Also, when did bulimia cause broken bonesActually, loss of bone mass resulting in very brittle bones and accompanying breakage, is one of the symptoms of Bulimia. Lack of proper nutrition and all.
How stupid can some people be?
I don't know. You tell me. But I do know they can be very uninformed.
Also, when did bulimia cause broken bones
Actually, loss of bone mass resulting in very brittle bones and accompanying breakage, is one of the symptoms of Bulimia. Lack of proper nutrition and all.
How stupid can some people be?
I don't know. You tell me. But I do know they can be very uninformed.
I agree that when someone has bulimia that a loss of bone mass can cause fractures etc. However, in 199o when Terri first collapsed, and in 1991 when the bone scan was performed she did not have at the same time a dexa scan that is necessary to measure bone density.
The bone scan performed on Terri was not able to diagnose osteoporosis and as stated by Dr. Walker in his testimony it is not the means by which osteoporosis is diagnosed. This is one area of the autopsy report that I believe to have flawed conclusions, since the M.E. has relied upon information from the Schiavo lawyers to make his assessment of the pertinent facts.
At the time of her collapse Terri was a healthy 25 year old woman. She did not exhibit any signs of bulimia. There were no purgatives in the house and there was no other evidence that she had been vomiting up her food that would have been detectable through further testing at the time. The only information regarding alleged bulimia has come from one source - Michael Schiavo. It is doubtful that Terri would have been consuming something like 15 litres of iced tea per day. That is also from Michael Schiavo's imagination - a necessary cover for what I believe was a crime scene.
The osteoporosis at the time of death was in fact the result of 15 years of being bedridden. During the first few years of therapy there is little chance that she would have developed such severe osteoporosis, however the further 10 years of neglect and refusal to allow any form of therapy would have caused the osteoporosis to have developed to such an advanced state in a young woman. I have no doubt that Michael Schiavo planned on this neglect so that he could claim that her condition was caused by bulimia (osteopenia being a symptom of bulimia) rather than by his abusive behaviour.