Posted on 02/27/2014 10:37:11 AM PST by iowamark
It’s the luck of the draw, I guess. My trouble with doctors has always been in private offices. Of course, I’ve only been in an ER twice.
Maybe that's it. I'm not reading the biographies of the common career stage actor, but the big movie stars.
That’s a nice thing to say. He wasn’t my enemy either. Just a pathetic soul, God rest him.
Eeho. There is no privacy in the ER is there. Or pre-op either.
Part of that “disgust” is the frustration that the patient won’t fit into or onto any of the diagnostic machines, making a diagnosis very difficult and treatment more so. The solution is obvious (weight loss) but not easy and completely out of control of the medical staff.
All the while, knowing that they can face lawsuits as a result.
It’s actually a sad story about a sad man that can’t be helped by the marvels of medical technology.
Surgeons are not paid to be compassionate. They are paid to be competent.
I’ve been fortunate with doctors. I don’t look for “compassion” - although it sometimes happens anyway. Basic civility is enough; genuine friendliness is a bonus.
Punctuality would be great, but ... oh, well.
To bad they didn't know How To Remove a Ring From a Swollen Finger.
The extreme case here is what I commented on, yes.
I think I get through life better seeing other people as fellow-strugglers, rather than enemies.
I don’t think a “normal” person can get that fat. I’ve known people who huge meals and pure junk food constantly and got fat, but most would eventually top out at 250 or 300lb’s and then they seemed to hit a equilibrium where their bodies would burn as much as they ate and they wouldn’t gain or lose. I think most people are like that. But there seems to be a group where they never hit the equilibrium and just keep gaining and gaining.
Why didn’t he have that stomach surgery decades ago?
You always hear about people who are so fat they can’t get out of bed. Who brings them their food?
I hate to rank on people with health issues whether they are self-induced or by circumstances beyond their control. It’s really mean.
They do get hooked on the high produced by being worshiped by their fans, especially when performing live. Like any high, they build a tolerance to the substance producing the high, and require increasing amounts to produce the same level of intoxication.
When their celebrity status either disappears or can no longer provide the same buzz, they rely on booze, drugs, and sex do the job.
Does that sound correct?
And it doesn't do a bit of good. Even when it's people you know personally, you can't fix people, and you can't save people from themselves.
>> all the doctors gathered around to see an intern use a new instrument to saw off my
YIKES!!!
>> wedding band
Whew.
For a second I thought meant you had been in a war zone for that long (different context, obviously).
Not true at all.
He can more than take care of himself at 600 lbs, and I know. I tipped the scales at 504 back in May, worked 50+ hours a week as a business owner, still worked in the yard, cut the grass, cut firewood, it wasn’t pretty maybe but I got it done. There was no excuse for it, no blame on anyone but myself. I was heavy my whole life and I sure as hell never blamed anyone else for it, I guess I was one of the lucky ones because I was probably the healthiest fat guy my Dr. had ever seen.
Never had any medical issues at all, I had bariatric surgery back in May and it was the first time I ever stepped foot in a hospital other than the ER for getting chunks of steel removed occasionally from work. (occupational hazard)
Since May I’m down this morning to 325 and figure I’ve got 100 to go. Will certainly be there by Xmas. To be honest I can’t figure out guys like this even as close as I came to them, but it’s not anyone’s fault at all but his. I bet he gets his food delivered by someplace like PeaPod who even bring it in and put it on the table for you so he doesn’t have to listen to family and what friends he might have had lecturing him all the time.
He was like an alcoholic only with food, his fault alone for not asking for help, no one failed him.
Nope, 30 lbs a year is all it takes and that is pretty easy to do if you think about it.
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