Stage 2
I write about each stage because it might help others to know exactly what an eating disorder programme looks like, although every unit varies. L still has to eat three […]
I write about each stage because it might help others to know exactly what an eating disorder programme looks like, although every unit varies. L still has to eat three […]
Today seemed set to be worse. I felt so tired it was as if I was coming down with flu. I missed my train because the ticket machine broke down […]
I never know what to say when people tell me they don’t know how I combine working full time with three children. The waspish me wants to say, this is […]
We all know crash diets are a bad idea and don’t work, don’t we? Despite the allure of the headlines – Eat Only Grapes and LOSE TEN POUNDS BY LUNCHTIME […]
When L was first diagnosed with anorexia, I was asked by her father if I thought it was because I had lost weight and she thought that it was a […]
This has been a really strange day. We have birthday rituals in our house and for years, L and K have had the same one. Breakfast together, with their father, […]
L is home for a couple of hours this evening in advance of a longer trip home tomorrow. She is sitting on the sofa, next to one of her best […]
It is hard to be the mother of a wonderful young woman with anorexia, but it is even harder to have anorexia and be in its grip every day. I […]
Today we had our first practice snack with L in the unit. Before we have a home visit we have to spend snack time with L and learn the clinic […]
L’s father and I had our first session with L’s case co-ordinator since she entered the unit last Wednesday. We have met most people by now, and today we met […]