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Katie’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Anorexia)

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May
10
2012
Katie's Story (Anorexia)

Since I was 13 years old, I have struggled with weight and body image issues. No matter how skinny I was I still felt fat. I couldn't look in mirrors. I began starving myself and got down to a dangerous 99 pounds. After a talk with my parents I put weight back on but the feelings of being fat and disgusting didn’t go away. A couple of years went by in which I would starve myself during the week, binge eat on the weekends, and spend all night Sunday crying about being a failure and that I would always be "fat". I hit bottom again when I managed to starve myself to 114 pounds at the age of 21 (I am 5'7" so it was definitely too skinny). I finally decided to seek help and uncovered things about my past that I had been holding onto all these years and how they have caused my weight issues. Thanks to support from my family and especially my sister I have officially kicked my eating disorder! I just want everyone to know that you are absolutely beautiful no matter your weight and … [Read more...]

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My Childhood Cancer Experience

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Jan
23
2011
My Last Chemo Day at Cottage

I am often asked if I get tired of telling my story…the answer is no.  Each time there is a different perspective to view it from, different lessons to learn from it, and new words to describe it.  But most importantly, someone is hearing it for the first time, making me feel as though I’m sharing it for the first time.  Despite the multitude of times I’ve told it, I always seem to have difficulties pinpointing where to begin- I cannot remember when and how I began feeling ill.  It seemed somewhere in my conscience, I knew that my incessant coughing, sickly complexion, and unimaginable fatigue was something greater than the everyday ailments my doctor diagnosed me with.  It was the fall of 2007…I grimaced as another needle drew another blood sample for what I was certain would be another misdiagnosis.  The initial hope of being diagnosed with something “easy to fix” morphed into desperation for simply a diagnosis.  Some nights I would lie in bed, fearing that I had … [Read more...]

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Seeing the True Beauty

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Aug
13
2010
Anorexia Bulimia Inner Beauty

Just recently I turned 18 and have found myself worrying about the most superficial thing, aging. I’m currently 18 and was honestly starting to develop a phobia at the mere idea that I would eventually have to hit 30 and no longer be considered as young. Eighteen is the age I have always dreamed of being, but I never really thought what would happen once I became older. I even found myself wishing I was one of the lost boys in Peter Pan who never quite grew up. Part of me wishes this summer would never end, sitting in the passenger seat of my best friend’s car blasting the radio. Yes, I want to enjoy this summer, but I also don’t want it to become the high point of my entire existence. I’m sure a large portion of you have heard the song “Forever Young” by Jay-Z. I know that personally it was on my iPod for at least two weeks straight. But then I realized it; this song wasn’t helping me feel any better about myself. One of the lines of the song is actually “let us die … [Read more...]

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