Oct 14, 2006
Death of a Bulimic
At the time of her death, her bones protruded from her body, her teeth were rotten and she could only fit into children’s clothing. After 3 years of binging and purging, her body weakened and her heart gave out.
Her mother has been battling the system after realizing they had been let down. Her daughter visited her GP more than 2 times but didn’t receive the help she needed. She was told it was just a fad and that she would eventually get better.
Her mother continues the fight. “I was unable to save Cat but I would like to be able to help others. I will continue to campaign for an outpatient centre in Norwich. I feel this might have helped Cat.”
“I will also continue to communicate with the Primary Care Trust until it recognises what went wrong in Cat's case. The fact it has gone external is a positive step. I know there are girls out there who need it and if this was here when Cat was alive she might be here now.”
Comments
Dec 31, 2008 9:28 AM
Guest :
I have been Bulimic for going on a year now. I halted last summer and
thought I had quit...but stress overcame myself, my family...my whole
life...and it all started over again. I tell myself everyday I can over
come this sickness...but really, I think it's gone past me being able to
help myself. I want so badly to stop, but I don't know how...Its began to
make me feel better about myself when I do it...but then I get so tired and
weak and have no motivation to do anything...my family and my friends and
myself all suffer from this. And I hate it.
Jan 16, 2009 5:05 PM
Guest :
I have been bulimic for 5 years now. I hate what Im doing to myself and my
friends. I seeked help from this bitter illness when my dad took his life.
Now I feel I am losing mine. I have lost my sole. I have tryed everything
ranging from gp visits to an eating disorders unit to hypnotherapy and
nothing helped! I am weak, unhappy and have started throwing up blood
now. I'm scared!
Jan 20, 2009 9:20 PM
Guest :
ive had bulimia and anorexia for the past 3 years. im only 15, and its
the worst thing ever. i know im gonna die if i dont stop but i cant
and im so scared, i throw up between 40-80 times a day and its getting
worse. i dont know what im going to do with myself
Mar 15, 2009 12:37 AM
Guest :
I have been bulemic for nearly ten years. Unbelievable to me when counting
the years. I started in college but I remember making myself throw up so I
didn't have to go to school when I was in kindergarten. I felt powerful and
in control. How could it have lasted for so long? I thought it would just
go away. Has it? My hunger for perfection lingers on. My throat hurts
todays. I say it's just a cold and deep down inside me I have convinced
myself that it's true. I am irritable somedays and other days I feel
completely normal. I have two small girls-4 and 19 months. I always told
myself that I would never throw-up in front of my girls. I am not perfect,
I failed one time and I can hear her words carved into my brain. She
said," Mommy, why did you let your throw-up out?" I can't let her
see me again. I HATE the liar inside of me. I want so much to be committed
to recovery but it is so difficult...I don't want to leave my girls. I know
if I don't, I won't be there for them when they need me the most, years
from now. Yet, I hide.
Mar 19, 2009 12:04 PM
Guest :
I have been bulimic for five yrs, lost my partner as he could not take my
selfish erratic behaviour anymore! I desperatly want to stop i can't hold
down a relationship i am behavin promiscuous i get far too drunk when i go
out! Its like i am trying to destroy my life, its as if i do things on
purpose to give me a purpose to hate myself! Every morning i wake up i
think today is the day i will stop, i will eat healthily but by the the
night i have binged at least three times and just feel a failure! I've been
the doctors for help but they do not have the resources! I feel selfish
even going the doctors because i am doing it to myself, i put my fingers
down my throat, i eat the food that makes me feel fat, i am the one that
slyly hides food and does things five yrs ago would never imagined myself
doing! I just wish it would go forever and sometimes i feel the only time i
will be free from it is the day i die!
Apr 15, 2009 3:51 PM
Guest :
My body is a prison, food is the enemy. When I'm throwing up, I loathe
food, I depsise it. When I'm around family, happy and enjoying life(as
much as the disease allows for it), food is my friend. I can control this,
I think. I don't have a problem, I repeat. NO. I am an intelligent,
career-driven mother. I can stop this. NO. I can't stop this and I hate
myself for it. I really hate myself---how pathetic is that? I constantly
feel tired, sick and constantly worry about my health. I am lucky to be
healthy naturally and I am doing this to myself. I am making myself
sick. I WANT to stop, I DESIRE to stop. I simply cant do it on my
own. I called for help recently, I am going to try. I am still scared
to tell my family, so the secrets will continue. I will seek therapy in
private and the chains wont fully be broken. I wish I could be honest with
myself and others. I am tired of lying. I am tired of hating myself. And
I am tired of being this type of mother to my child. I want to LIVE.
Apr 19, 2009 2:32 PM
Guest :
I can't stop this monster. I have been bulimic for 7 long years. As stated
above I feel 100 and I am only 24. I have lost so much because of my
disease. I have dropped out of universities and colleges 5 times due to my
bulimia, lost all of my friends from isolation, hurt loved ones, stole, and
lied more than I can keep up with. I have been to 2 inpatient centers, an
out patient center, therapists, psychologists, and "bulimia
studies." Piled up huge medical bills, but I still can't stop. I hate
bulimia, I gain weight because I binge so much. I feel like a prisoner in
my own body. I am drained and empty. I don't know how to live anymore, but
I want to.
Jun 10, 2009 10:58 AM
Guest :
I sit and waste the day with food.Eat,get sick,eat to feel better.Get
sick.Go shopping....buy food. Feel worse.I feel like I live in my own
universe.14 yrs into it and you think I might know more.No teeth.scars on
my knuckles.size 00 to 3.waiting and wanting for something to help. S O
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