Andy wrote:
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> Nancy Young said...
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> >
> > "Andy" <q> wrote
> >
> >> Nancy Young said...
> >>
> >>> I guess
> >>> it just sounds easy to us but, maybe you should stop bringing him
> >>> donuts?? Not like he's running out to the store if you don't.
> >
> >> One of the case studies, stuck in his bed, if he didn't get fresh food
> >> he'd
> >> dial out for delivery. Then when it arrived, he'd put his money in a
> >> bucket
> >> and lower it by rope five floors and the delivery guy would exchange
> money
> >> for food. Then he'd hoist it up and chow down, not even sitting up to
> eat,
> >> just laying on his side. With an oxygen breathing tube in his nose.
> >
> > That's crazy. Is he independently wealthy? That's got to cost.
> > Besides, if he's paying cash, someone's bringing that home to him.
> > You gotta wonder.
> >
> > nancy
>
> Yep! I wondered about funds. Probably a combination of total disability pay
> and welfare, etc.
>
> Having to bathe in bed, soiling themselves many times a day, etc.
>
> It's just sick on so many levels!
>
> Since most of the case studies couldn't even stand and were prisoners of
> their beds, I'd think simply canceling all phone privileges and only
> feeding them 3 meals a day, at most 3,000 calories a day, (to put them in
> reduction mode) would do the trick.

I'm no expert, but I'd think 3,000 calories a day would equal sudden
death, not reduction mode for a half ton being. Think you'd have to go a
little more gradually than that.