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Godsend
05-03-06, 03:42 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/05/03/obese.man.reut.reut/index.html
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ROME (Reuters) -- A Mexican man who at 1,200 pounds is possibly the heaviest person in the world hopes to travel to Italy for a life-saving operation to shed weight.
Manuel Uribe, bedridden for the past five years, cannot stand on his own and will need a special flight to take him from Monterrey, Mexico, to Modena, Italy, where a surgical team has offered to perform an intestinal bypass free of charge.
"I can't walk. I can't leave my bed," the 40-year-old Uribe, who weighs the same as five baby elephants, said in a recent telephone interview.
"I'm trying to reduce my weight a bit right now so I can be in the right condition for the operation."
Uribe made an impassioned plea for help earlier this year on Mexican television, saying he weighed a more normal 290 pounds until age 22 and did not know what happened to him.
The broadcast drew the attention of doctor Giancarlo De Bernardinis, who visited Mexico with a medical team to examine Uribe in March.
Bernardinis, whose biggest patient to date weighed 770 pounds, told Reuters he plans a bypass procedure that will allow Uribe to pass food more quickly without so many calories being absorbed.
Bernardinis planned to perform the surgery in Modena as early as this month, although a Mexican health official doubted Uribe would be ready for a trip to Europe that quickly.
Medical mystery
Uribe's case puzzles doctors since his cholesterol and blood-sugar levels are normal, despite his extreme obesity.
"His heart works very well. He has some respiratory difficulty because of his obesity, but in strict terms, he's well," said Marco Anibal Rodriguez Vargas, the director of hospitals in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon.
Rodriguez Vargas said Mexican hospitals still hoped to treat Uribe themselves, but added that Uribe would ultimately decide what to do.
Uribe said it was just a matter of time before he went to Italy: "Are we going? Yes. We're going. But the doctors will decide when."
The operation would last four to five hours and would most likely require Uribe to spend one month in Italy.
"He will always be heavier than normal but certainly not like he is now ... We would be satisfied even if he weighed 330 pounds after two years," Bernardinis said.
No one has managed to find suitable scales for Uribe in years and estimates of his weight are made partly by tape-measure. Guinness World Records 2006 said it was aware only of living people weighing over 1,120 pounds.
The record for the heaviest man ever is held by Jon Brower Minnoch, who died in Seattle in 1983 after reaching 1,400 pounds. He was in his early 40s.
Uribe hopes to avoid that fate. His wife, horrified by his increasing size, feared the worst and abandoned him more than a decade ago.
"She left me because she must have thought I was dying," Uribe said.
"Thank God, I'm still alive and hopefully will be able to take care of this problem."
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Who's to blame?
I don't understand how such an event like this can take place. Honestly, the man is in big trouble. I have seen some very large people in my time, but this just goes out and pushes everything out of the way.
I'm guessing genetics plays a roll? But doctors said his heart and choloesterol were both fine. Seriously, I'm amazed this guy is even alive.
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Sexy Celebrity
05-03-06, 03:47 PM
"I can't walk. I can't leave my bed," the 40-year-old Uribe, who weighs the same as five baby elephants
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Bet he'd make a really comfortable armchair.
The Taxi Driver
05-03-06, 04:22 PM
That is one of the most shocking things i have read in a while. Its inexplicable how he is that large and still in pretty decent health. I hope they can help this man
I really feel sorry for anyone who is that large :(
Anonymous Last
05-04-06, 02:50 PM
Bet he'd make a really comfortable armchair.
You're like a mix between Loonette the Clown and Ed Gein.
Sexy Celebrity
05-04-06, 03:16 PM
You're like a mix between Loonette the Clown and Ed Gein.
Bwahahahaha... scary.
You're like a mix between Loonette the Clown and Ed Gein.
I'm unfamiliar with 'Loonette the Clown' but I shall take that as a compliment nonetheless.
ash_is_the_gal
05-04-06, 05:52 PM
wasn't Ed Gein a serial killer?
