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My wife had a record setting patient the other day...

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Wow. I'm 6'4 and weigh over 200 pounds less than she does. Of course, I'm still terribly fat, but I'm working and it's dropping. I just don't know how people can let themselves get in that condition. If I ever went over the 350 mark, I'd kill myself in a way that would dispose of most of my body to make it easier for the coroners so they wouldn't have to deal with my fat ass.
 
Originally posted by: Joemonkey
man... can a toilet support that much weight? even so, can she even reach back to wipe?

i had a buddy that was 5'11" and he got up to 290lbs, realized one day he was having trouble reaching back to wipe after going to the bathroom, said that was when he finally realized he needed to lose some weight.
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your "buddy"?
uh-huh
 
Originally posted by: jonessoda
Wow. I'm 6'4 and weigh over 200 pounds less than she does. Of course, I'm still terribly fat, but I'm working and it's dropping. I just don't know how people can let themselves get in that condition. If I ever went over the 350 mark, I'd kill myself in a way that would dispose of most of my body to make it easier for the coroners so they wouldn't have to deal with my fat ass.
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Idea: mobidly obese people who want to die can be processed at the oil refinery, thus solving our nations' health care and energy problems simultaneously.

I mean, you could probably get a year's worth of biodiesel out of the woman in the OP.
 
Originally posted by: lozina
:| You fat-haters make me laugh.

Big is beautiful! We should embrace her sexy curves not critcize her! Besides do you really think if she had a choice that she would want to be this fat?!

Now excuse me while I go send her a gallon size bucket of Ben n Jerry rocky road and encourage her to eat more and not bother with doing any of the overrated 'physical' stuff.
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You're joking right? There isn't even a tiny bit of sexual provocation in the word morbid. That's why they are called morbidly obese.
 
Originally posted by: AdamK47 3DS
Originally posted by: lozina
:| You fat-haters make me laugh.

Big is beautiful! We should embrace her sexy curves not critcize her! Besides do you really think if she had a choice that she would want to be this fat?!

Now excuse me while I go send her a gallon size bucket of Ben n Jerry rocky road and encourage her to eat more and not bother with doing any of the overrated 'physical' stuff.
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You're joking right? There isn't even a tiny bit of sexual provocation in the word morbid. That's why they are called morbidly obese.
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Nothing escapes you, Captain Obvious.
 
Originally posted by: AdamK47 3DS
Originally posted by: lozina
:| You fat-haters make me laugh.

Big is beautiful! We should embrace her sexy curves not critcize her! Besides do you really think if she had a choice that she would want to be this fat?!

Now excuse me while I go send her a gallon size bucket of Ben n Jerry rocky road and encourage her to eat more and not bother with doing any of the overrated 'physical' stuff.
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You're joking right? There isn't even a tiny bit of sexual provocation in the word morbid. That's why they are called morbidly obese.
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Except for a small percentage of people with that fetish...
 
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Originally posted by: Joemonkey
man... can a toilet support that much weight? even so, can she even reach back to wipe?

i had a buddy that was 5'11" and he got up to 290lbs, realized one day he was having trouble reaching back to wipe after going to the bathroom, said that was when he finally realized he needed to lose some weight.
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They have to use these special "Butt wand" things that kind of...errr...floss between your cheeks with some heavy duty TP.

The name escapes me what they are called.
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I believe "king sized sheet" is the words you are looking for.
 
I wonder if people like that really do have some sort of genetic predisposition or other physiological problems to cause that sort of weight gain. Yes, their diet is much at fault but I also do think there has to be something really messed up with their body chemistry to get crazy obese like that.
 
Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
Originally posted by: astrocase
Fat porn is the most profitable. She should become a star!
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Why is that?? Do they pay the fatties with pints of ice cream instead of money?
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That, plus they can find guys that are so desperate for poon that they'll take the sex as payment.
 
Originally posted by: vi_edit
You would have to divide this woman's BMI by 4 to get her into the "normal" range.

Sad thing is that they really can't do much to help. The operating beds can't support the weight so they can't do most procedures. Many of the imaging systems are not useable because the person can't fit in the CAT scan tubes and other imaging equipment can't read through their mass. My wife is having troubles figuring out drug dosing on a person that size. The dosing charts just don't have recommendations for people that obese.

You want to feel sorry...but have trouble doing so. You just don't wake up that size overnight.
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You are not entirely correct. Most operating room tables can support this weight. This patient may be a candidate for bariatric surgery (for weight loss). It is true that she won't fit into MRI or CT scanners. Additionally, she exceeds the weight limit for fluoroscopy and angiography suite tables.
 
Originally posted by: eits
Originally posted by: DaShen
Originally posted by: vi_edit
You would have to divide this woman's BMI by 4 to get her into the "normal" range.

Sad thing is that they really can't do much to help. The operating beds can't support the weight so they can't do most procedures. Many of the imaging systems are not useable because the person can't fit in the CAT scan tubes and other imaging equipment can't read through their mass. My wife is having troubles figuring out drug dosing on a person that size. The dosing charts just don't have recommendations for people that obese.

You want to feel sorry...but have trouble doing so. You just don't wake up that size overnight.
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QFT
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5'11, 220. I'm not exactly a featherweight, but even *I* have room to talk about this one.

The hospital can't operate? I can. I have a workbench that's rated for 3500lbs, an air compressor, and a sawzall. What more do you need?
 
Originally posted by: ryan256
Holy crap!! I'm 6'2" and weigh less than half that.
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I'm 6'2", and weigh about a third of that. Scary, indeed.

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
5'11, 220. I'm not exactly a featherweight, but even *I* have room to talk about this one.

The hospital can't operate? I can. I have a workbench that's rated for 3500lbs, an air compressor, and a sawzall. What more do you need?
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:laugh:
Let's see...anasthesia, and disinfectant. Got a sledgehammer and some weed killer?
 
My Dad had a patient a couple of weeks ago that was in the same range- he actually dropped over a hundred pounds in a week just lying in bed, because he wasn't eating crap anymore.
 
Isn't it dangerous keeping her around other people? She could collapse into a singularity, sucking everything in at any moment :Q
 
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