Date: 05/21/13 02:36 pm Title: Chapter 1
Forst of all, nice to see you posting. :)
This fic had something very fragile and real in it. The emotions or reactions didn't go over or too dramatic. It was just general resistance, fatique, sadness, but something with a long-term illness often feels (I know it, I'm there myself with some other illness). Twins relationship was pretty, especially the ending. Nice job. :)
Date: 05/18/13 05:40 pm Title: Chapter 1
I was confused about the g-tube because I thought Bill was doing decently. Either situation is likely though, that Bill isn't doing well or healthcare is being too proactive.
The new DSM is bleh in some ways. I've heard a lot about how Asperger's Syndrome isn't going to be a thing anymore, but it will be lumped in with autism spectrum disorder. That's the most I know about it. What is it doing with eating disorders?
Date: 05/18/13 05:05 pm Title: Chapter 1
He's getting a g-tube and what, being admitted to the clinic again? *confused*
Author's Response: Bill had only been home for the weekend, and finds out upon his return to the clinic that not only is he getting a tube - he had had a nasogastric tube when he first arrived at the clinic - but a g-tube meant for long-term weight gain, hinting that either Bill's case does not look very positive/hopeful, or that the mental health industry is overstepping boundaries to solve the problem of Bill's eating disorder in the most shallow way possible, i.e. forced weight gain (without working with the patient first). Perhaps I had too much of my criticisms in mind - with the new DSM version coming out and everything - that I didn't convey the greater situation as much as I would have liked to.
Date: 05/18/13 07:49 am Title: Chapter 1
Is the tube really necessary for him? Isn't that for last resort measures is someone refuses to eat at all?
Author's Response: The tube is usually meant to be a "last resort" measure; however, it is not only put into effect when an ed-sufferer refuses to eat at all. Tubes can also be used for further providing supplements, regulating eating habits, in response to gastrointestinal problems that are effects of the eating disorder, or for other reasons. The question "Is the tube really necessary for him?" is something that I tried to make ambiguous throughout the story, hinting that although Bill is not as "well" as he was expected to be after five months of treatment, the clinic team, including Bill's parents, has clearly overstepped their boundaries regarding Bill's road to recovery and that their solution is a simple/inappropriate response to a complex psychological problem (Bill is unable to discuss how he feels about the decision to the team, despite the paradoxical setting of group therapy room where Bill is supposed to say what is on his mind, demonstrating a greater failure in his treatment up until this point).
Date: 05/17/13 11:22 am Title: Chapter 1
I'm pretty sure I love every single one of your stories. There's so much emotion behind this one shot. I hope you update some of your other gems soon, too :)
Author's Response: Hopefully I'll get a chance to. I've been working on some updates, but none of them are ready to see the light of THF quite yet. Thanks for the review!
Date: 05/16/13 11:43 pm Title: Chapter 1
Anxious for more!
Author's Response: Thanks for the review!