My health story is mostly self-inflicted. I attempted suicide twice and was in the psychiatric ward twice. I developed Anorexia at age 8, began losing weight, dropped to my lowest weight of 84 lbs, but was hospitalized at 87 lbs. I am 5'4" and 19 years old. It is extremely embarrassing, but I found talking about it helps. After the anorexia I started to develop Urinary tract infections, kidney infections, vaginal infections, etc. Infections became a normal part of my life ( though it was painful). Now, when I get the flu, I faint everytime because of dehydration. I am not purposely trying to lose weight, but I know I still have a problem. My mission is to solve it, and finally accept myself. I want to be a healthy weight. Being currently 83.4 lbs is humiliating, people make comments, jokes, and say very hurtful things. I am not proud of my weight. My goal weight is 117. But I am having a lot of trouble. This website is very helpful knowing I can talk to anyone, anytime, and seek advice without the risk of embarrassment, or being misunderstood.
Really hurt my tooth. I don't know where to go from here. It was little plastic particles in it and i didnt notice it until i bit into a meatball and bit into something really hard, took it out of ...
January 12, 2012 - 10:12pm
I recently got prescribed Forteo for my osteoporosis. It's going to cost me $240/month with my insurance (bluecross blueshield ppo). I am stressing majorly about this, to the point of tears.
When ...
November 30, 2011 - 12:32pm
I was diagnosed with osteopenia when I was 16, and I am now 19 and it progressed into osteoporosis.
My numbers are -2.9 in my neck, -1.6 in my spine, and -2.3 in my hip. I don't know what these ...
November 29, 2011 - 3:11pm
It's kind of a strange question, but every time I eat chicken, or chicken eggs, or any other kind of bird, I become nauseous, vomit, or get diahrea. I don't understand why. It doesn't matter how ...
November 27, 2011 - 7:52am
I have gotten many tick bites this year. over 15 (We live in the woods), but this tick bite woke me up in the middle of the night causing a lot of pain throughout my leg, it's very difficult to ...
November 16, 2011 - 6:58am
Hi,
I had a bone scan done after 3.5 years since my last bone scan which showed I was severely close to osteoporosis. Well, now, at 19 I have osteoporosis. I had my 2nd bone scan done a couple ...
November 6, 2011 - 8:03pm
My grandfather has prostate cancer, alzeimers, and now a blood clot in his brain. I am very close to him. He is the reason I am studying to become a Veterinarean (I grew up with him, and he had an ...
October 21, 2011 - 12:35pm
I have been constipated for over a week and it really really hurts! I took a laxative yesterday and it did not work! Now I'm in a lot of pain and have a lot of nausea. I have not had a bowel ...
October 12, 2011 - 8:02am
So last week i went into the doctor because i had missed my period and thought i was pregnant. I wasn't, so they did a bunch of other tests to find out the causes for my symptoms.
Today I got the ...
October 7, 2011 - 3:02pm
I am considering having a feeding tube put in. How do I go about discussing this with my doctor. We have already discussed other methods that aren't right for me, except this one. How is it done? ...
October 7, 2011 - 7:15am
For the last couple days I have been having a stuffy nose, fatigue, and just overall not feeling well. Today, I just noticed these tiny little white bumps all over my stomache. (they are filled ...
September 26, 2011 - 12:02pm
Hi,
I have a couple scabs from mosquito bites that have not healed, I did scratch them excessively, but I did that for any mosquito bite, but they never had trouble healing.. When I first got ...
September 20, 2011 - 7:51am
I feel like I am on here a lot, and ask a lot of questions. But I get peace of mind, and feel relieved when someone is here to answer any question I have, But I apologize in advance if I am ...
September 15, 2011 - 7:10pm
I feel very, very lost. I am now 82 lbs at 5'4" and 19 years old. Not sure how I lost weight. I eat. I eat 3 times a day. Everyone says it's not enough, but I feel full. I'm soo frustrated. Tried ...
September 14, 2011 - 10:27pm
I understand that this is a womens website, but I recently went to the E.R with my boyfriend a couple days ago. He has had a fever for 7 days (highest was 101.5). In the E.R. they diagnosed him ...
September 14, 2011 - 9:37pm
I'm looking for an eating disorder support group in my town, but haven't had any luck.
Is there any information I can use to make looking for a support group easier?
And If I couldn't find one, ...
September 14, 2011 - 10:22am
It's kind of a strange question, but every time I eat chicken, or chicken eggs, or any other kind of bird, I become nauseous, vomit, or get diahrea. I don't understand why. It doesn't matter how ...
Sysy92 commented on Sysy92's post Why does Chicken and Chicken eggs make me sick?