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Post your comments about the HBO Documentary Films production of THIN.
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Mar 28, 2008 11:18 AM
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I also enjoyed Polly in the movie! 
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Mar 27, 2008 9:58 PM
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MathewsJ1 that was a cruel thing to say. I enjoyed Polly in the movie, and I really hoped that things would turn out well for her.
Does anyone know exactly how she died? Such a sad story...
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Mar 21, 2008 12:00 AM
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congrats to Polly. Soon she'll be at her goal weight when she rots away to a skeleton!
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Feb 26, 2008 4:27 PM
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rest in peace polly. you were a wonderful and caring person. You will be in my prayers.
<333 lexy
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Feb 21, 2008 9:18 AM
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It's so sad that Polly passed away and I wish that she could have talked to someone instead of feeling so alone....
R.I.P Polly. You are missed.
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Nov 12, 2007 1:25 PM
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IF ANYONE WANT TO EMAIL WITH ME OFF MESSAGE BOARD I LIKE THAT .I LIKE TO EMAIL WITH PEOPLE
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Nov 12, 2007 11:29 AM
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HI ADAM37
I WAS WONDERING HOW SOME OF THE GIRLS WERE DOING .MY ED HAS BEEN OK FOR AWHILE I FEEL LIKE IM HAVE A SLIGHT FLARE UP WITH IT BECUSE I BEEN LAY UP IN BED FROM AN LEG INGURERY RTHE MEDS MAKE ME SICK TO MY STOUMACH IM TRYING TO EAT BUT IT LIKE LITTE THINGS LIKE THAT CAN SET YOU OFF SO EASY .HAVE YOU EVER HAD PANTICES THERE WITH A DISIBILTY .I HAVE A DISIBLIY I DO SEE SOMEONE .BUT WAS JUST WONDERING HOW THE PROUGRAM WORKS IF ONE OF THOSE GIRLS HAD A DISIBLUT AND WAS THERE GETING HELP FOR THERE ED TO
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Nov 6, 2007 8:18 PM
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also, if anyone wants to exchange messages/emails with me, especially the girls from the show, just let me know and i will give you my email address (i don't really want to post my email on a public board like this). i'd like to know how all of you are doing.
i don't know if anyone still actually reads this board, but i'm hoping so
also, shelly, if you read this, just know that i admire you. i know how hard nursing school is, and how hard nursing is with an ED. i don't know how you've been able to do it. i struggle everyday with the question of whether or not i am fit, qualified, the right person to be a nurse. i will be holding people's lives in my hands. i don't know if i can handle that. how do you know when it's right? it must have been hard when you got fired (i just read all 58 pages of the forum over the past few days-- yes every post), are you working again? do people treat you differently when they know about the struggles you've faced? my nursing school knows about everything (well, most of it), and they haven't kicked me out yet. i'm hoping that no one will take my history into account when i'm looking for a job, but they're bound to, aren't they? i just wish it wasn't an issue anymore and i could just get on with my life...
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Nov 6, 2007 8:15 PM
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hi everyone,
i've seen thin and i just want to say that i applaud all the girls who were in it and shared that vulnerable time of their lives with society. i also want to recognize everyone who has sought treatment and help for their eating disorder-- i know this is hard. i am living it firsthand. i have had my anorexia for about 5.5 years, in treatment for almost 5 years. over this time, i have been up, down, in ERs, hospitalized, gone to residential a couple of times, gained, lost, hated, loved, had heart, kidney and liver trouble, turned yellow from jaundice, been on the scale WAY too many times (mostly watched by someone), had a "sitter" in my hospital room to keep me safe, had EVERYTHING taken away from me to keep me safe, self-injured, sat in waiting rooms and envied skinny girls, been one of those skinny girls, purged, binged, restricted, exercised, went away to college, came back from college, started nursing school, taken medical leave from school, been on bed rest, been on suicide watch, overdosed, met some AMAZING people, been scared for my life in psych wards, been "baker-acted/302ed/court-ordered to a psych ward, searched and cuffed by the police, drank ensure/ensure +, poured boost down the drain, had IVs, got blood gases (OUCH!), totaled a car, lost friends, been forced to sit out sport seasons, learned to knit, been through 5 or 6 therapists, and drank so much diet soda that i think it has replaced my blood, among other things... and all this because of my eating disorder.
i went to Renfrew Center of Philadelphia on November 13,2006 and was transferred to a higher level of treatment for self-injury around December 9,2006 (aka Belmont Hospital). i was admitted the day before Thin aired on HBO. i actually remember seeing a commercial for it on HBO the night before i was admitted in my hotel room in philly, thinking that i wanted to see it. the day after i was admitted, it aired. all of us girls wanted to watch it, but the staff said that it wasn't good for us to see it at that time in our recovery. it was so funny, we actually called 411 on our cell phones to find out the number for the cable company that Renfrew employed that night because we wanted to watch it so bad. we were on the phone for like an hour trying to order HBO for that night (or course without the counselors knowledge!) so we could watch it. but we never actually got a hold of anyone who could get it for us-- everyone had gone home for the day. but we still got to read the reviews in the paper the next day!
