On Your Mark...

After being discharged from the hospital, I found myself in this weird limbo. Exercise and school were my life and I wasn't supposed to exercise and it was summer break, so no school. I did have two part time jobs- one at an ice cream shop and the other at a bakery- but for someone who likes to have my day fully scheduled, there was still a lot of unaccounted time. I tried to take up some new hobbies; the ones that landed well (initially) were: pottery, weeding, picking up tr

Okay, into the nitty gritty! [this one's going to be a long haul] Like I said, my mom and I went down to this place called the Upstate New York Eating Disorder Service (had to look it up just now). I really had no idea at the time what I was even going to- all I knew is that my mom had made an appointment at this place that could potentially help with my breathing problems. During that appointment, I had metabolic testing done and met with a dietician who had me fill out a qu

The path towards diagnosis. Lydia continues to detail her experience from beginning of April to mid-May 2021