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Originally Posted by Carbonated_Brains
As far as being ultra-obese, I would have thought 600 lbs would still afford some basic mobility...
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Did you ever see the movie What's Eating Gilbert Grape? The mom in that movie was huge and recently I saw a 20/20 special on her (or maybe it was dateline). It said she was somewhere around 624 lbs (she was about 500 lbs when she made the Gilbert Grape movie). She couldn't walk, so had to ride around in a specially designed wheel chair. They showed her standing on a scale to get weighted and she was almost in tears because it hurt so bad to stand. I think once you pass a certain threshold that your legs just cant support the weight anymore.
What I want to know is how a person can let themselves get that bad. I mean once you cross the 300 lbs. milestone you think these people would get help somehow. Get their stomach stapled or something.
My first thought also when I read that article is where was her bathroom duties going. Thats just nasty, I cant fathom how someone could live like that.