A young adult describes how a New Year's weight-loss goal became an addictive, compulsive pattern she couldn't stop. Her mother witnessed the crisis and credits the Center's coordinated team of dietitians, nurses, and doctors with saving her daughter's life. The patient learned to trust the process despite moments of doubt.
I had started out in January, and my New Year's resolution was to lose weight because my family and my friends were all, you know, you need to lose weight, lose weight, lose weight. And so I started, and then I got— I couldn't stop, and it became like an addiction to me.
Come on in and have a seat.
Are you in any pain right now?
Is anything hurting you? No.
You know, as a parent, it was devastating. I never thought in a million years that would happen to my daughter, and when it did, I felt helpless.
Awesome, thank you very much. Thank you for coming.
This is like a one-stop shop. You know, her dietitian's here and, you know, the nurses and the doctors and, you know, it's just— it's awesome.
There were times when I came here and I thought, ugh, we're just going through the motions. Like, this is just a waste of time because here I am, these nice people are trying to fix me and I'm not fixable. But you were. But I was, yeah. I needed to put forth more effort and See that I'm worth fixing and worth helping out.
If you'll go ahead and put this underneath your tongue for me.
I remember it was about 3 o'clock in the morning and my husband and I were sitting there and Taylor was unconscious at the time and her blood pressure was very low. I went to the little rest area and I prayed. I thought, God, you know, just give me some kind of hope. I need some kind of sign. We thought we were going to lose her. It was scary, but we made it. We made it through, and we couldn't have done it without Teen Health, for sure. Oh yeah.
