@Shedqueendays like this can be so hard, it's easier on the 'normal' days when you can just celebrate the little wins and progress. sending you a solidarity hug xx I follow a person on insta called Fi Hollings who is in recovery from anorexia and is autistic. She graduated recently with a degree, despite being told as a teenager and an inpatient that she would never manage education. She is hugely inspiring to me, particularly in helping me to see that the traditional path isn't always the only one.
@Proseccoismyfriend - loved your update! So pleased that things are going well!
@Iknowdino - hope today is going ok. It sounds like your dd is very unwell. When we were referred to the ed team we were also asked to go for an ecg within a couple of days I remember driving across to the hospital weeping behind my sunglasses because I was so worried. Anorexia is very scary physically as it can affect their heart so drastically. Agree with all of the advice on here about asking proactively for a heart trace, and looking up the meeds guidance. Your dd will not be able to advocate for herself just now, she is unlikely to believe that she is ill, that's actually one of the criteria for anorexia diagnosis. So you will need to drive this forward assertively. And she is likely to react very extremely to this - and as @Girliefriendlikespuppies says you can see this as a good thing - the ed is being called out and is coming back against this. I learned to be suspicious when my dd seemed compliant, because it often meant she was discarding food (wiping butter, peanut butter, jam etc under my breakfast bar, 'pouching' food in her cheek and spitting it out later, hiding it up her sleeves, quickly throwing out of an open window or door, giving it to the dog, putting it in the wash basket, etc etc). Ed's are supremely inventive, and it can be a huge learning curve spotting it. Loads of great and wise advice on here, keep posting for anything you need, support, advice, whatever you need x