http://www.wftv.com/news/3643877/detail.html
I'll post a story later about a patient I once had that this reminds me of.
I'll post a story later about a patient I once had that this reminds me of.
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65- Here's a story along a similar line... not sure if you've heard about this guy yet.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/08/11/half.ton.man.ap/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/08/11/half.ton.man.ap/index.html
bjfinste said:
Alright here is my question --- the caption under the pic says that he weighed 1047 when he entered the clinic 8 weeks ago, then the article says he's already lost 321 lbs. 321lbs lost in 8 weeks? That doesn't seem possible to me. Obviously when you weigh such an extreme amount taking some off isn't the same as say a 200lb person trying to take off weight, but I didn't think it was possible to run at a calorie deficit large enough to lose over 300lbs in 2 months.
Maybe one of the doctors on the forum can explain this to me.
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LOL @ No Pepper
Ok maybe I'm off here but I thought that to lose a pound you have to be at a 3200 calorie deficit.
In order to lose 321 pounds he had to have burned 1,027,200 more than he took in over that 8 week span. Don't see how it is possible.
Ok maybe I'm off here but I thought that to lose a pound you have to be at a 3200 calorie deficit.
In order to lose 321 pounds he had to have burned 1,027,200 more than he took in over that 8 week span. Don't see how it is possible.
blackman, we have had pretty fresh gastric bypass patients before on the strictest of strict diets. They run in a constant state of ketosis (like Atkins) and burn their fat right off. For example, no carbonated beverages, no caffeine, 2 ounces of hot cereal for breakfast, 2 ounces of sugar free pudding or strained hot soup for lunch and supper, and that's it!!! I don't know how many calories that is, but it sure can't be much for somebody weighing in well over 5 bills! Amazing!
Amazing -- with a diet like that they are way under 1000 calories a day.
321 lbs in 60 days still seems really drastic for me, but if your body is used to upwards of 8,000 calories a day and you gut it to under 1000 I guess the weight would start to fall off. I'm sure the thyroid problems and other medical issues can play a big part in losing weight if they can be helped.
321 lbs in 60 days still seems really drastic for me, but if your body is used to upwards of 8,000 calories a day and you gut it to under 1000 I guess the weight would start to fall off. I'm sure the thyroid problems and other medical issues can play a big part in losing weight if they can be helped.
When I was young in my career, we got a new patient in. The story was that he had some sort of chain saw accident, cut his leg really bad if I remember. Apparently his leg hurt, so he just stayed on his couch. He became increasingly weak and immobile, and his family would put a bedpan under him when he needed to defecate. He started to have a bad odor, so the family called the EMS, and they came and extracted him from the couch. The smell was a horrible infection and a stage IV decubitus ulcer (bedsore) on his backside. His buttocks were literally gone, and he had bone showing. The nurses had to help each other out taking care of him because he was so labor intensive with all his wound care. He had multiple IV antibiotics, wound care including waterpik every 4 hours around the clock, a special air rotation bed that would turn him every 15 minutes for pressure relief, and the smell. The smell on the whole floor was bad. Down his hall was worse, and when you opened the door to his room, it would nearly knock you down. Several people passed out. The story from the ER folks who had him when he first arrived was that there were maggots in his wound. When they started cleaning him up, they also discovered peanuts along with corn kernels! The sad thing about this was this was a healthy guy, only about 55, who literally quit after he got hurt and rotted away on a frikkin' couch!
