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This video is called "Courage," and that's exactly what it's about. I admire the persons that made this, and put it together.
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Television:
Dying To Be Thin
A Battle With Anorexia
"Beautiful" describes her, both inside and out.
She felt that her weight, she needed to do something about.
She went to the clinic, she stuck to their diet.
The weight loss was slow, but she just had to try it.
She continued at the clinic, she was under their care.
Before she knew it, she was losing her hair.
She became skeletal, a mere portion of how she had been.
It was so scary, she was getting so thin.
"She's fine," the doc said, "Carry on as you've been,"
But while we carried on, my girl became more thin.
Mom called another doc, Who listened to her heart.
We were put in the hospital, this was a start.
Heart permanently damaged, and thyroid, no function.
Other organs - shutting down - wish we'd had an unction
Of the damage that could happen by losing too much weight.
Is this our new "normal?" Has she sealed her fate?
The diagnosis - Anorexia - My girl was dying.
With this diagnosis, now we were trying
To live, being fed by tubes and IV;
Now limited to bedrest, and watching TV.
Copyright ©2006 Trish Knight
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My Disease
No one understands
this disease that's taken me
I wonder if I ever
will be released and set free
It started very innocent
I wanted to lose weight
I was slightly larger
and desired a more healthy state
I lost and became thin
Everything was going well
Then well became smaller and smaller
and soon turned into hell
I found myself overcome
I was living in constant fear
Food and calories became the enemy..
and I was shrinking to mere.
I just wanted to look normal
I didn’t want to become fat
Fat was what I was previously
and I was through with that
So I ended up in a hospital
getting fed by tubes and IV
I didn't realize that I was dying
and that soon there could be no more me.
Anorexia is deadly
It's not just about being vain and thin.
It can kill you if it gets a hold of you.
That's what my fate could have been.
Now I have a damaged heart
But I'm starting to recover.
But those constant haunting thoughts
still, in my mind, they hover.
I want to overcome.
I don't want to have this disease.
It's very mental and very physical,
God, will I ever be at ease?
Copyright ©2006 Braeden
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A Very Physical Illness
It's been six months since my baby got sick.
The treatment for this is definitely not quick.
There are those who believe it's a mental disease,
But it also is physical - physical, indeed.
Her heart is so damaged, its function is minimal.
In the light of it all, being thin is so trivial.
Her liver and kidneys were all shutting down;
And her spleen - well, its function cannot even be found.
Her skin became ashen, and a light shade of yellow,
Her eyes became sunken, they looked so hollow.
Her bones showed, no matter how much clothing she wore.
When I saw her little arms, I was shaken to the core.
Six months into it, her heartrate's still low.
Her body temp, too; this healing's so slow.
We see a counselor to help with the struggles,
And it takes lots of love, and patience, and cuddles.
The disease is Anorexia - so horrible, deadly, and brutal,
But I know that my efforts will not be futile.
I will save my baby, this disease will not win,
And my girl will be whole and healthy once again.
Copyright ©2006 Trish Knight
Books:
Here's another video to the song, "Courage," by Superchick.
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Heroes:
All those in a battle with eating disorders, who are fighting for their lives.
