600-Pound Woman Dies After Being Surgically Removed From Couch

CVX · Post by **CVX** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:40 pm

STUART, Fla. -- A dramatic rescue ended tragically in Stuart, Florida, a rescue so difficult firefighters say they have never seen anything like it.

More of this freaky story:

http://www.wftv.com/news/3643877/detail.html

illuminati · Post by **illuminati** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:24 am

Super-nasty! Did you notice that the firemen were wearing HAZMAT suits?

I'm glad my breakfast is already digested. Otherwise...

anastrophe · Post by **anastrophe** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 1:53 pm

more evidence that we live in once deeply weird world.

pattybug52 · Post by **pattybug52** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 10:42 pm

awful to say but it is not so unusual. When I used to volunteer with code enforcement you would not believe the cases we got. One guy lived in this motel for 7 years and never left it-he had green mold growing all over the walls and ceilings and floors. Another one had to have haz mat go it-older couple-husband could not walk, wife was dementia-entire house was 2 feet deep in human feces. When neighbors finally reported the smell, they contacted the daughter-she didn't give a darn when they were alive, but once dad died and they took mom out and she died shortly later, the daughter was there going thru all the jewerly and expensive items as the city haz mat was cleaning it out the crap-you could smell it a block away! And as all these Volunteers are in haz mat gear-she is outside sorting out all the jewerly-I wanted to shove her back into the house and tell her-Heh-you smell it now-how many times the city contacted you and you wanted nothing to do with your parents-untill the money rolls in!

Serenity · Post by **Serenity** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 1:05 am

Isn't that sad, eh

It's mind boggling to think about how a person can let themselve's become so disenthused with life to endure an existence as the aforementioned.

Imagine skin actually intertwining with the couch fabric!

so many details....of which if i seeked out , i'd lose my lunch..and dinner..and the following breakfast! :p

That reminds me... anybody seen "Super Size Me." ?

pattybug52 · Post by **pattybug52** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 1:51 am

ya it is really sad that no one cared enough to force some intervention. I can see fighting with her about the weight-but surely someone could see she grew into a couch-literally!I mean-as soon as I saw she was growing into the couch-heck I would have called social services, elder abuse, some type of hotline to have someone intervene. After all if they sent someone over it isn't like she could throw them out-she was stuck on the couch-how difficult could it be?

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:02 am

Wow.

That's all that I can think to say about this...:-2

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:05 am

flopstock;1030850 wrote: Wow.

That's all that I can think to say about this...:-2
Thanks for finding this thread Flops. Now I wonder who she was going to vote for.:-3

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:06 am

YZGI;1030856 wrote: Thanks for finding this thread Flops. Now I wonder who she was going to vote for.:-3

:wah::wah:She would have had to a write in if the pen would fit in her stubby fingers. Sad but true

mikeinie · Post by **mikeinie** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:21 am

That was an episode of Nip Tuck.

Jack Rabbit · Post by **Jack Rabbit** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:40 am

Wonder where her family was at?

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:18 pm

Is this true? Its mind boggling if it is. What is 600 pounds in stone?

I just did the mathematics its 42 stone and 12 pounds.

Another question springs to mind. Who was feeding her all the time, if she had become physically part of the couch? Was it this "partner" she had? Could he not have tried to feed her a bit less, its not like she was in a position to do much about it, and he might have saved her life.

Why did no medical people or social services intervene until it was so far gone? No human being should be allowed to live in such a situation, even if it was self-inflicted, its disgusting.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:38 pm

Galbally;1031029 wrote: Is this true? Its mind boggling if it is. What is 600 pounds in stone?

I just did the mathematics its 42 stone and 12 pounds.

Another question springs to mind. Who was feeding her all the time, if she had become physically part of the couch? Was it this "partner" she had? Could he not have tried to feed her a bit less, its not like she was in a position to do much about it, and he might have saved her life.

Why did no medical people or social services intervene until it was so far gone? No human being should be allowed to live in such a situation, even if it was self-inflicted, its disgusting.

hey my little bog trotter, you just beat me to what i was going to say.

Who was feeding her?

Have you see gally boy, Uncle Gordon called for new measures on this here in Britain a few weeks ago.

Parents are up in arms because he said schools would now be sending letters out to parents of children that they believe to be obese. Uncle Gordon has said that in extreme cases, children will be taken into care for their own health and parents prosecuted for child neglect. Good on him... hope he follows the proposals through.

Thanks guys, that put me off my chocolate ice cream i was munching while watching that.

Unless they are a sufferer od 'Wily Prada Syndrome' there is no excuse in my book. The guy who fed her should answer charges of death by neglect.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:13 pm

I read 480 lbs in the article, where were her family and friends?

So that would be 34.3 stones

how sad she had to live this way!:(

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:43 pm

oscar;1031218 wrote: hey my little bog trotter, you just beat me to what i was going to say.

Who was feeding her?

Have you see gally boy, Uncle Gordon called for new measures on this here in Britain a few weeks ago.

Parents are up in arms because he said schools would now be sending letters out to parents of children that they believe to be obese. Uncle Gordon has said that in extreme cases, children will be taken into care for their own health and parents prosecuted for child neglect. Good on him... hope he follows the proposals through.

Thanks guys, that put me off my chocolate ice cream i was munching while watching that.

Unless they are a sufferer od 'Wily Prada Syndrome' there is no excuse in my book. The guy who fed her should answer charges of death by neglect.

I put me off my lunch, that's for sure! Was barely able to finish my whopper and didn't finish my onion rings..

:rolleyes:

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:59 pm

Did they get the couch back????:sneaky: