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Anorexic woman to be force fed

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Empusa · 16/06/2012 11:48

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I'm not sure what I think of this, it's such an awful situation. :(

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feelingpositivemum · 18/06/2012 18:49

Alameda, I agree. They are much better at treating it these days I think, if you are young. They desperately try not to let it become entrenched. I think it wasn't treated so intensively in the past.

Its such a heartbreaking illness and I feel desperately sorry for her and her family x

fireice · 18/06/2012 18:57

She had been on the palliative care plan for a few weeks and the local authority made the application to the court.
It isn't expected that she will regain capacity quickly, and it was stated by the medical experts that they didn't feel it was likely to be achieved with a BMI below 17.
Also she also has a diagnosed borderline personality disorder, alcohol misuse and opioid dependence, which complicates the issue.
She has had a PEG before, and that seemed to be the plan this time. It is possibly felt preferable to repeated NG passes.

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