Anorexia

Last weekend the local paper published a story on a local woman, and a contemporary of my wife’s, who had died of anorexia after a long time undergoing what passes for treatment in this neck of the woods. The negative attitude of the story greatly upset Cushla – she had suffered for just as long, but is largely recovered now thanks to Johns Hopkins. So she and her mother agitated for a better story. On Friday the journalist got back in touch and on Saturday they published the “survivor” story. The story is online, but I have no idea how long it is going to stay accessible.