flynn23 wrote:
] ] Emergency workers had to remove some sliding glass doors
] ] and lift the couch, with Grinds still on it, to a trailer
] ] behind a pickup truck. Removing her from the couch would
] ] be too painful, since her body was grafted to the fabric.
] ] After years of staying put, her skin had literally become
] ] one with the sofa and had to be surgically removed.
]
] wow.

What I want to know is if this lady was ever denied adequate medical treatment for obesity as a disease. Something is dreadfully wrong here. This lady either was neglected by her primary caregiver and not taken to the doctor, or she had stupid doctors with the hermit crab attitude that obesity is ONLY a flaw in character. Another possibility is that her insurance refused to cover treatment like a trip to a bariatric MD, or refused her a gastric bypass for her condition. I would LOVE to know what went wrong here.

The medical system, like most of America, needs to realize that overweight people, primarily woman, are NOT invisible and have worth and value as human beings. No one wants to talk about weight prejudice though - its so widely accepted that most of this country would not even think it is wrong to ridicule the obese or deny them proper treament. Indeed, many would not even consider it to be an issue.

RE: 480-Pound Woman Dies After Six Years On Couch