Goomba38 wrote:
>
> >>> How much does this woman weigh (roughly)?
> >> I would guesstimate about 350.
> >
> > Yikes (not that surprising, though).
> >
> > Mary
>
> Now if she's also 5'1".... <cringe!>

No. She is quite tall, about 5'11"

I am still puzzled about the 50 pounds she was supposed to have lost this
year.


> It is scary how big patients have become now. To the point where we're
> having to redesign basic equipment to accommodate the extra size. Not to
> mention the higher risks these folks bring with them when they enter the
> hospital. They certainly do risk *my* livelihood if I were to hurt my
> back moving them around.

It isn't fair is it. They eat themselves into that condition and are too
lazy to work it off, and people like you are put at risk having to deal
with them.

> Does she have the routine health problems common to obese people, Dave?

I don't know anything about her specific problems but I understand she has
some. She is starting to have trouble walking and getting up and down
stairs.

> Is her spouse heavy also?

He is a big guy. He is about 6'3" (or 4?) and about 350. He does not eat
and drink like she does. The funny thing is that he is supposed to be a
writer but he used to work as a courier truck driver since she won her
Million he works part time for an auto parts outlet. The one time I went
to their house I planned to look through their library for the books I
suspect that she "borrowed" from my house. He has an extensive collection
of books about cars, racing, military stuff, planes and all of the books
were picture books. There were no novels, not non fiction (other than
picture books). That seemed strange for someone who is supposed to have
taken journalism and aspires to being a writer.