In: Charlynn|In Memoriam
25 Oct 2008You know, competition is always fun until someone gets hurt. So what is it when someone dies? A student recently died during the “Big Stomach King” eating competition at Dayeh University in Taiwan. (Yes, you read that right – this is a university-sanctioned eating contest). The student, identified only as Chen, “vomited relentlessly” and passed [...]
In: Anorexia|Binge-Eating Disorder|Charlynn|Eating Disorders|In Memoriam
24 Jun 2008Comedian George Carlin died Sunday at 71. Known for not mincing words and his sharp wit, he challenged conventional wisdom and transformed any subject into comedy gold – the more controversial the better. He tackled everything from abortion to children to the state of the country and scripted his “tell it like it is” perspective [...]
Some of you know that my grandfather was bravely fighting for his life against lung cancer. The fight ended today. He was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in July 2006. His chances of completely ridding himself of the cancer were slim from the beginning, but he underwent chemotherapy treatment anyway and things went well [...]
This is a blog where a roster of three regular writers and several guest writers comment on the latest news about eating disorders. It isn’t just a news feed, nor a personal journal – it’s a hybrid of both. We discuss the news with our own personal spin.
We aren’t journalists or outsiders looking in. We have eating disorders. We know about this illness because we live it. Some of us are thoroughly active in our eating disorders while some are in recovery. Most are in some state in between.
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