I dunno what I'm going to write about.. Its going to be completely random and probably not thought-provoking or anything.. I'm sitting here at my computer desk.. not at Semi.. thinking about all my friends in their pretty dresses dancing with their boys and taking crazy pictures of each other. My friends are the crazy ones who stay in the corner and jump around where the music is loudest.. then have to yell all the next day because they can't hear anything. And while they dance and enjoy themselves singing as loud as they can I'm stuck here writing this. I'm thinking that I'm going to go and put my dress on and do my hair and make-up just so that I can feel some of the specialness of the night.. yeah.. I really have no life.. I don't really want to keep talking about semi because it is kind of depressing me but all the other subjects I can think to talk about are even more depressing.. I guess I'll just pick one.. umm.. oh! I haven't blogged on Ana yet.. wow.. that really is depressing. Okay. As someone who has someone very close to them with an eating disorder it was kind of weird to watch that girl search thinspirations and methods for controlled eating. But we weren't showed the other side to it. Yes there are sites out there that tell you how to get thinner quicker but at the same time there are ones that offer hope and guidance. Ones that share other peoples stories of recovery and offer ways to help yourself eat better. There are support groups for friends, family, spouses, children, parents. Anything. And really if you think about it, the people that want to get better are going to use those sites to their advantage. They are going to go to these sites, read these stories and help themselves by inspiring themselves. The ones that don't want to get better are most likely eventually going to get caught looking at these sites.. and hopefully someone will help them. I want to throw in here something. Our government sucks! Mr. McGuchan mentioned that his cousin had gone to a place in Guelph to help her recover. The place (I'm assuming.. I don't think there's more than one) is called Homewood. It is an absolutely beautiful building and seems like it has a really positive environment. To get into Homewood there is a 2-4 month wait. That is if you are paying for yourself. On average, people stay 3-4 months. For those 3-4 months the cost is around $25 000. OHIP will pay for it. 3 years later. For a room that you share with 2-4 other people. In the three years that it takes for them to agree to pay for it the person who needed it is most likely already dead. That is not right. In three years time a person can drop to a weight where they are forced to go to a hospital or else die. Our government is doing next to nothing to help the people with eating disorders (I'm going to say right now.. I haven't actually put alot of research into this so If I'm wrong, please tell me so I don't sound stupid again.) There are (I believe) only three hospitals/recovery centres in Ontario that have a program for Eating Disorders. One in Guelph. One in Toronto. and one in Ottawa.
Wow.. okay.. I'm tired. I don't feel like typing anymore so I'm going to bed now. Goodnight all.. Hope everyone had fun at semi.. or sitting at home, like me!
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Just to clarify some of the info...the long wait for Homewood of 2-3 years occurs if you are on OHIP's wait list for ward coverage. If you have private coverage or pay for the difference which is $222.per day you can get into a semi private room in aproximately 2/4 months. Sadly E.D.'s including anorexia, bulimia, and Binge eating as well as other have the highest death rate of all psychological illnesses at 18-20%! Yet are probably one of the most underfunded in Ontario! This won't change over night, but the first thing we can realize is there is no shame in having one of these diseases. It is no different then diabities or cancer or alcoholism for that matter. They are all diseases, we are all sick...and we all deserve the same fair medical care.
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