Posted on 01/09/2011 9:50:50 AM PST by Starman417
In Ipswich, England, the once World's Fattest Man, a former postal employee, is suing the National Health Service for allowing him to become so obese. The 50 year old man asked for help at 30 stone(a stone equals 14 pounds), but feels he received poor advice from a medic in 1996 who advised him to ride his bike more often. He is also complaining that at 64 stone, he asked to see an eating disorders specialist, he feels he was wronged by being sent to a dietician; Consequently, he blames the NHS and these two issues for his weight getting out of control. In his and his lawyer's view, England's Socialized Health System is responsible and they expect to be rewarded financially; although, he has stated that he wants to do something for society by pressing forward with the suit. Thus he hopes to salvage an altruistic sense of self-sacrificing dignity from a life time of self-indulgence.
"I want to set a precedent so no one else has to get to the same size - and to put something back into society."
[VIDEO AT SITE] or HERE
He has recently undergone a gastric surgery that has allowed him to reduce to a smaller 37 stone.
His obese state has caused him so much grief that he has tried, unsuccessfully, to commit suicide three times. He took an overdose of painkillers, but somehow failed in the attempt. Although, those who really want to commit suicide will get the deed done, those who are begging for attention fail. He has also tried slashing his wrists, but obviously neglected to cut deep enough; as a result of a gastric band operation being cancelled. Of course most gastric bands are only effective until the upper part of the stomach, above the band stretches enough to accommodate the pre-surgery intake of food and then, the weight comes back with a vengeance. The basic problems don't go away permanently, unless you eat less and exercise more.
Five years passed until he was given the chance for the operation again. During that period he was housebound and was consuming 20,000 calories a day, ten times the requirement for a healthy man. His sedentary lifestyle was so advanced that he couldn't get up and out to attend the funeral of his mother. During the past fifteen years, the cost to the state for caring for this man is estimated to have hit one million pounds (One pound Sterling = $1.55 US).
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
Truth IS stranger than fiction!
Suicide attempt? If he jumped off a three foot ladder he’d be dead.
I don’t know who said this but it is certainly true: “The end result of protecting men from their folly is a world full of fools.’’
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