CHEO program

Upon release, I was embarrassed to admit just how much I liked this band. This is very slick, shiny, professional, pop music; and I was coming out of my hard rock/metal lust and moving towards the indie rock/grunge that was to come. There was nothing "cool" about Roxette, and everybody from 6 year olds to fully grown insurance salespeople found something to enjoy in their music. I had always gravitated to "image" and Roxette severely challenged me to overlook image and take music for what it was. 1Y0-A09 To be honest, I doubt I would've liked Roxette so much if I hadn't gone through a phase that expanded my taste to include The Fixx and Wang Chung (finding both bands to be quite enjoyable). By this point, I lost my aversion to keyboards and new wave music. HP0-Y23 | 000-200 | 117-102 "The Look" had a nice Rickenbacker guitar line, but it had a drum machine, synthesizers, and stacked vocals ("Na Na Na Na Na Na", anyone?). "Dangerous" was a full-fledged kitchen-sink production that was potently catchy, so shiny and perfect that only robots could've executed it. This was far simpler and easier to process than most of what I was listening to at the time.

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Another resource while you're waiting is your family doctor. As long as he/she is knowledgeable about eating disorders, he can also monitor your child while you're waiting. As ANON mentioned in the last post, there is of course risk of relapse, which is why it's so important to build up a network of resources now that your child can access when they're done treatment at CHEO. Hopewell can offer support and recommend other services in the city (e.g. youth programs) that could help your child regain their self esteem and confidence.

I'm not a parent, just someone who went through CHEO, I'm 19 now and in the adult system.. but I thought maybe my viewpoint might be helpful, even a month later. who knows, you probably have all the answers you need... maybe you've been seen by now. Anyway.. in direct response to your questions:

Waiting list is different for everyone. I actually got referred in a manner far different than most, but generally it's a few months after referral for the assessment and after that can be from one day to another few months depending (usually you get clinic straight up, though). If your son/daughter is very physically ill, ask your doctor if it wouldn't be easier to go through emerg as the other comment mentioned. A few girls I was with in day hospital were admitted this way to inpatient and once there they do get priority.

No, inpatient/any overnight stay is not done in every case... not even in a majority. It's really only done for those who aren't medically stable. I was never in inpatient even though I had/have a very severe eating disorder. There are two other options, both mentioned by hopeful - clinic, and day hospital. I was in clinic for a few years, then did day hospital once my doctor decided I had the motivation.

Summing it up, CHEO does have a good program with fabulous staff and once you're in their system they take good care of you - even if it takes a long time to get there. But don't expect treatment to be the only answer. Most people I knew at CHEO relapsed, so be prepared for a long haul if that happens. The fortunate and unfortunate thing about CHEO is, well, that they treat youth. Yes, you can make the decision and get us into treatment, which can be life saving, but we aren't always as motivated as we could be and that makes recovery hard.

I wish your family well. I hope you find help and support at CHEO, and that your child finds recovery.

On the same topic, I forgot to mention that CHEO is very helpful in answering any questions, even before you are there. Just call CHEO and connect with the Eating Disorder Unit. They can give you an idea of the process and time frames.

We went through CHEO and once in the program it was very good. The hardest part is waiting. Once your dr. makes a referral (and do that as soon as possible if you even suspect an eating disorder) then it still took about 2 months to get an assessment done at CHEO(there is often a waiting list but they do prioritize somewhat). Waiting those two months was the hardest thing we've ever done as we watched our child deteriorate. It is always an option to go to emergency and then the child will probably be seen by the eating disorder team at CHEO if the child's medical heath is at risk. On the day of the assessment our child was admitted, but this is not always the case. If the child is still medically stable, but has an eating disorder then there is a day program option or regular monitoring at clinics on a weekly basis, or the inpatient program. Our child was in hospital for about 7 weeks altogether, but there was a waiting list to get into the inpatient program. Once in the program, either inpatient, day or clinic, then all the resources of pyschologists, psychiatrists, groups and everything else becomes available. Our experience there was life saving.