renfrew has given me so much. the staff (well, the large majority of it) was amazing-- especially my therapist, lisa tretta, the counselors Melissa, Caroline, Emily, and Alicia, and the nurse Lisa. anyone remember them?? I was really pushed to the limits there. even though i didn't handle the stress very well (as i said, i got transferred because of self-injury/suicidal thoughts/plans), i still value my time spent there. i will always cherish the people i met there and my time spent there. it wasn't easy, but it was worth it. i truly felt like they cared there. yes, it definately wasn't fun when i got baker-acted/302ed/court-ordered to belmont, searched by the police, handcuffed, and taken in the back of a police van to belmont, but i don't hold that against them. it was my doing. my fault. even though that wasn't my last treatment center, it still provided me a good base.
argue all you want, but you can't change my mind.
good day, all
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Nov 4, 2007 5:28 PM
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Oh I also wanted to say that i was in Renfrew too. A long time ago. I think it was back in 1997. But whenever watch the documentary it brings back so many memories of when i was there. I even have pictures too from there!!! I sometimes don't know if I should cry when i watch it. The first time I watched it, it brought tears to my eyes. I SO hope that everyone is getting better and realizing how much there is of life to experience. I never thought that I could think about anything that didnt involve food or calories. And thankfully, those thoughts rarely come to my mind though. I am very proud of myself. I feel very strong for my accomplishments. If anyone EVER wants to talk, feel free too.
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Nov 4, 2007 5:23 PM
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Hi, my name is Kim. I am a recovered Anorexic for nearly 7 yrs now. I just re-watched the documentary and was wondering how Elisa, Shelly, Polly and Brittany were? Does anyone know? I really hope that are doing better. I am much better and happier now that I am recovered and hope the same for them.
Kim
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Oct 16, 2007 6:05 PM
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Hi-
To those who have recently written in despair and wanting help and not knowing where to turn, I would highly suggest calling Renfrew. I recently went through their day treatment program and it was absolutely amazing. Of course, if they recommend that you do inpatient, by all means, it is worth it. I wish that I could have done the inpatient program. I was at the facility in Florida, and I loved every day, as hard as it was to face my eating disorder. There are some things in the movie that are the same (like doing vitals in the morning, going to groups, etc.), but having seen the movie and having been to Renfrew, I really think that the movie gives the wrong (way over-dramatized) impression. Renfrew really is a place of healing, and people go there and really can work through issues and learn what they need to to get better.
They have the two inpatient centers (FL and Philadelphia), and now they have some outpatient centers cropping up all over the east. If you don't have the means to make it to Renfrew (which I would really try to do because from what I heard from other patients who had been to other treatment centers, it was really great), they might be able to help you with referrals to therapists in your area. That would be important anyway, because if you did go into treatment, you would need a therapist, etc. to come back to afterward.
I think the scariest part is just getting started, facing up to the fact that the eating disorder really is a huge issue and taking the action to get some help. Being in recovery now, I can't recommend treatment enough. I feel like it saved my life.
-Kristen
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Oct 7, 2007 2:25 PM
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So hi.....
I am 16 years old and have had eating disorders for the past 5 years. When I was 11 I started being a bulimic, than found out I had 8 cavaties (all adult teeth) and ulcers in my stomach. So I formed into an anoretic, almost subconciously. I have been in and out of the hospital 4 times, and I am currently in a partial hospitalization program. I was, at one pount, 88 pounds and I am 5'7" tall. I have been on a feeding tube, and I have severely thinned hair and lanugo all over. I don't feel as thought I have enough strength to get better, even though anorexia has literally ruined my life. I am not allowed to go to school because if I have an anxiety attack (I also have GAD, OCD and depression) I could die. I am currently 97lbs. I have a fiancee (yes, I am young, please don't preach) that I am keeping a secret from my parents and he is so scared for me. He told me that I need to get help and find strength, so I came here. I am on my last life I think, as my vitals are 80/40-ish and my pulse is 39. My temperature normally stays around 95 degrees, so I am always freezing. I guess I just have a question for shelly, polly, alissa(sorry if I spelled it wrong!), or anyone else who has found themselves where I am at. How do you do it? I need strength and guidance, as I am crying whilest writing this. Please answer me.
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Oct 6, 2007 8:46 PM
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I SUFFER WITH AN EATING DISORE FOR A LONG TIME I COULD SO REALTE TO THSES WOAN I WAS THERE AT ONE TIME NOT AT THE CENRTE BUT IN MY EATING DISORD I THINK ONCE I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT THING THAT WERE BUGGING ME IT HELP BUT IT POPS UP AT TIMES .PEOPLE WHO NO ME KNOW CANT IMANGE WHAT I MUST HAVE LOOK LIKE AT MY THINSETS AS THEY SEE ME AS THIN NOW IM AT MY NORMAL BODY WEIGHT FOR MY HIGHT I DONT EVEN REMBER HOW IT ALL STARD MAYBE A LITTE IN SCHOOL HEARING ABOUT STUFF FROM OTHER GIRLS .BUT IT LIKE YOUR IN A DARK PLACE YOU THINK YOU WILL NEVER GET OUT OF
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