At the risk of souding overly insensitive.....
Gee, you are....
NeverGore
No comment. (5'4" and 523-pounds? There has to be more then over eating to this story)
a.cricket
I have never been in a hospital that did not have larger doors than most houses.
What are the doors like in this woman's house?
At 1,200 pounds (or other whalish sum), dignity should be the least of that person's worries.
There are people with real health problems that cause obesity, but for he most part it is laziness and lack of self control. Most of these people have no one to blame but themselves, and I hate to hear them cry about it.
Oh, don't you worry about that. Just have another Snickers. It's not in the least unusual to weigh over 500 lbs. Plenty of people do. I know at least... ummm... well...
Fleming pointed to a recent employee survey as another factor to be considered, stating many medical workers worry about the risk of moving larger patients. Back injuries from lifting patients lead to missed work and medical expenses, expensive costs hospitals want to avoid.
My poor girlfriend is always straining her back from having to move these fat f**ks around. Sympathy in the Spectre house: ZERO. If you have a glandular condition it's one thing, but most of these butterballs have a different kind of condition, "Couch-snack-itis".
And just how the f**k does someone get to the point where they weigh more than FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS? I mean, who is bringing these things their food? If a member of my family got so fat they couldn't get up to get their own food, I certainly wouldn't help them ONE BIT to get any fatter. I'd just hang some air fresheners around their bed and hand them a bedpan, some water, and some multivitamins and tell them "You'll eat when you can drag your disgusting, gargantuan bulk out of bed and get it yourself."
And buffets should charge double too.
< /sarcasm >
If there's a legitimate need, there's a business that caters to it.
Heavy duty chairs, hydraulic lift beds, 3.0 and wider doors, tiled & concrete shower stalls, floor mounted or custom concrete & tile commodes.
There's allot that could be done if the need is great and it is common. Doctors who specialize in this kind of thing could talor their facilities around the patient and if it's as bad as they say, probably draw people from all over the country who have enough problems without having to concern themselves with getting stuck in a doorway.
But, of course.. This isn't about creative problem solving is it? This is about attacking McDonalds, another industry that makes money catering to their customers needs and desires..
Just as you said.
Brings new meaning to the phrase "Five by five."
I know, I know - it's insensitive...but I've never been known to be the most 'politically correct' individual...
The prestigious New England Journal of Medicine put it most clearly: "There is an inverse relationship between smoking and body weight."(3)
The same publication also gave a clear warning, for those who wish to heed it, about obesity later in life. The weight difference between smokers and non-smokers gets larger and larger with age: "Tobacco smokers generally weigh less than nonsmokers, and this difference increases with the duration of smoking and with age."(4) Thus, there is a double weight-loss benefit associated with smoking. You might start smoking to lose only a few unwanted pounds. Or, you might start smoking for reasons totally unrelated to weight loss. But either way, you are giving yourself protection against middle-age obesity.
Use giant diapers and hose them off as needed.
Obviously not so afraid as to actually STOP EATING SO MUCH!!! I haven't been nearly as heavy as these people, but I was very obese and depressed. I can understand the spiral of feeling bad because you eat and eating because you feel bad. I've been there.
But when I started having to sqeeze my fat butt into the rides at the amusement park and having trouble at a booth in a restaurant, I did something about it. In six months I have lost 70 pounds, I can jog three miles, and my 2X clothes have been traded for 16s. I still have a way to go, but at least when I'm out in public I don't feel as if everybody's staring at me. I don't have a lot of sympathy for their "self-esteem" issues.
Also, I can only assume that the costs to modify the hospitals to accommodate these people are only going to be passed on to the obese who utilize them? HA! My increased medical bills will be to pay for someone's lack of self-control.