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Anorexic woman is given choice to seek out-of-state medical treatment or die
Posted on 5/25/18 at 2:23 pm
Posted on 5/25/18 at 2:23 pm
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A Georgia woman who weighs 58 pounds was told she had two choices — either seek out-of-state treatment for anorexia or die of the disorder.
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Katrina Howard, 25, of Americus, was receiving treatment at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, but doctors were not sure what more they could do to save the woman from the deadly disorder.
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“She’s not out of the woods yet,” Dr. Paul Robinson, a pediatrician at the hospital told The Miami Herald. He said Howard’s pancreas “has shown worrisome signs of stress.” Howard, who is 4-ft., 11-in., weighs just 58 percent of what is healthy for her petite frame, which is ideally just under 100 pounds.
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“She is very sick,” Robinson said. “She has been very sick. We are praying that we can get her pulled out, but she is a very sick person.”
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Howard was insured by Georgia Medicaid, a program for the underprivileged that was funded by both the state and federal government. The insurance program allegedly views the intensive treatment program Howard needs for her anorexia as a “luxury that taxpayers should not be forced to endure,”
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Clinic treatment for patients suffering from eating disorders can cost tens of thousands of dollars, and Medicaid normally pays only a fragment of that.
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“The majority of deaths are either from starvation or suicide,” the doctor added. “They get so tired or beaten down by those horrible thoughts: ‘I’m bad. I’m ugly. I’m stupid. I’m not good.’ They get tired, they give up the ghost and they kill themselves. It’s a horrendous disease.”
Posted on 5/25/18 at 2:24 pm to DemonKA3268
White dudes be like "She fine as frick".
Posted on 5/25/18 at 2:29 pm to DemonKA3268
She needs to consult with this guy...
This post was edited on 5/25/18 at 2:30 pm
Posted on 5/25/18 at 2:43 pm to DemonKA3268
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It’s a horrendous disease
How is anorexia a disease? fricking eat something.
Does this mean the starving Pygmy's in New Guinea are anorexic? I'm pretty sure they don't have much of a choice.
Posted on 5/25/18 at 2:46 pm to DemonKA3268
Anorexia is a choice???
The shame of these people!
The shame of these people!
Posted on 5/25/18 at 2:46 pm to DemonKA3268
“Honey, daddy still loves you. But for God’s sake eat a fricking sandwich.”
Posted on 5/25/18 at 2:54 pm to DemonKA3268
She looks like an alien.
Posted on 5/25/18 at 3:07 pm to DemonKA3268
Damn, this is sad..
Someone take that woman to Golden Corral.
Someone take that woman to Golden Corral.
Posted on 5/25/18 at 3:11 pm to DemonKA3268
I mean can’t she just eat a cheeseburger and be done with it
Posted on 5/25/18 at 3:43 pm to DemonKA3268
Lock her in a room with a pizza until she either eats it or dies.
Posted on 5/25/18 at 3:56 pm to DemonKA3268
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Howard, who is 4-ft., 11-in., weighs just 58 percent of what is healthy for her petite frame, which is ideally just under 100 pounds.
Morbidly obese.
--The OT
Posted on 5/25/18 at 4:57 pm to DemonKA3268
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Howard was insured by Georgia Medicaid, a program for the underprivileged that was funded by both the state and federal government. The insurance program allegedly views the intensive treatment program Howard needs for her anorexia as a “luxury that taxpayers should not be forced to endure,”
Good to see someone helping the taxpayer
Posted on 5/25/18 at 6:05 pm to DemonKA3268
she is mentally ill and should be committed to an institution until she is healthy enough an determined to be mentally competent, as in no loner thinks 110 lbs is being fat.
she is a clear case of being mentally ill and a danger to herself
she is a clear case of being mentally ill and a danger to herself
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