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AngelGirl1206 · 12-09-2002, 11:29 PM

My friend has always had a mild case of bulimia. One day, during p.e., she was not feeling very well. She went to the bathroom, and we knew she was going to throw up. What we did not know, was that she was throwing up blood. She told me that it was nothing because she has been throwing up blood for weeks. The other day, when we were taking our pulse in p.e., her resting pulse was 49 b.p.m. I have never told anybody else about her problem because she has asked me not to. She is very weak, and she tends to pass out a lot. Sometimes, when she spends the night, she cannot breathe. One time she collapsed, and I had to perform c.p.r. Should I take her to the hospital?

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Ashlee · 12-10-2002, 12:39 AM

Yes, take her to the hospital before it's too late!

Your friend is extremely sick and keeping this a secret is not benifiting her at all.

Please talk to your friend and tell her that she needs to get help as soon as possible and that you're not just going to stand by and watch her do herself this harm anymore... tell her she NEEDS to talk to a professional about this - offer to go with her if it will help. However, if she refuses, please talk to your school guidence counsellor or a teacher or your parents - ANYONE that can get her the help she needs.

Her bulimia doesn't sound at all 'mild' anymore... I would say 'deadly' would be a better word to describe it now. At my own worst my BP was 50 and I was VERY sick at that point. Your friend is too. Please do this for her... she deserves to get better from this.

Take care and good luck with everything! Let us know how things go, okay?

Ashlee

youneeak · 12-10-2002, 11:56 AM

oh wow---yes yes, please take her to the hospital. I know you're in a horrible position, because you don't want your friend to be sick, but you want to give her a chance to live her own life. But, taking her to the hospital is the right thing to do. She's very very sick. So much is going on in her body and she is in very serious danger!! Good luck, and you're being a wonderful friend...please remember that.

let us know how it goes...we'll be sending happy thougths her way and yours...

NEVER GIVE UP
~sarah~