Regardless of who was to blame for The Carpenters' star falling, music fans continue to disagree about their legacy, with many weighing on the side that they were too cheesy to be taken seriously, and the other side - which includes Paul McCartney and Rolling Stone - swearing that they were the real deal. Some critics, like this one at Consequences of Sound, suggest that me-decade proto-hipsters destroyed The Carpenters' reputation. Hair bands and heavy metal were in, sweet tunes about birds magically appearing and newfound love were out. Then, the eighties hit and their popularity began to wane, partially because both Richard and Karen were fighting private demons - in his case an addiction to Quaaludes and in hers, anorexia nervosa - but also because they were facing a very real shift in the public's musical taste. Tragically, when, in the winter of 1983, she began to pursue a more healthy lifestyle, gradually regaining the weight she'd lost, her heart - damaged from years of near starvation and drug abuse - could not support her larger frame. The young woman who once saw herself as too fat was now being criticized for being too skinny. If you have anorexia, you've developed a fear of becoming fat that now encompesses your entire existence. The hallmarks of anorexia are a fear of 'fatness' and a refusal to eat. A critic with Variety ignored her performance and focused instead on her looks and dress, whining that she was too thin and should be outfitted "more becomingly." Even her own husband, Thomas Burris, dismissed her as a "bag of bones." Anorexia is a severe emotional disorder that impacts your mind and damages your body through self-induced starvation. According to this piece in Time, audience members audibly gasped when she came out on stage, her hip bones jutting through the thin gowns she preferred at the time. Carpenter didn't stop there, though, and as she continued to shrink, people around her grew alarmed. When she got down to 110 pounds - from a high of 165 - they told her she looked great. There are still those who shun me, even though I have the undisputable medical proof of my inherited disease.At first, friends were supportive of the weight loss. There is much misinformation in the medical profession and media concerning Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia. Some family members have chronic related problems and are now convinced they have been misdiagnosed for years. Looking back in my family’s medical history, the related problems are almost epidemic. This disease affects different people in different ways. They did not have the weight loss problem, but had other symptoms of the disease that were also ignored by their doctors for decades. Since my surgery my mother and grandmother have had the same surgery. All the while the real underlying problem was caused by a known and not so rare chronic disease, that was corrected by a relatively simple surgery. While at my lowest weight of sixty-three pounds, being constantly stared and glared at in public.įinally my computer challenged mother saved my life by searching on the internet, finding Dr. I learned of conversations behind my back about "what I was doing to myself," as if I had any control over my weight. My book "Anorexia Misdiagnosed" tells the tale of what I call "The Modern Day Leper." I was shunned by those I thought were friends, along with teachers and employers. The next ten years was a roller coaster of doctor after doctor accusing me of having Anorexia Nervosa, while never running the appropriate medical tests to look for what was really physically wrong. After being heavy in junior high, I plummeted sixty pounds at fifteen, and the horror story began.
The first symptom was reported to my pediatrician at one month, and nothing was done.
If you have been diagnosed as having Anorexia Nervosa or Bulimia, the real problem may be a physical condition and not in your head! Most doctors are not aware they need to run a simple test to check for a not so rare disease, before you will know for sure.
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