I am recovering. I've recently gone a whole 8 days without binging and purging which is great for me! I want to be honest with my dentist but I don't want to feel humiliated. It's so stupid for the doctors to yell at eating disordered people. WE KNOW already! Any suggestions would be appreciated!
2007-05-10 07:51:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
Please be assured you are doing the right thing. Bulimia is difficult and your dentist has no business lecturing you about it. I hope you join a support group or see a counselor because you do not need to go through this alone. If your dentist is unprofessional about it, get a new one. And please know that my thoughts and prayers are with you. I have battled this and have not purged for 3 years now. You can succeed, and you should be commended. Maybe in a few years you can help others with the same issue.
I wish you the best
2007-05-10 08:16:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, congratulations on your recovery.
Let him know in your conversation that you are well aware of the damage caused by binging and purging. It would not be out of line for you to tell him during your initial conversation that lectures are not welcomed (in a polite and respectful manner, of coarse).
If he makes you uncomfortable or behaves in an unprofessional manner, take your business elsewhere.
Remember- it is probably not his first time seeing this.
2007-05-10 08:26:32 · answer #2 · answered by maxmom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh for heaven's sake, he is a professional, or should be, if he tries to lecture you or reprimand you, find another fricking dentist, it isn't his place to comment and if he does, fire his ***. Be a mature woman, and know how you should be treated and then demand that treatment. Especially if you are in recovery, he should be focusing on restoring your teeth, not what caused the issue. Just be open, honest and ask the right questions; you go in acting like you have done something wrong, like some little girl, you will get treated like one. You go in as a mature woman who is trying to improve, guess what? that's how you will be treated.
2007-05-10 07:58:05 · answer #3 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
CORA,
YOU CAN INITIATE THE CONVERSATION WITH YOUR DENTIST ABOUT YOUR PAST BULIMIA AND HOPE THE DENTIST IS COMPASSIONATE AND UNDERSTANDING, OTHERWISE JUST BE PREPARED FOR THE COMMENTS HE HAS.
2007-05-10 08:01:37 · answer #4 · answered by Dr. Albert, DDS, (USA) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