For 10 years, Rachael Farrokh, sports coach and American actress who has played in several short films as well as in the film Suicide Dolls, suffers fromanorexia nervosa.
Most hospitals refuse to treat her
At 37, the young woman, who previously had an athletic figure, weighs only 18 kilos and sees her health deteriorate seriously. She is affected byosteoporosis and his liver and kidneys no longer function properly.
Her life is in danger but she really wants to get out of it. Unfortunately, the hospitals to which she turned refuse to take care of her in view of her extreme condition and the heavy responsibility she represents. Also, the treatment that could help it heal is delicate and must be delivered by trained personnel (too high a calorie intake could kill it).
Nearly $200,000 raised in a few weeks
Rachael, however, found a clinic that specializes in refeeding people withanorexia. The problem? Care has a cost that the Californian cannot assume with her husband who has stopped working to take care of her. The couple therefore published a video on Youtube a month ago to ask Internet users for help.
The former coach explains her situation, her suffering and shows her skeletal body. His message has been viewed nearly 3 million times by Internet users moved by his story. While Rachael hoped to raise $100,000 in donations, she nearly doubled that in a matter of weeks.
On the program: home care and progressive replenishment
What’s next for the actress? She will first be cared for at home, then she will go to a center where she will gradually learn to eat again, when her condition allows it.
Donors and Internet users will be informed of the young woman’s health progress, via her YouTube channel, which she named “Rachel’s Road to Recovery” (“Rachael’s road to recovery” in VF).
Anorexia is not a whim
The Californian also wants to draw attention to theanorexia nervosa and push people with this eating disorder to talk and heal themselves. She also wishes to recall that this pathology is not a whim but a real disorder.
“It’s a disease and not something that I chose. It has nothing to do with food, it’s cumulative problems with trauma, a need for control and a lack of self-esteem”, she writes under her video.
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