Terri met Michael Schiavo in 1982 in a sociology class at Bucks County Community College in Newtown, where they were both students. After dating for five months, the couple got engaged and were married on November 10, 1984. The couple moved to St. Petersburg, Florida in April 1986. Bob and Mary Schindler, Terri Schiavo's parents, also moved to St. Petersburg three months later. In Florida, Schiavo worked as an insurance-claims clerk for the Prudential insurance company and her husband was a restaurant manager. Terri Schiavo's friends began to have suspicions about her eating habits. After meals out, she would immediately excuse herself to go to the bathroom. Michael Schiavo was aware of her strange eating patterns but did not realize their potential danger.
In 1989, the Schiavos began visiting an obstetrician and receiving fertility services and counseling in the hopes of having a child. At this time, Terri Schiavo's weight had dropped to 110 pounds and she had stopped menstruating. However, the physician who examined Terri Schiavo did not take a complete medical history, which would have indicated an eating disorder.
YOU DON'T GO FROM WEIGHING 250 TO WEIGHING 110, lOSING YOUR MENSTRUAL CYCLE WITHOUT HAVING AN EATING DISORDER. Why is it so hard for everyone here to accept the obvious? We can argue about what happened after, but to discount the eating disorder makes the rest of your argument look manufactured as well.
How long did she live from the time she achieved 110 pounds until the night of the "collapse"? Homeostasis should be considered if more than a few weeks or months had passed. I should consider the notion that a 5'3" woman who ate her way to 250 pounds had an eating disorder which took her to 250. It seems more "physiological" that a 5'3" woman would weigh 110. Are you saying that 250 pounds is the starting point for an adult female 5'3"? To loose weight would be pathological?
Your an idiot Hildy! You have no idea what you are talking about! When I was in my early 20's I was very overweight and been dating this really bad guy. When he cheated on me and left me for another girl my heart was shattered as back than I thought I was in love. After the break up I decided to get my life together, make changes, and so I did. I got on Phen, Phen(which is no illegal) and I lost over 50 lbs. After I got off the drugs i maintained the new life i had wanted and got thinner over time, ate better and felt great. Many gals in their teens, and 20's do this. They want a different life, and they go out and do it. There is no proof that Terri had an eating disorder, and just because she had gotten in shape doesn't mean she had one. If all gals like Terri were said to have eating disorders there sure would be a lot of bulemic's out there!