Hospital

[Sax]

Hey Karen,

Just sending my thoughts to you today and like i've said before I really never feel it is enough but need you to know I am thinking of you and supporting you in my thoughts.

Take care karen and i would like to reiterate what i keep saying to you, thank you for your continued to suppport of others and such wise and sound replies and for listening to others. You are such a mega support and i for one listen carefully to any advice you offer.

All the best Karen

Sax xxx[8D]

[Karen]

Thanks Nigel and Sax.

Sax: Of course it is enough that you are supporting me and wishing me well. It is at times like these we need to know people are there for us and that we are not alone.

I am glad you have found something useful in the replies and advice I give to others. It's a shame I can't be so rational about my own problems or follow my own advice, as K pointed out in her good luck message this morning.


Thanks again to everyone who has posted support here. I hope I will be home after my appointment and will let you all know how I got on.


Karen



It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

[seh1980]

Good luck today Karen. Will be thinking of you

"Life is too important to take seriously" Corky Siegal

[henri]

Hey Karen,
Just to let you know that i am thinking of you - good luck today and let us know how it goes.
lots of love,
henri x

[Piglet]

Hi Karen

Not sure if you will have left for your appointment today yet or not but if not what about printing off this thread and showing it to them.

If they can see where you are coming from they might be able to allay some of the fears you have quite straightforwardly.

Love Piglet

[mico]

Good luck Karen, hope it goes well.



mico

[bluesparkle]

hi karen...
im still here keeping an eye on your post... i really wish i had some good advice but i do often think about you and all that you have going on at the moment... and will be thinking of you today... good luck!!!
let us know how it goes
rach
x

[skippy]

Hi Karen

Thinking of you-good luck.
jenny
xxx

[tattybear]

Karen,

Thinking of you today Hun, Hope all goes well.

Take Care and hope to hear from you soon.

Tatty B xx

[Karen]

Hi everyone

Thank you all so very much for all the messages of support. I'm really overwhelmed by all the support and good wishes.

I've got a reprieve... for now anyway. The appointment went ok, in at least I have avoided being admitted. There were a couple of sticky moments though when he was mentioning the possibility of my blood chemistry being up the creek and how this could lead to a heart attack if I go whole days without eating.

I found it very difficult to talk and my therapist answered a lot of his questions on my behalf. I was struggling with high levels of anxiety and panic just from being there, let alone worrying what was going to happen. This was worse when my therapist was painting a particular bleak picture of the state of my health and how serious my situation is.

Anyway, for now, the plan is that he is doing an urgent referral today to the day hospital where I will have to go for assessment. He was talking about a specialist eating disorders day hospital but the nearest one is London so it's not very practical.

I don't know how often I will have to attend but I hope it is not every day like my therapist wants. I don't think she is convinced that a day hospital is going to be enough and was talking about in patient treatment, but I really don't want that.

The psychiatrist is also contacting the crisis team to check up on me over the weekend but I don't think I need that really and even he admitted that they might not take the referral because this is a longstanding problem rather than a recent crisis, so hopefully they will leave me alone.

Also had an appointment with my doctor this afternoon and she at least agrees that in patient treatment isn't likely to be helpful or the best form of treatment. However, she wants me to gain some weight and that just feels beyond me at present.

Karen



It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.