[dandelion]

What a tragic story; even though some may deem her a pariah for her weight, I find her just as worthy of sympathy as some “beautiful” celebrity who overdoses on drugs. However, it does seem strange and VERY UNHEALTHY that she lost 56 pounds in 14 days. That should have been an immediate indicator that something went dreadfully wrong in this procedure.

God bless her in her life hereafter - certainly somewhere, she was beautiful to someone. Certainly she was beautiful to God...

[Rte66]

You can tell she had the proverbial pretty face, as they often say about large women - but it’s true from what I see in the photo. What a shame.

[tlj18]

Somehow I don't think she was going to live very long either way. I guess I can understand people gradually ballooning up to 250, 300 pounds over the course of their lives. 980 pounds - and only 25 years old? I don't think so. I don't know if she had some underlying cause for her weight gain, but I will take a guess and say that she was eating more than necessary. Surely by time she reached 400 pounds someone should have come in and stopped her weight gain. There is something mentally and/or physically wrong with you if you gain that much weight.

I'm actually the heaviest person in my family, at 182 pounds. A year and a half ago, I was only 145 pounds.

(no, it wasn't the cheeseburgers)