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From: Blaire, Alison
To: McCoy, Hank
Subject: Suppose that...

Suppose that someone got in a fight with her roomie (say, last night) over the fact that her roomie had bad eating habits. Or maybe even nonexistent ones. And said roomie denied it all and then got snippy about the concerned person being the "perfect" shape, when said roomie is actually underweight by now and likely hasn't eaten in days and looks like death warmed over and - eh, screw hypothetical stuff.

I'm worried about Lorna. I think she may either be anorexic, or bulimic. I tend to lean towards the former. And I'm ratting her out because talking to her didn't help and in fact I probably made things worse. Go me.

I don't think she's suitable for much of anything else than being near Alex right now, so I may need to bother someone else about removing her from back-up duties until she's at least eaten normally for a while, but I'm worried it might make things worse too. She'll be in the medlab a lot... it'd be the perfect time for you to take a look at her, no?

*hugs*
Alison

ps. - You know what? I need a hug. And I bet you need food. I'll bring something down for you.

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From: McCoy, Hank
To: Blaire, Alison
Subject: Well, I suppose that...

Well, I suppose that said person would probably be right in seeking professional aid for said roomie.

Anorexia and bulemia tend to go hand-in hand. This being that often the anorexic will capitulate to being urged to eat so that they stop being bothered about it, and then for the same reasons that the anorexia exists, go and regurgitate the meal. Which makes treatment a lovely kettle of soup to be sitting in. It usually requires setting the victim down with a good psychiatric sort and working out where it's all coming from, but we'll see what we can do while she's down here.

I, however, don't suffer from an eating disorder, except possibly wanton forgetfulness when overworked. So if you're in need of comfort as you say, perhaps you should report yourself for a prescription post haste. Doubly so if you bring some form of warm, cold, or otherwise edible food to serve as co-pay for the visit. Ours is a very nice HMO in that respect.

Hank