I'm sure he was just misunderstood.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/notorious/gein/bill_1.html
Anonymous Last
05-05-06, 10:00 AM
I'm unfamiliar with 'Loonette the Clown' but I shall take that as a compliment nonetheless.
It's the little clown girl, not the little girl dolly named Molly, but the clown on The Big Comfy Couch.
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wasn't Ed Gein a serial killer?
Gein had a fetish for turning people into house hold items (an armchair from human skin). Alvin's silent lamb attempt at a twisted chuckle of a mad man's joke did not go unnoticed.
Caitlyn
05-05-06, 12:48 PM
That's pretty sad… I can't even imagine being that size or all of the limitations he suffers because of it… I hope he lives through the surgery and has a chance at a normal life afterwards…
And as for him making a comfortable armchair… I hope Alvin was just attempting to make a joke (in very poor taste)… but eventually they will have to remove some of the excess skin he will have hanging and I hope it can be used to help burn patients…
Here's a burn victim he could help:
http://www.axisofevilradio.com/features/burnt_chair/3_3.jpg
There are 2 forums I'm a member of, one being this, and one a computer games forum owned by a school friend of mine, and both have threads on this man. I find it quite interesting that people here seem to mostly be of the opinion that he deserves sympathy and help, whereas people at the games forum take the view that anyone who gets that fat deserves no sympathy from anyone. Maybe it's because you're all from the world's fattest country, where as at the other forum we're only like the second fattest or something.
Blister
05-07-06, 06:58 AM
Maybe it's because you're all from the world's fattest country, where as at the other forum we're only like the second fattest or something.
Well, i must have missed the annoucement that Scotland was now the fattest country in the world.......(not that we're all from Scotland)
So what if he's fat, he's still a human, we are allowed to feel sympathy, it's not like he's a murderer/terrorist etc.
So what if he's fat, he's still a human, we are allowed to feel sympathy, it's not like he's a murderer/terrorist etc.
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I'm not debating that you're allowed to, I just commented on the fact that the occupants of a movie forum do have sympathy for him, while those on a games forum don't.
Blister
05-07-06, 07:34 AM
That's because the games consoles have left them empty shells ;)
Anyway, everyone's different, it's not like we can force people to feel emotions if they simply do not wish to, however, i don't think that you can easily compare to communities/forums on how they feel on the same topic.
(Plus, we're better ;))
ash_is_the_gal
05-07-06, 12:20 PM
actually have a pretty huge assortment of cultures on this board... but that is beside the point...
Anonymous Last
05-07-06, 05:41 PM
There are 2 forums I'm a member of, one being this, and one a computer games forum owned by a school friend of mine, and both have threads on this man.
If you have a problem with the board, simply state it, request feedback, and take from the results what you wish. If you ultimately believe this board is not the board for you, stop wasting your time here and find someplace that's more suitable to what you wish to accomplish.
I find it quite interesting that people here seem to mostly be of the opinion that he deserves sympathy and help, whereas people at the games forum take the view that anyone who gets that fat deserves no sympathy from anyone.
Please understand that you are judging this forum from what a few key people have stated or commented. I'm sure you will find the comedy response that you're looking for in other threads here...but this topic is not a movie or video game. This is some one's life as large as he/she might be, no matter which side of the globe, stretched beyond any ocean, over any bridge, in any hood on this rock that we all call home. Here you'll find lovely highs and beautiful lows called MoFo Love.
Maybe it's because you're all from the world's fattest country, where as at the other forum we're only like the second fattest or something.
Wow...don't beat around the bush, tell me how you really feel, ok?
Hey slim, your other forum is not a country....
I certainly don't see why you chose that first quote to go with your first comment.
I wasn't saying I had a problem with anything, or that I was looking for people to provide a comedy answer, I find it quite refreshing to find people who are able to write in full sentences, I was just commenting on the difference in mentality between these two groups. There was no intention to convey hostility.
