Woman grows into couch..

[uss]

Since I forgot how much one pound is, I almost jumped when I used the Pound to Kilo converter. 272,73 kilograms..

[Attalus]

The reason she had trouble breathing is called Pickwickian Syndrome. I am sure I won't have to explain why to you, Mel. The muscles get too weak to move the chest wall and diaphragm, CO2 builds up in the blood due to structural respiratory failure, and the patient collapses into CO2 narcosis and dies. We had one like that when I was a youngster. Had to have two hospital beds lashed together, and died when the nurse's aide forgot to raise the head of his bed when she was through changing the sheets.

[Har'oloth]

man!
i know baby sea cows with lesser lb

[Gangrell]

Originally posted by Stormymystic: depression tends to do that to a person

Not very reassuring for those of us that have it Stormy [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[Tasslehoff Burrfoot]

the thing i dont get about fat people is how they let themselves get fat. i mean i know girls that are 20 lb. under weight and THEY think their fat. once u get over 200lb. ur fat and u need to lose weight now. and another thing i dont believe is the thing about depression that is just bull s***.
I know about low met. but most people can help being fat they just choose not to. I'm done. Sad though

[ 08-14-2004, 06:32 PM: Message edited by: Tasslehoff Burrfoot ]

[Stormymystic]

Originally posted by Tasslehoff Burrfoot: and another thing i dont believe is the thing about depression that is just bull s***.

I want to say this as nice as possible, but you are very rude and wrong, obviosly you have never dealt with clinical depression, or bi-polar for that matter, there is a chemical imbalance in your brain that cause a miss-fire among the normal brain cells, this leads to depression, which in turns leads to not wanting to get out of bed or move, all you want to do is eat and sleep. and as you eat, with no exercise, you gain weight, which makes then leads to more depression, it can be treated if anyone close to the person sees the warning signs. I am on medicines for my depression, and have felt 100% better than I did 6 months ago. so do not tell me that it is BS, those who have it know that it is very real, and can even lead to suicide I lost a friend due to suicide, so do not tell me it is not real.

[ 08-14-2004, 06:52 PM: Message edited by: Stormymystic ]

[Gangrell]

Originally posted by Tasslehoff Burrfoot: and another thing i dont believe is the thing about depression that is just bull s***.

Is that right? Depression is just a bunch of BS? Not trying to spout flames, but I will say nevertheless that unless this is something you actually suffer from, you don't know about it, and therefore keep your mouth shut.

Depression, like Stormy, is something I have. It has this ability to radically change how you think and feel about things that you would probably think the exact opposite of in a very short amount of time. Among the worst things to happen is the severe lack of energy and will power to do anything. I'm not on medication for it, it's useless to me because I was born with it. I have my ways of fighting it and that's all that can be done.

Think before you speak.

[Stormymystic]

Originally posted by Gangrell: I'm not on medication for it, it's useless to me because I was born with it. I have my ways of fighting it and that's all that can be done.

I was born with mine as well, and there is treatment for it, they just have to find one that works. if there is none that works, then I am sorry, are you sure you do not have Bi-Polar?

[ 08-14-2004, 07:07 PM: Message edited by: Stormymystic ]

[Gangrell]

No, not bi-polar Stormy, I'm usually an easy going person and it normally takes a lot for me to get angry, but there are some people like the above person that knows what buttons to push.

I don't take the medication because some of my relatives are already taking it and it really doesn't help them that much. Most of it is just experimental anyway, the doctor will say "Take this and see if it works" and they've been through so many prescriptions, they're still the same way they were five years ago, to me it's just a waste of money. I have my own way of fighting it, and it helps.

[Ladyzekke]

No doubt there is an enabler involved in these types of situations. I've always thought when I hear about people getting so large they can no longer move or get up at all, that they have people feeding them then. There has to come a point, before they cannot move anymore, where you just say "No, I'm not going to get anything for you, I'm not going to cook for you, go do it yourself." And if I ever fed them it would not be 50 porkchops or something. No doubt the problem needs to be addressed way before anyone gets that large, but I suppose it can be hard on family members, especially if they are the children doing all the cooking and taking care of, etc. If there isn't already, I think there should be some kind of hotline that a person could call, wherein professionals could come in and help the person both pysically and mentally. Of course this would mean house calls, so not sure if that type of thing is available. It's really sad if you ask me, it's a shame they were not able to save her.