Help others to defeat anorexia like I did

EDEN (eating difficulties education network) is an organisation based in Auckland NZ whos website has some fantastic body image boosting resources. I like it as it focuses on feeling good bout oneself rather than eating disorders themselves. www.eden.org.nz

The stress from a very successful business (Screen Printing the Advertising and Point of Sale for Multi-National Companies) and that I do not eat whilst stressed and with no time to eat developed into anorexia. As I am small & slim, fat was in no way the reason.Being a Perfectionist worked against me however. Admission to a Private Hospital in October 1983 where ECT was the Standard Treatment,after which I have nil recall until January 1987 as I suffered Serious Medical Negligence and became cross-addicted to Prescription Medication which caused my mind to be so confused that my own Immune System turned on me and consumed 10% of the Grey Matter coating my Right Front Lobe. The exposed roots of the brain subsequently die and Brain Damage results. After 6 months weaning off all medication I had Lost Everything but my attitude as the Business was ME, (No advertising --Purely word of mouth)being the artistic designer and the Can Do Attitude/Personality was gone as my (now ex wife) sold it whilst I was in Hospital, My 29 year marriage was destroyed and my Medical Certificate for Social Security to gain the Invalid Pension declares ” The front lobe damage caused the Psychiatrist to declare that I would suffer a Short Term Memory Loss and be Unable to Lear Anything Anew. However the hypothoses ” Is the glass half full or half empty ” became applicable . ie. Do I have 10% dead and gone. or do I have 90% that is Live and ready to take over and permit me to replace all Knowledge /information as my mind was was devoid of all talent, skill and recall; I could Read & Write so the very first necessity as I was living alone was to know of that which I needed to eat to live, was to read lots of books (writing important facts was necessary) on foods that were healthy, nutritious and, importantly,ok for me to eat. Fresh Fruit in season, Sunflower Kernels, Red Peppers,Carrots Dandelion Leaves, Milk Thistle and New Zealand Spinach growing on the beach (I lived on an Island )and anything else all diced or grated and uncooked and with Wheat Germ and Plain Yoghurt ( I made my own) and mixed together was eaten 3 times a day. I lived alone for 6 years and would eat raw garlic should I feel the start of a cold or such.Living alone is best as there is no other person to impress or critisize. The raw food was seen as necessary & ok as the anorexia thoughts were still there but becoming less important , and the lifestyle actually caused (in the words of a Neurologist) me to be declared ” a walking miracle” after every medical test known and a “trip” thru the Magnetic Reasonice Imagiser declared No Damaged Brain and all internal organs to be perfect as all should be in very poor condition , and “No Toxins in your body…..You are the most amazing person that I have ever met and you are a walking Miracle” All that I know today, has been learnt since 1987. Any knowledge prior to this has been imformation advised/told, as I have little recall of anything prior and awareness of such is unknown until someone asks ” Do you remember…......?” Of course I do not but it informs me of missing years/experience. I paid dearly for the anorexia as I lost everything but my positive attitude and the realization that anything is possible when you do it for yourself…..This is important, For Yourself!!!!!! Fresh fruit and raw food with no processed foods ,will not harm you and you will be much more healthy….Today, fresh fruit and my own muesuli mix form my diet. Powdered Skim Milk Powder provides the calcium and raw nuts are included in the mix. As my 29 year marriage fell apart, I married again to my Darling Filippino wife who is 19 years my junior. A successful Vasectomy Reverse where the was, 3 months later, only 3 sperm, and one month later 15 but with only 3 very lethargic ones caused Doctor Ray Que Hee, to declare that it will be a long wait…...we never went back for any sperm tests as Jo became pregnant. Our first , Arjai,was born 9 December 1996, and Jaari on19 December 1999. I will be 62 on March 17 ,2005 and I feel that I have been given another chance, another life..