I find it quite refreshing to find people who are able to write in full sentences, I was just commenting on the difference in mentality between these two groups. There was no intention to convey hostility.
http://bestsmileys.com/writer/5.gif Hi Alvin http://bestsmileys.com/welcome/17.gif to MoFo :D
Anonymous Last
05-07-06, 07:22 PM
I certainly don't see why you chose that first quote to go with your first comment.
I wasn't saying I had a problem with anything, or that I was looking for people to provide a comedy answer, I find it quite refreshing to find people who are able to write in full sentences, I was just commenting on the difference in mentality between these two groups. There was no intention to convey hostility.
I just get a tad overprotective when it comes to this place.
And a fine place is it too, but generally a very unhealthy one nonetheless.
Anonymous Last
05-07-06, 08:06 PM
You need more fiber in your diet and feel free to slither your well-oiled self all over the forum bursting with sexy replies and titillating responses, if'n you are still inclined.
I have plenty of fibre, I ate a piece of asparagus once.
I may be a little late, is Anon still going to pounce?
I read about this guy in the paper today. I agree with most of you MoFo's- we're allowed to feel sympathy and it's obviously very human to do so. Beyond sympathy i have a great deal of respect for anyone smart enough to ask for help when they need it. How hard do you think it was for this man to go on national television to ask for help?
Medically speaking, though- it doesnt seem to me that someone of such a size could ever revert to a 'normal' weight/size, at least not in a healthy way. He would have to loose it at the same rate he gained it, methinks, just to be safe. I guess that is kind of the aim of the operation, though. We'll see what happens...in the mean time, im going to watch my meat pie intake...
SamsoniteDelilah
05-11-06, 02:02 PM
This man is suffering from a serious medical condition. If he were growing tumors instead of fat, he'd have no end of sympathy. The attitude that people get fat ONLY through gluttony or laziness is totally bone-headed and serves only to provide added resistance for people whose weight is unhealthy, by making them feel guilty about it on top of everything.
Alvin, before you make any more statements about the people here, you might find this thread (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=10350) interesting. :)
I think people have slightly less control over whether they get cancer than whether they get fat, although I still have no sympathy for a smoker who dies of lung cancer. Then again, I guess you have to have something actually wrong with you other than just being a glutton to reach 85 stone, so maybe I'm being a tad harsh.
Anonymous Last
05-11-06, 02:41 PM
I think people have slightly less control over whether they get cancer than whether they get fat, although I still have no sympathy for a smoker who dies of lung cancer. Then again, I guess you have to have something actually wrong with you other than just being a glutton to reach 85 stone, so maybe I'm being a tad harsh.
It's truly hard to know exactly until you put yourself in their shoes, breathe with their lungs and walk with their weight.
Never having been addicted to anything I'm totally naive when I speak like this, but from my naive viewpoint, I can't help but judge. Maybe I'm just a bastard, but when people in Africa who have never had any opportunities are starving to death, I find it very hard to care when people waste their chances in life by chain smoking or eating at KFC six times a day. Good luck to him, I'm not evil enough to actually wish the guy dead, I just care far less about the overfed than about the underfed.
ash_is_the_gal
05-11-06, 03:00 PM
if you care so much about the underfed, move to South Africa and become a missionary!
I didn't say I care so much, I just care more than I do about the overfed. There are plenty of things I care about more than either though, which involve well-nourished Brits and keep me from doing something like that.
ash_is_the_gal
05-11-06, 03:04 PM
i was kind of just being rhetorical... silly... sarcastic ash. just kinda.
