Wow, hey, new forum layout... but that's not my big wow... you guys have to read this story.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6056600/

It makes me wonder how many other people are out there like this guy who need help. I wish I had the kind of money to start an organization to help. :cool:

Wow, hey, new forum layout... but that's not my big wow... you guys have to read this story.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6056600/

It makes me wonder how many other people are out there like this guy who need help. I wish I had the kind of money to start an organization to help. :cool:

Sarah,

That's one of the most amazing stories I've seen. I can't wait to see his before and after pics when he gets down to 175Lbs.

WOW does not even begin to express my emotions. Good for him to change his life. It makes me wonder though if he is losing weight with the 1200 calorie diet and has lost 300 lbs already and has to lose another 400 lbs before he can have the bypass, then why get the bypass?? If he proves to himself that he CAN lose weight just by exercise and dieting then why get the bypass?? Am I missing something here?

He would probably be just right at 300 lbs. Can you imagine how much plastic surgery he will need to just function!?! I am so glad they are helping this man stay alive. He sounds like an amazing person.

I am so glad the press is following his story. I wonder how it feels now, to have lost so much weight? I also wonder if he is on-line anywhere.

Shame on the fools who wrote him those letters with name calling and accusations (of gaining weight in Nebraska and asking South Dakota to foot the bill for it). As if this man wanted to be this big!

Good for the compassionate doctor who is helping him. Someone who cares enough to acknowledge that without help, this man would have died.

Perhaps he wants the surgery as a way for him to be able to control his food intake, once he gets out of the hospital? I would imagine he would have the surgery, once he was deemed able to live back home.

I think the heavier a person is the easier it is for weight to come off. I have heard that before and that has kind of been my experience. I have also read of 700 lb people that have gotten that Inamed balloon and then had a band placed after a substantial loss with the balloon. The balloons aren't FDA approved yet but they do the procedure in Mexico. I too thought this particular story was amazing. What a terrible life it would be being unable to move or function. I thought it was bad enough at my initial weight. All the luck to him, Teresa