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275-Pound Woman Says Hospital Told Her to Use Zoo MRI
FoxNews.com ^ | 01/13/2009 | Fox News

Posted on 01/13/2009 1:53:32 PM PST by Tidbit

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To: Tidbit

Thank you for not posting a photo.


21 posted on 01/13/2009 2:31:35 PM PST by Jacquerie (Want to die wallowing in your own filth? Support Obamacare.)
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22 posted on 01/13/2009 2:34:09 PM PST by JoeProBono (Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
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To: shibumi
Something not right here. I’m 6’0” and weigh#340. Had many MRIs. No problem.

At 5'0" and 275 pounds, this woman's waist size is probably much larger than yours. It's the waist size (and chest, and shoulders, and hips) this is the issue here. You're probably shaped like a barrel. But she's probably shaped like a basketball.

23 posted on 01/13/2009 2:34:56 PM PST by Philo1962 (Iraq is terrorist flypaper. They go there to die.)
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To: Tidbit

We’ve had several women who have required this in Memphis, though they’re usually much bigger than this.

I delivered the child of a 530 pound woman about a year ago. Don’t care to do that again. :P


24 posted on 01/13/2009 2:37:37 PM PST by CaspersGh0sts
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To: Tidbit

Yeah I saw this episode of ‘Scrubs’ recently. Except it was a guy and he was way more than 275!


25 posted on 01/13/2009 2:37:55 PM PST by edge10 (Obama lied, babies died!)
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To: vetvetdoug

“knocked out the hippo, and got a good radiograph... “

Well, don’t leave us hanging - did the beast eat some coins or not?


26 posted on 01/13/2009 2:38:29 PM PST by FroggyTheGremlim
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To: SamAdams76

Hey Sam, I followed your story here back when you were losing the wait. Great to hear you’ve kept it off and yourself active and healthy—that’s a real success!


27 posted on 01/13/2009 2:38:29 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: All

I endured the skinny, bean pole jokes all through my teens and early twenties. Now, I’m 62yrs old, 6’-1” and weigh 165 lbs. At my 35th HS reunion, all those jock types who annoyed me were fat and flabby. The women who are now divorcees and ignored me when we were 17, are now a lot friendlier.

But still, I have no sympathy for the overweight.


28 posted on 01/13/2009 2:51:13 PM PST by Pelagius of Asturias
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To: TheWasteLand
If you are shaped like a bowling ball you won't fit in an MRI Machine. 275 pounds on a five foot even frame qualifies.
29 posted on 01/13/2009 2:58:57 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: CaspersGh0sts

I delivered the child of a 530 pound woman about a year ago. Don’t care to do that again. :P

How did you find the little one?

How did she get pregnant?


30 posted on 01/13/2009 3:47:28 PM PST by Chickensoup (we owe HUSSEIN & Democrats the exact kind respect & loyalty that they showed us, Bush & Reagan)
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To: eCSMaster
did the beast eat some coins or not?

The hippo had some other malady but the NG got some good PR and my Professors were impressed my efforts. One has to think outside the box when dealing with large exotics.

31 posted on 01/13/2009 4:18:56 PM PST by vetvetdoug
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“They should have machines that fit most everybody,” she said.

Hello? They do have an MRI machine that fits ‘most everybody’, the problem is that she’s not the same size as ‘most everybody’. A woman who’s 5’0 should weigh between 90 and 110, give or take a little, and she weighs almost three times as much.


32 posted on 01/13/2009 4:42:40 PM PST by Hyzenthlay (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Tidbit

Open MRIs ,available in most metro areas,
can accomodate larger patients.
Sounds like an ignorant tech and a local FOX affiliate looking for a sensational news story.


33 posted on 01/13/2009 5:29:44 PM PST by Wild Irish Rogue
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"They should have machines that fit most everybody," Carolyn said.

They do, she still couldn't fit into it because she's morbidly obese.

34 posted on 01/13/2009 10:27:40 PM PST by Tamar1973 (Riding the Korean Wave, one Bae Yong Joon drama at a time!)
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To: Chickensoup
How did she get pregnant?

I could answer, but I really don't want to get banned.

35 posted on 01/14/2009 1:29:40 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (0bama must be well-endowed - look at how often he steps on his d---.)
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To: Slings and Arrows
How did she get pregnant? I could answer, but I really don't want to get banned.

I will...let me guess...masturbated into a shoe and the flies did the rest?

36 posted on 01/14/2009 1:38:54 AM PST by RVN Airplane Driver ("To be born into freedom is an accident; to die in freedom is an obligation..)
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To: RVN Airplane Driver

Let’s just say that flour was involved.


37 posted on 01/14/2009 2:10:36 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (0bama must be well-endowed - look at how often he steps on his d---.)
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To: Tidbit

Had a patient in rehab 20+ years ago who we had to order a special lift seat for. Ours would only accommodate 350 pounds. We ended up having to send her to a nursing home (only 50-some years old but serious deconditioning and dense right arm and leg paralysis from her stroke) until she could lose enough weight for rehab. The sad thing was, she was a nurse.


38 posted on 01/14/2009 6:37:20 AM PST by BuckyKat
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39 posted on 01/14/2009 4:38:49 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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