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So what if you are Anorexic 7 Feb 2011 | 10:00 pm

“Are you very nervous, or is this your normal personality?” I asked after another clever interjection by her. “I try to be happy all the time,” Mouse answered and I thought that it will be refreshing...

Slowly, Slowly Catch a Monkey 7 Feb 2011 | 09:58 pm

When Mouse was 16 or 17 she already had Anorexia, but only went to hospital when she was about to die. Apparently the doctors at the hospital only expected her to live for a few days when she was admi...

Twelve Months 6 Feb 2011 | 09:28 pm

The amount of exercise is always negotiated with Mouse as it is impossible to reason with Monique. She also has a mini-stepper which she utilizes while watching TV – normally for about half an hour at...

Resistence 6 Feb 2011 | 09:32 am

After another harrowing outburst over an insignificant issue by Monique, I took her to a doctor for evaluation and he referred her to a psychiatrist. I took a very apprehensive but positive Mouse to h...

Caring for an Anorectic – Trying to keep up 5 Feb 2011 | 10:05 am

At the end of the nineteenth and start of the twentieth century anorexia nervosa was rarely diagnosed which does not necessarily mean that the incidence of the disease was nigh nonexistent. The dress ...