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Open Question: Worried about my chest pains?

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Open Question: Worried about my chest pains?
I have been struggling with anorexia for over a year and a half now. This past summer, I managed to put back on most, if not all, of the weight that I lost by myself. However, I am still underweight for my height (around 100 pounds at 5′4″). My doctors tell me that my weight is so low, but it is hard for me to see and believe that since I was at a much lower weight (76 pounds). Anyway when I was at my lowest weight, I began experiencing heart pains. They would be on and off, but this past February-April, they came back and intensified, so I had to have an EKG, echo cardiogram, and stress test. They found that I have a small heart murmur, which probably was a result of my body beginning to eat itself.=( I feel very stupid for all of this now, but at the time, I didn’t think of the consequences or anything. Although I gained back the weight in the summer, at the beginning of August up until a few weeks ago, I was obsessively exercising. I was spending an hour-an hour and a half at the gym everyday, doing the elliptical for a minimum of 60 minutes. I had to stop because I have bad tendonitis in my ankles and had to recently get a walking boot for my left ankle. Not being able to exercise has made me really anxious. While I was exercising, I was eating 1,800-1,900 calories a day, but I have caught back to about 1,600 a day the past few weeks.=/ However, I have finally been able to realize that I can’t and don’t want to live like this forever. I am going to start working with a nutritionist and therapist this week! =) I’m happy, but the only thing that I am worried about is that since last week or the week before, my heart pains have come back and are really hurting me all day, every day. Is this because I am not eating enough? I am really worried, and I just want to be okay until I see my nutritionist this Thursday. I was going to try to get my calories back to 1,800 or so, but I am worried that if I do that, I will gain weight before seeing my nutritionist on Thursday. I know she is going to make me and help me gain more weight, so I shouldn’t care about gaining now, but I just really don’t want to before seeing her. Would eating 200 calories more each day until Thursday make me gain? I know everyone is probably going to tell me to go to the ER, but I can’t. Months ago when I was having heart pains, I would complain about the pain to my mom every night, and she would just say, “Oh no. I hope it’s okay. What can you do for it anyway?” She has also told me before that I did this to myself and that I should be ashamed of myself, so I feel scared to talk to her about these things now. I don’t know. I just feel really worried and lost, but I am glad that I am going to start working on getting better this week. Thank you so much for listening to that. Take care.=)

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:01:28 GMT
Open Question: I have eaten a lot of junk food in my life. I’m 17 years old. Im scared ive already done too much damage?
to my body. Am I going to get heart disease and problems with my body when I’m older for sure or can I still stop this from happening?!
i dont have any health problems now..

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:07:24 GMT

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