By Anna Kowalczyk
Almost a year ago, Patrick Bergstrom was told he only had twelve months to live – unless he swallowed his pride and sought help.
“In March, it’ll have been one year,” Bergstrom said. “And I am not dead.”
Bergstrom, a 25-year-old Maryland native and former Division III lacrosse player at Wesley College, was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa in 2007.
Last night, Bergstrom talked about his fight to survive to an intimate group of about 10 students and faculty members at the Center for Health and Wellbeing’s “I Choose to Live” presentation.
After 30 days of in-patient treatment and months of therapy, Bergstrom chose to tell his story – both through in-person presentations and on his website, www.ichosetolive.com – in hopes of helping others understand that “eating disorders don’t discriminate.”
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