# Ah, what the hell, I'll pit Michael Schiavo **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 18, 2005, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-what-the-hell-ill-pit-michael-schiavo/308803 "2005-06-18T08:50:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/holmes)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-what-the-hell-ill-pit-michael-schiavo/308803/81 "2005-06-21T14:18:33Z")
What are the odds, Mrs. Schiavo will be “liberated” from her grave? ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-what-the-hell-ill-pit-michael-schiavo/308803/82 "2005-06-21T15:01:29Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > There are physical signs to bulimia, many of which would be noticeable by a trained doctor. Two years ago, I was going through a very stressful time. We were moving, a relative had died very suddenly and there were myriad other problems. I lost weight because I didn’t feel like eating. I’m a small person, so, for me, losing ten pounds is a big deal. I went to see my doctor on an unrelated issue, and she spent at least ten minutes asking probing questions about my weight loss-- whether I threw up frequently, how I felt about my weight, how much I ate every day, etc. She took blood samples (which wouldn’t have been needed for the issue I had come to discuss) and told me to increase my fat intake. (She actually ordered me to drink at least one milkshake per day.) She made an appointment to see me in a month and said if I hadn’t gained weight by then, she would send me to a specialist. If I’d had an eating disorder, I’m confident she would have discovered it. Although I insisted it was just stress, she was still very cautious about it. I recently saw copies of my medical records where my weight issue was noted in detail. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-what-the-hell-ill-pit-michael-schiavo/308803/83 "2005-06-21T18:08:11Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > But it’s okay for them to publicly accuse the grieving husband of murder and other wrongdoing. You start to think they had fun doing it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@The\_Hook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hook)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-what-the-hell-ill-pit-michael-schiavo/308803/84 "2005-06-21T22:04:16Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Just when you think people have run out of weird things to say about this story, someone else shows up. :dubious: I was asking how they are _now_ determining if she _had_ bulimia. I don’t think it’s odd to ask this and I don’t know why everyone, except **Squink** , misunderstood my question. To me, it seemed like finding out if you had a flu, your regular kind, 15 years ago. It seemed silly. Now I know bones are like tree trunks, and you can posibly determine “when” something might have happened to it and “why”. There, that weird enough for ya? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-what-the-hell-ill-pit-michael-schiavo/308803/85 "2005-06-21T23:25:04Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > \He had **he date of date** as the dateshe collapsed and the date her body died as the date she was “at peace”. \. Holy crap! I should have proofread! Well, I guess you guys realized I meant “the date of death” or you would have been heckling me about that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-what-the-hell-ill-pit-michael-schiavo/308803.md?page=4)