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08-11-2004, 10:51 PM | #1 |
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So not the way i want to go
at first i wanted to chuckle but then i just felt really sad for a person that lived this way - if you can really call it living. i would hope that if they couldn't help me, that my family would at least euthanize me.
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08-11-2004, 10:56 PM | #2 |
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I can see the FARK headline now:
<b>Rescue workers dig up 600 pound couch potato</b> |
08-11-2004, 11:05 PM | #3 | |
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So who was bringing food to this woman? She obviously wasn't getting up to go to the fridge herself. That is seriously messed up. |
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08-11-2004, 11:21 PM | #4 |
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If she was grafted to the couch, she obviously wasn't making to the loo on her own, either. Egad.
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08-11-2004, 11:34 PM | #5 |
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As far as being ultra-obese, I would have thought 600 lbs would still afford some basic mobility...
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What I want to know is how a person can let themselves get that bad. I mean once you cross the 300 lbs. milestone you think these people would get help somehow. Get their stomach stapled or something. My first thought also when I read that article is where was her bathroom duties going. Thats just nasty, I cant fathom how someone could live like that.
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08-12-2004, 01:21 AM | #10 |
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Let everyone eat what they will, I just can't imagine being <i>grown into</i> a couch. That's just fucking sick.
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08-12-2004, 08:14 AM | #11 |
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Oh, this is truly sad. The article says a man lived with her--in that stench?? Oh my. I used to go into private homes to do nursing (home health care--I don't recommend it) and it is truly shocking sometimes to see how other people live. And I'm trying not to be too middle class here, either. Some things just shocked me. I wonder if this woman (only 40!) had had any health care at ALL in her two years on the couch?
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08-12-2004, 09:26 AM | #12 |
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08-12-2004, 09:33 AM | #13 |
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"Deuel, who is just under 6 feet tall, is on a 1,200 calorie-a-day diet."
Wow. I don't weigh 1000 lbs (yet) and a 1200 calorie a day diet would be tough. He's got a tough road ahead of him. Hope he makes it, he'll make major coin from some mainstream weightloss system if he does. Lose 800 lbs and get good paying gig for just showing up and talking for a half hour....that would be a real turnaround. |
08-12-2004, 09:58 AM | #14 |
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This whole thing is really sad. When I was a sullen teenager my dad used to tell me the telephone receiver would grow into my face but I never believed him! It's hard for me to imagine the couch not breaking under all that weight for so long.
I really can't imagine why she would have lost mobility that early, too, unless she just sat down one day and refused to get up. I worked for a bail bondsman for years who fluctuates between about 500-650 pounds, and he's in his mid-fifties. He drives, goes on vacation, works daily, etc. My husband's aunt, whom I loved dearly, is well over 400 pounds. She is a social worker who investigates elderly abuse and neglect. She lives alone and takes care of a three-bedroom home, drives herself everywhere, goes out with friends, and two or three times a year flies up to see us. I guess everyone's body deals with extreme stress differently, though, and would likely account for the differences in people's living conditions. |
08-12-2004, 09:59 AM | #15 |
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Wow just reading the responses made me not want to see the article.
As someone who has been overweight since age 8 or so, I would see extremely obese people and think, "God I do NOT want to be like them ever". I can't imagine. However, after gaining 40 pounds in the last years from the dialysis (and reaching my highest weight ever), I started to become concerned. I can relate somewhat to the woman who was having pains due to the heavy weight putting a strain on her legs. It is somewhat hard getting around sometimes (it's also due to other health issues). It ain't easy folks.
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