes to Denver & you happen to come along by chance, I would love to meet you. I feel like I know you already anyway. I live in Littleton which is basically just part of the Denver metro area.

By the way, if she came to Denver, would she be going to a private facility or is it a hospital? I was just curious as to which one.

AshtynsMom2006-5-9 2:1:48

[Anonymous]

Christine – I am so sorry to hear this. I hope her treatment goes well and she starts feeling better soon.

And both Christine and Sherry – I think you guys have some great advice to offer and miss you both when you’re not around!

[Anonymous]

Christine, I am truly sorry to hear your news. I wish your daughter and your family all the best and will keep you in our prayers.

Christine and Sherry- ditto what Karen said!

[Anonymous]

Christine

I am so sorry to hear about the eating disorder. Unfortunately, i have had first hand experience with them… my sister started with anorexia when she was 14 years old (she is now 30) and sometimes turned into bulimia. It has been a long 16 years for all of us but she has some further complications (she is borderline as well and considered gifted which makes it all so much more complicated) but she is thriving and a really happy person now.

If you want to talk about it you can always email me.

[Anonymous]

I’m sorry to hear about your daughter’s eating disorder. I can’t imagine what you are going through. I had an eating disorder, and this is a big fear I will have when my girls get older; that it will happen to them, too.

Notice I said, HAD. Eating disorders are hard to treat, but they are treatable, and if your are taking her to a good treatment program, and she has a good support system (which I’m sure she does), than she has a good chance. Hopefully, her treatment plan includes family therapy and education. If not, please get all the information you can about how to help her once she comes home, and how to help your other children, too. This disorder effects everyone in the family, as I”m sure you already know.

Good luck. We will all be thinking of you and your daughter and hope the program works for her.

[Anonymous]

Christine, I hope that you are able to find some answers for your daughter. It seems like your family just can’t get a break these days. We’ll be thinking of you.

As everyone else has said, I still appreciate and value everything that you and Sherry have to offer.

[hellbennt]

I agree w/ all of the above.

Be well, Christine & stay in touch

~laura

[Anonymous]

OUr prayers are with you and your daughter. You have been so much help to me over the past two years and I am very grateful for your help on this board.

[Anonymous]

Christine- I’m so sorry to hear about your daughter. It is not as if you guys didn’t already have more than your fair share of things to deal with.

I’ve always found your advice/wisdom very helpful. I was hoping you were posting less often these days because things were going well. Hang in there!

[Anonymous]

I am so sorry about your daughter. I really hope the treatment center will help her out a great deal.

You all give great advice and I wouldn’t want to see anyone leave b/c we need all of you!

Big hugs from Isaac and I. I will be praying for you and your daughter!

[Anonymous]

Christine,

I’m so sorry to hear about your daughter. I’m glad you are such a great mom to help support her at this time. I’m also so glad you were able to catch the problem at a young age before there is further damage to the body. We are really going to miss you but your immediate family definitely comes first before your reflux forum family. Please take care and sending all good thoughts to you and your family.

[Anonymous]

Christine,

You, your daughter, & the entire family will be in my prayers. My best friend in high school battled anorexia for years, & I am happy to tell you that she is very happy and healthy today. She is a school psychologist (which, I think is such a gift to the other kids, she knows firsthand) & living a great life.

Sending hope & love to your daughter. (((HUGS)))

Please stay in touch, when you can. If you ever need to vent, my email is open to ya: [email protected]

Take care.

[Anonymous]

kevin and i came home on wed. it was hard to leave tianna in seattle. she still does not want to get well and is still depressed. she has a bad day today and has not been eating well. she has until tuesday to eat better or she will be getting a feeding tube.

i wish i could be in her mind for a short while so i could understand the disease from her point of view. i know so little about eating disorders—it just seems baffling that someone would want to starve themself.

[Anonymous]

Christine

I am so sorry that you had to leave her there. Is there anyway you can get some counseling? Can you call the center where she is at so that they recommend some reading? There are great books out there and others not so great – i wish i could remember some of them – they are all in Spain unfortunately. BUt really, helped reading about it because if you are not familiar with eating disorders, i am sure it is so overwhelming.

I know that when my sister was first sick, the psychiatrist recommended some reading that was quite helpful for my parents. They have also gone through years of counseling because i won’t lie, it was really hard for them. (But as i told you my sister is also borderline so really really hard to treat). I know that if it is only an anorexia or bulimia, the sucess rate in treatments is amazing, but i really think that you could benefit from counseling. Have they determined what her issues are exactly?

I am going to speak to my sister…. she really talks openly about her problems and she is seeing a psychologist only right now and she may have some ideas about reading or explaining her feelings from the patient’s perspective?

I am praying for a really speedy recovery. It is a hard disease. I really do not know what is in her mind, but i know some people here have gone through it and they may be willing to talk to you about it?? I only know it from a family member perspective and so if you want to talk about that, you can always email me.

(HUGS)

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