Oh, phew. My n00bish brain wasn't sure, I thought you might be some major help-the-poor type trying to recruit me to go and live in a desert without my DVD player, rather than to just be quietly concerned from 3000 miles away.
ash_is_the_gal
05-11-06, 03:17 PM
well you have to admit though, being quietly concerned makes one feel foolish and guilty. or at least, it makes this chick feel foolish and guilty. i am quietly concerned from long distances about many things but hey... all im doing is taking up space with my mouth and not doing any good for anyone.
not that im about to stop taking up space with my mouth... are you kidding me?!
and hey... since you aren't addicted to anything, surely you can give up your DVD player and the like without a problem and go live in a desert? right right right? yknow?
and hey... since you aren't addicted to anything, surely you can give up your DVD player and the like without a problem and go live in a desert? right right right? yknow?
Well, I could, in theory, but you're not consider the fact that feaakgefkafgkae!!! Plus DVDs are a good addiction, cancer sticks and Burger King are a bad one.
I agree that being quietly concerned from afar ain't good, but I'm actually concerned for plenty of people where I live, so I'm afraid they win.
ash_is_the_gal
05-11-06, 03:24 PM
I agree that being quietly concerned from afar ain't good, but I'm actually concerned for plenty of people where I live, so I'm afraid they win.
thats good!
adidasss
05-11-06, 03:26 PM
actually have a pretty huge assortment of cultures on this board... but that is beside the point...
i wouldn't say it's huge, apart from me piddy and froggy,all of the regular posters come from either the u.s. ,brittain or australia....
Anonymous Last
05-11-06, 04:42 PM
Never having been addicted to anything I'm totally naive when I speak like this, but from my naive viewpoint, I can't help but judge. Maybe I'm just a bastard, but when people in Africa who have never had any opportunities are starving to death, I find it very hard to care when people waste their chances in life by chain smoking or eating at KFC six times a day. Good luck to him, I'm not evil enough to actually wish the guy dead, I just care far less about the overfed than about the underfed.
I respect your thoughts on this and what you have to offer. I guess we are sitting at opposite sides of the table here looking at it in different ways with different passions. I just feel that we are all victims in some kind of way. Some of us are stronger than the others and some of the others might have never had a chance to open their eyes in plain sight. Maybe it's I who is sick here and I'll lose my mind throwing compassion around for others? I never will understand this. I can't save the world from hurting, eating too much or not enough. I won't be able to fix any of this beef... but I can't take away my heart from those who might not know they already have it. If you don't want to give it or feel it then keep it. I didn't ask to feel the way I do... but I hate watching the sky fall on those who don't have the energy to head for the door and get out of the way from their own convictions. It's easier to look away but sometimes I can't and if you were in some sort of underdog role (because we all play the role at some point) I would hold my hand out for you or speak up for you. I know my actions will not feed a country of hungry people and in the end it's all empty but I can't help but feel the way I do. Yes, I understand that maybe it's I who is sick walking in numb little circles feeling the way I do... but in my heart I don't have a choice.
rather than to just be quietly concerned from 3000 miles away.
Concern without action is usually the first step- but before long it tends to be a waste of mind and matter. I think if your not going to get up and do anything about the issue- it doesnt do a whole lot of good to moan about it.
Not a personal jab, here, just a thought...
Well, to be fair this thread started so people could moan about what a shame it was that someone could get so fat. So I think I'm allowed to moan as I see fit. But no, I'm not going to get up and do anything about the issue, because as I say, things closer to home are more of an issue.
Ophelia
05-12-06, 10:31 AM
Never having been addicted to anything I'm totally naive when I speak like this, but from my naive viewpoint, I can't help but judge. Maybe I'm just a bastard, but when people in Africa who have never had any opportunities are starving to death, I find it very hard to care when people waste their chances in life by chain smoking or eating at KFC six times a day. Good luck to him, I'm not evil enough to actually wish the guy dead, I just care far less about the overfed than about the underfed.
You offer this man no understanding...you see what you want to see....a big roly poly fat man who caused his own disease. What is the source of his problem? Who cares, he is fat. He is asking for help and all you can do is continue to point out that he is fat. He realises he has a problem, he wants to change his life, still he is judged.
