A bit of bribary (hopefully) goes a long way...

The prices of Ben's favourite Warhammer models go up tomorrow, so yesterday he wanted to do a 'bulk buy' online. He didn't have enough cash so he asked for an 'advance' on the Contract points money. So I thought about it and said "OK, yes, in principle, but it would have to be a 'conditional' loan"...


It would be subject to him working on the rational, non-ED side of his mind when we go to CAMHS this afternoon to be weighed. If he's put on weight, then he must look at it in the context of the last 8 weeks i.e. as a weekly average. If it comes close to the 0.5kg a week that the NICE Guidelines recommend, then the rational side of his mind must accept this as being OK and plough on with our arrangement.

If he's lost or maintained weight and averages out at a low or no weight gain then he must agree to increase his daily calories by a further 100 and stick to that until he's weighed next time round when we will take a look over the long term yet again.

I also said we must revisit the Contract this weekend at some point and update it so it's relevant to what's going on in his recovery at the moment and addresses any new or difficult issues.

I also said that if he 'defaulted' on what is an 'interest free' loan (i.e. if he doesn't keep his word about the reaction to being weighed), then I would work out some kind of 'interest charge' on it which would result in less points over a specified period. Or something along those lines...

He agreed.

So we shall see what happens this afternoon...