Formerly half-ton man can leave house at last

[sparky]

Originally Posted by amber

Yeah, and they were bathing him and stuff. This was literally a south of the border Jabba situation.

Jabbito.

I would have been like "get up and bathe yourself, ******!" about 600 pounds ago. I would have made him start hunting his own food, come to think of it. With a bow. On skates. In the jungle. Riding a panther. With 3 legs.

No kidding. It would be like. "Listen Bitch, you're getting this soup and a salad and yer gonna like it." There'd be locks on the cabinets.

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by amber

Dude!

(I apologize to all female species on this Earth for calling that 'thing' a 'woman') cannot be fathomed at this time - Stephen Hawking hasnt thought of a physics defying formula to measure that dislike/hate.

I hope she is being put to good use as a piece of charcoal brisket for fuel in good ol' Lucifer's hellfire furnace.

Btw, I never make jokes about any person's weight - but my 'Granny' (Unaffectionally known as "Gripezilla") is the exception to that rule - trust me, you'd have to be a family member to understand that one (Minus one drunken sibling, she has no love lost among us 4 remaining kids)

[amber]

Originally Posted by sparky

Jabbito.

El Grande Jabba (con queso).

Originally Posted by sparky

No kidding. It would be like. "Listen Bitch, you're getting this soup and a salad and yer gonna like it." There'd be locks on the cabinets.

He couldn't get up to get to the cabinets after a certain point. They actually brought food. Seriously, he must have a medical condition.

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by sparky

No kidding. It would be like. "Listen Bitch, you're getting this soup and a salad and yer gonna like it." There'd be locks on the cabinets.

this sentence makes me almost glad i can't sleep.

[amber]

Originally Posted by takenbythesky

That's really sad. When I was just ten pounds more than I am right now it didn't feel right at all.



My cousin's cat, Vinnie, is like a little black bowling ball. They gave him fancy feast and he became a fancy feast addict. When I took care of him last summer while my cousin was in Europe, he lost about five pounds over a week of diet and forced exercise.

Okay, excuse me, but I have to post a plump kitty cat picture from my cousin's friend's MySpace. I grew up with them both. This is Mia. After she's lost over fifteen pounds.

That's really cute.

I just switched my cats to all natural raw food. It's for cats and dogs. I read some stuff about it.

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

I'm no doctor but 100 pounds in 30 days sounds like a person would wind up in the hospital anyways.

and she died.

I still cannot gather how my Mom was to lose 100 lbs in less than 1 month to have her surgery (Deb asked the Dr's at her hospital and even they say they have rarely if ever heard of someone needing to lose that much weight in that short a period of time). Her colon issue along with the huge hernia (Which caused her weight to rise to 320 lbs.) left it impossible to lose that weight needed to decrease the risks of surgery.

Sadly, Mom gained 60+ lbs in the 2 weeks from the day of the surgery on March 7,2005 to the time she was weighed on a autopy slab March 22,2005 - Trust me, I have had nightmares reading the medical reports/autopsy reports on how she died (I have them immediately to my right - all 400+ pages from Feb.1,2005 to March 22,2005) so I try to not read them anymore.

Of course MRMC was going to play the obesity card on Mom's health, so my family is unable to file a wrongful death suit. But don't you think it is weird that the autopsy results state "the weight gain was caused by a previous surgery"? Even one of MRMC's asshat doctors said the exact same thing!

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by sparky

Doubtful. It always boggels my mind that these people are surrounded by enablers. I mean, someone is bringing the donuts to them after they are bedridden. Or in this case the chimichangas and chalupas. Its shocking. Like, if they have a cat and it meows all day do they just keep filling the bowl over and over?

spot on.

i was just watching this show tonight on TLC about people who are ultra morbidly obese, and this one dude would eat between 15,000 and 30,000 calories a day. and his family moved into his apartment with him, since he couldn't leave his bed, and cooked for him. whatever he wanted! they were like, well, he's going to get his food one way or another, so it doesn't matter if i do it or not.

oh, and since he hadn't left his bed in 10 years (!!!!!!!!!), he explained how he would get delivery: he would lower a bucket with money in it from the bedroom window of his 5th story harlem apartment and the delivery person would take the money and put the food in the bucket. wtf?! i hope some regular delivery guy writes a book about that some day.

i couldn't watch the whole show because, while it was interesting, it was also kind of like gross food porn, and it was nauseating me.

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by carrie721

i was just watching this show tonight on TLC about people who are ultra morbidly obese, and this one dude would eat between 15,000 and 30,000 calories a day.

i couldn't watch the whole show because, while it was interesting, it was also kind of like gross food porn, and it was nauseating me.

my sister and I were watching a similar show (As we gabbed on the phone) about a morbidly obese woman who was to have the exact same surgery performed that our Mom did.

This woman on this TV show was in excess of 650 lbs. and she had weight issues from a combination of poor eating skills and diabetes. I was glad she successfully made it through surgery and was (At last I saw) on the road to a healthier life and a good prognosis.