Would you have the same reaction if he was suffering from Anorexia Nervosa? I'm just curious.
Fat people eat six KFCs a day? Jeez, you even label them with bad taste.
You are aware that there are numerous medical conditions physical and psychological, along with numerous types of medical drugs which cause people to retain fluid, gain weight...but then at the end of the day they are fat - tough. You see the superficial.
As for cancer -
I do things everyday that increase my chances of developing cancer. My deodorant can is increasing my chance of developing cancer. A sexual relationship increases the risk of developing cancer. I didnt eat my five portions of fruit and vegetables today - I just increased my chances of cancer. I hung out with my sister who smokes...I increased my chances of cancer.
I realise what I do, but yet I do it...I guess im not perfect.
You're right, I would sympathise more with someone who has anorexia than someone who is obese, is every cry for help really equal to you? If so then I'm very impessed but quite sure you'd find yourself in the minority. And yes, I am superficial, if I got to know the guy I might think I had him totally wrong and that he was absolutely deserving of my utmost concern, but without knowing him I stereotype, I know in many cases it may be wrong to do so, but in a lot it's right too.
I do apologise for my KFC comment if it caused offence, it was, as Yoda would say, "ridiculous hyperbole", I'm sure most only eat 2 or 3.
As for cancer, I see what you're getting at, but we both know they're not comparable to a smoking addiction/alcholism. For one thing the big label on a pack of cigarettes warning that they will kill you probably isn't found on your deodorant or sexual partner, the latter of which I was under the impression tended to increase one's lifespan, provided it isn't undertaken as a string of one-night promiscuities. Your sister, well, I can't expect you not to spend time with her, my best friend has just given up smoking and I didn't abandon him when he did smoke, although I gave him a fair amount of **** for it and I'd like to think that contributed to him kicking the habit. Oh, and eat more fruit.
You're right, I would sympathise more with someone who has anorexia than someone who is obese,
Some people are 'immune' (http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18424761.900.html) to exercise, and the waters (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2072059,00.html) of these energy-rich times don't always run straight.
On those communal grounds, you can cut the guy's slacks some slack.
is every cry for help really equal to you?
Seeing as she's a nurse immersed, you should probably listen to her call.
[Altho damn Ophie, what's with the sex cancer? enough with the sex cancer! :p]
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Good to see another Islander on the boards btw ;)
You're right, I would sympathise more with someone who has anorexia than someone who is obese, is every cry for help really equal to you?
It is equal, as both people are killing themselves, buy either over eating or not eating, so they both need our sympathy and help.:yup:
As for cancer, sexual partner, the latter of which I was under the impression tended to increase one's lifespan,
It has been proven that women who are married to men who are not circumcised get more cervical cancer than ones married to circumcised men. :yup:
my best friend has just given up smoking and I didn't abandon him when he did smoke, although I gave him a fair amount of **** for it and I'd like to think that contributed to him kicking the habit..
So if your friend develops lung Cancer sometime in the future, will you be sympathetic or tell him, you did this yourself so cop it :rolleyes:
It has been proven that women who are married to men who are not circumcised get more cervical cancer than ones married to circumcised men. :yup:
But I suspect that those who don't get any at all last less time than either, so it's not so much increasing your risk of a premature death, just not decreasing it by so much.
So if your friend develops lung Cancer sometime in the future, will you be sympathetic or tell him, you did this yourself so cop it :rolleyes:
Well, that really depends on when he develops it as to whether I blame him, if it's in 50 years I probably wouldn't be so inclined to think it were as directly his fault as if he develops it in 6 months. However, I have a little more tact than to insult my friend over getting lung cancer, it's far easier to say what you really think about someone unknown to you.
I have a little more tact than to insult my friend over getting lung cancer,
Oh good. :D for a minute there i thought you were a Jerk :kiss:
Oh good. :D for a minute there i thought you were a Jerk :kiss:
I am, but not an idiot.
I am, but not an idiot.
Good :goof:
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