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600-Pound Woman Dies After Being Surgically Removed From Couch
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Posted on 08/11/2004 2:49:06 PM PDT by Calpernia
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To: Libertina
I had to ask if he was an actor or retarded (or whatever the current pc speak is). Based on his reasoning for supporting Kerry, I'd say he's both.
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posted on
08/12/2004 8:14:25 AM PDT
by
rintense
(Results matter.)
To: cajungirl
My cat bit me on the back of the ankle once when I refused to feed him.
My husband tells me I'm mean when I tell him he eats too much. So I slap another steak on the grill and tell him to be sure to pay up on his life insurance (ooh, I AM mean).
That lady is better off dead, she must have really hated herself.
182
posted on
08/12/2004 8:17:47 AM PDT
by
sandpit
To: cajungirl
For dieting cats, I would recommend weight loss formula cat food. I think that's safer for you than putting less food out!
183
posted on
08/12/2004 8:18:45 AM PDT
by
technochick99
(Sanctimonious prig, proudly posting and criticizing (except the FRN) since 1999.)
To: cajungirl
For dieting cats, I would recommend weight loss formula cat food. I think that's safer for you than putting less food out!
184
posted on
08/12/2004 8:18:45 AM PDT
by
technochick99
(Sanctimonious prig, proudly posting and criticizing (except the FRN) since 1999.)
To: Recovering Hermit
"...How did she go to the bathroom?..."
She went on the couch. How else would she and the couch become one? What goes in HAS to come out and what comes out hardens and becomes a bondo-like substance. This is truly not the kind of thing to read over breakfast.
185
posted on
08/12/2004 8:35:36 AM PDT
by
NCC-1701
(ISLAM IS A CULT, PURE AND SIMPLE!!!!! IT MUST BE ERADICATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.)
To: Xenalyte
Told a lefty friend about this, got the usual BLAME THE FOOD CORPORATIONS bulshi*. Amazing.
186
posted on
08/12/2004 8:50:16 AM PDT
by
sdk7x7
("This time I think the Americans are serious. Bush is not like Clinton. I think this is the end.")
To: Calpernia
187
posted on
08/12/2004 8:59:35 AM PDT
by
tallhappy
(Juntos Podemos!)
To: freebilly
"Did she just crap on herself?"For awhile. But continued immobility would lead to diminished bowel motility, which in turn would cause all the moisture in the unexpelled fecal matter to be absorbed through the lower intestinal wall. The accumulated fecal matter that had already been expelled and densely compacted by her sheer weight, would also block any further elimination. As the hardened, impacted bowell mass continued to accumulate, she would be chronically constipated. The urge to defecate would probably subside altogether at this point.
It's not unheard of for surgeons to have to remove a hundred pounds or more of impacted feces from the chronically, pathologically constipated.
To: Captiva
So many of them DO occur here in Florida! I wonder why?
To: Calpernia
Terribly sad waste of a person's life.
190
posted on
08/12/2004 9:26:17 AM PDT
by
Ciexyz
("FR, best viewed with a budgie on hand")
To: Osage Orange
Last night there was a show that depicted a woman with a 200 lb. tumor. Her own body had shrunk to about 98 lbs. when they operated, over 20 hrs. of surgery. This was clearly not her fault, nobody had wanted to operate on it as it grew (she had a disease that encouraged such growths) What a trooper she was, and got back to "normal". Seeing what some people have had to live with should make us all grateful as he** for our relatively minor problems.
As for the lady who became one with the couch, she must have been sick in the head, IMHO. Normal people don't go to that extreme. And the people around here should be held accountable for not reporting the situation.
191
posted on
08/12/2004 9:40:54 AM PDT
by
Mjaye
To: Calpernia
I haven't quite finished reading the entire thread so I don't know if someone has addressed this issue.
When one eats carbohydrates serotonin is released in the brain which in turn creates a cozy, comforting feeling. The problem is that this feeling doesn't last long, so some people become overweight chasing this natural feeling of security.
The weight issue is not necessarily about what one is eating, but what is eating that person and why. Most overweight issues are directly related to emotional pain. By eating the carbs the person gets instant, though fleeting, gratification. Food does not make fun of you, does not ridicule you, and is always there to comfort you...
While I can't really see getting to 500 pounds or fused to the couch, I can understand the "addiction" to food. The best way to become healthy is to seek emotional/psychological help to find the root of the problem. Then the weight (with diet and exercise) will come off.
Don't mean to preach but just wanted to share.
Ruby
192
posted on
08/12/2004 11:58:40 AM PDT
by
Remember Ruby Ridge
(SOLUTION: TURN IRAQ INTO GLASS, TAKE THEIR OIL, AND KICK THEIR ASS!)
To: Sofa King; The Raven
And I'm going to help him kill you. That was just WRONG.
193
posted on
08/12/2004 12:35:50 PM PDT
by
brothers4thID
(We are going to take from you to provide for the common good)
To: Calpernia
Actually, she only 460 lbs. She lost 140lbs in 2 minutes when the cut the couch off!
194
posted on
08/12/2004 12:37:05 PM PDT
by
Chieftain
(Support the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth and expose Hanoi John lies!)
To: Judith Anne
I've never understood when I've read stories like this about huge people who cannot get out of bed but can eat 6 or 8 hamburgers a meal. If I had a family member who could not get up and was dependent upon ME to bring food, you can bet I'd be serving salad and broth until the weight came off.
To: Mjaye
And the people around here should be held accountable for not reporting the situation.If I would have known...I'd have said something. As I'm sure many Freepers would have....
Or did you me "her" instead of "here"? LOL!!
Take Care,
196
posted on
08/12/2004 5:19:20 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(STOP REPEAT OFFENDERS...DON'T RE-ELECT THEM..!!!)
To: Bonaparte
How could the body continue funtioning with all that old fecal matter? It seems the person would die of internal poisoning... We had to put our horse down last week because he had a bowel obstruction. He was only totally blocked for 3 days before we were forced to put him down. How could a person keep eating or not have terrible abdominal pain ofr so long? GROSS!
197
posted on
08/12/2004 7:14:06 PM PDT
by
Libertina
(Kerry: Unreliable in Vietnam, unfit for the White House.)
To: Libertina; ecurbh
We had to put our horse down last week because he had a bowel obstruction. He was only totally blocked for 3 days before we were forced to put him down. I am so sorry - I wish this had come up while we were at your place Sunday. I just had a colic episode with my horse, but he recovered. Vet said there have been many, with the heat and dry we've had, pastures are dead, and horses end up ingesting a lot of sand and dirt trying to eat the nubbins of dead grass that remains. Is that what happened in your case? - I'd like to hear your story so I could know more about it. This was the first case of colic I've ever had after 20 years now with horses. If you wish, you can respond on the saddle club thread, where it isn't off topic. (click my profile to find the thread)
198
posted on
08/12/2004 7:20:35 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(~*-,._.,-*~Loves her hubbit~*-,._.,-*~)
To: Libertina
>>>We had to put our horse down last week because he had a bowel obstruction.
Oh Tina! I'm so sorry! ::virtual hug::
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posted on
08/12/2004 7:39:56 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
("People never like what they don't understand")
To: Remember Ruby Ridge
>>When one eats carbohydrates serotonin is released in the brain which in turn creates a cozy, comforting feeling.
Now that is interesting. Does this NOT happen in everyone? Cause carbs make me feel sick. Is this true in others? Is that why not everyone understands this?
200
posted on
08/12/2004 7:44:45 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
("People never like what they don't understand")
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