However, My Mom (Whose healthy weight was around 200lbs.) gained weight due to a previous surgery that caused a gross amount of scar tissue to form inside her abdominal cavity that pressed against her colon causing her colon to suffer a injury and later a blockage. Mom ate healthy, but wasnt able to exercise due to the screwup MRMC caused her from FUBARing her knee during a 2002 knee replacement surgery (The replacement joint was 'infected' and the infection spread to the point the joint had to be removed and the infection needed to treated before a new joint could be inserted - thus Mom was in bed for 2-3 months without a knee).

And of course, My Mom's outcome was NOT what it should have been.

[sparky]

Originally Posted by amber

Seriously, he must have a medical condition.

Umm, yeah. Morbid obesity and tons of illnesses brought on by it. Sheebus.

Damn this server has the hiccups tonight.

[HejiraNYC]

Manuel Uribe, who once weighed 1,235 pounds, celebrates with champagne during his first trip out of his house in five years.

Um... shouldn't he be celebrating with a Diet Coke or a Perrier? I think champagne is a no-no on the Zone!

I can only surmize that his parents must have lived through some terrible famine and were now overcompensating with their son. It truly is their fault for creating this. I can kind of relate since my grandmother and parents, who all lived or grew up during the war, were hypersensitive about hunger and about having food in the house, regardless of how unhealthy it is. They would clear out the candy aisle at Price Club/Costco and buy ice cream and meat in bulk. Every cereal had to have sugar listed as the primary ingredient. A dozen Dunkin Donuts every week. Utz potato chips were bought in multi-jumbo-sized packs. A bucket of KFC every Sunday. Huge portions of beef, ham or pork at every meal.

I guess I had every reason to become an ultra-lardbutt-fatty-boom-batty, but I think I would have to thank my grandmother for saving me from that fate. She exhorted me relentlessly to eat. Every time she spoke it was "are you hungry?" "Do you want to eat?" "Eat some of this." I eventually got so annoyed that I started rebeling by not eating in her presence or whenever she mentioned food. I wanted to provide negative reinforcement for her behavior. Of course, in the end, she was even more relentless. But in the process, I kept things in check. And eventually I went vegetarian after realizing how "not right" all of this junkfood was.

Anyway... for this guy's sake, I hope there is some rebellion left in him at the age of 41. Naw... I doubt it.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

and she died.

I still cannot gather how my Mom was to lose 100 lbs in less than 1 month to have her surgery (Deb asked the Dr's at her hospital and even they say they have rarely if ever heard of someone needing to lose that much weight in that short a period of time). Her colon issue along with the huge hernia (Which caused her weight to rise to 320 lbs.) left it impossible to lose that weight needed to decrease the risks of surgery.

Sadly, Mom gained 60+ lbs in the 2 weeks from the day of the surgery on March 7,2005 to the time she was weighed on a autopy slab March 22,2005 - Trust me, I have had nightmares reading the medical reports/autopsy reports on how she died (I have them immediately to my right - all 400+ pages from Feb.1,2005 to March 22,2005) so I try to not read them anymore.

Of course MRMC was going to play the obesity card on Mom's health, so my family is unable to file a wrongful death suit. But don't you think it is weird that the autopsy results state "the weight gain was caused by a previous surgery"? Even one of MRMC's asshat doctors said the exact same thing!

The only phrase that comes to mind is gross negligence. You have good reason to feel the way you do. Have you run this by more than one attorney?

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

The only phrase that comes to mind is gross negligence. You have good reason to feel the way you do. Have you run this by more than one attorney?

I have used 2, but both have said MRMC/Dr.Assclusterf**ck will use the 'morbid obesity' card against us.

But I have found something else in the medical records that may bypass the 'morbid obesity' card - Just have to haul ass & get an opinion on it (I have til March 21st to file a continuance).

[Sarah]

There are so many causes of morbid obesity.

It's interesting that this story takes place in Mexico, because some decendents of indian tribes there, (no idea if this guy is descended or not) are some of the heaviest people on earth. Some scientists believe it's because of generations of genes that just adapted to storing fat cells during famine conditions. Their genetic predisposition is gaining weight.

I'm glad to see he's making better food choices, even if they are expensive and maybe not the ones WE'd choose. Sad that he's been a very large person his whole life. If it were me, I'd lose hope, and I'd want donut to make me feel better every day too.

[sparky]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Manuel Uribe, who once weighed 1,235 pounds, celebrates with champagne during his first trip out of his house in five years.

He looks just like the cat!

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by sparky

He looks just like the cat!

OMG

I went back and forth...back and forth. And you're right!

I've often wondered HOW people can ever let weight get that out of hand. In my hometown there was a Mexican guy who was so large that his belly hung below his knees, his upper legs hung below his knees...he could barely walk and I think he finally did end up bed-ridden.

While sometimes things like that are medical - I always used to see said heavy guy at Pizza Hut...nothing gets rid of hunger faster than being in the same restaurant as a person that large.