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Originally Posted by Blue_Bird
That's awesome! I was kind of fighting with myself with whether I wanted to be healthy or whether I wanted to get to my "ideal" (aka ridiculous) weight. I was torn in two. I think that caused me to keep heading in the wrong direction, the part that was pulling me toward that was small but strong. Now I am 100% committed to being healthy. I always knew the health risks associated with the disorder but I kind of ignored them and pushed them aside as things that "are unlikely to happen to me" I'm not sure why but it recently got through to me the reality of how dangerous this stuff really is.
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Yeah, the health risks are definitely not great. I got osteopenia in my 20’s. I’m 40 now and still carrying this baggage around. I also started grinding my teeth while sleeping, they say due to lack of nutrients, and I can’t stop it, even with normal weight. I have spent a fortune in dental repairs, have ground down crowns to the point they need to be replaced. I got a nightguard from the dentist a few months ago. Some nights I can sleep with it in all nights, and other nights I end up taking it out, sometimes in my sleep and sometimes semi-awake. I got an ulcer that perforated, resulting in a horrid, painful surgery. The docs said it was not caused by the ED (caused by a bacterial infection and use of NSAIDs), but I do know EDs can cause ulcers, and if they perforate, whichout quick trauma surgery, you likely will die. I have never been in so much pain. Childbirth was a breeze compared to that ulcer surgery. I hallucinated a lot for 2-3 days in the hospital. I had to stay 6 days, and the treatment caused a big weight loss. When I got home and weighed myself, the ED part of my brain woke up again. Ugh!
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