Oh what a great day! I feel like I've been validated. I know I have a great relationship with my doctors and they can tell that I am honest with them. It's just been so hard knowing that this crazy weight issue has NOTHING to do with my self image and trying to get them to know that's sincere. I've watched the concern on Dr. Olson's face as she checks my weight in the computer. It's heartbreaking. I understand that she only has my health & best interest in mind. I get that. That's why I understood when she had to send me to EDC (the Eating Disorder Center of Denver). Don't get me wrong ~ I was devastated & felt like a failure, but I did understand.
That was the beginning of my victory! I met with a counselor there for about an hour. At the end of the appointment she looked me in the eyes and said she had no idea what was going on with my body, but I did NOT fit any of the criteria for an eating disorder.
Wooooooo Hoooooooo!! Don't you know I was sooooooo relieved! Now we can FINALLY move forward and focus on problems that are actually REAL!!
All in all nothing has changed with my weight, my appetite, or interest in food in any way. The victory lies completely in the fact that I have officially been labeled NOT Anorexic!
