This Crazy Life

Through this journey I have met a lot of people.  I have really connected with two other ED mothers.  I would now consider them some of my best friends.  We can talk about anything, not just ED.  They get it.  They understand.  They remember the roller coaster of feelings I go through daily.  They help me through the downs and celebrate the ups with me.  I’m not sure what I would do without either of these wonderful people!  Today I was texting with one of them.  We were talking about how my daughter needs more weight.  I have a team that is now helping us get more weight.  She mentioned how nice would it be if we could put these kids to sleep for a couple of weeks and pump them full of food and they wake up better.  Not recovered, but better.  Food is the medicine for people with anorexia.  We know this.  The problem is getting the food in them.  Since I’m not sure people would go the sedation route, we started talking about why someone couldn’t make a drink.  1000 calories in 4 oz.  Or I would take even 8 oz.  This drink would be loaded with calories and fat.  The big things someone with this horrible, awful disease needs.  Of course, the nutrition info for the “magic potion” would have to stay top secret because once it was out you would never get anyone to drink it again.  Maybe it could be a pill form.  I don’t care how they do it, my friend mentioned she saw a bottle of concentrated body wash at the store the other day, if we can make concentrated body wash, why can’t we make concentrated food and/or drink.  I’m sure the science is there.  But is anyone working on this?  I doubt they could make much money selling it on grocery store shelves.  Who’s going to buy a drink that packs a high calorie punch in our weight obsessed world.  However, it could be prescription only, then they can charge whatever they want, and insurance can handle the rest.  There is not a single drug that is approved for eating disorders.  Some have off label use.  Some they use to treat the anxiety or other ways the disease torments the host.  Finding willing people to participate in studies is one of the problems.  One of the classic signs of anorexia is the person doesn’t want to get better, so why would they sign up for a study that aims to get them better.  Studies of meds for anorexia have some of the largest drop out rates in the industry.  But we know food.  We know food is the answer.  So why not make a high calorie/high fat food.  If someone reads this and wants to invent it, I will give you anything I can including the clothes on my back!