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Britain's Fattest Man

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expatinscotland · 05/01/2011 21:43

anyone watching?

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TheCrunchyside · 05/01/2011 21:47

am now -thanks for reminder. hopefully this will give me the kick up the bum to stop stuffing christmas choccies

CarGirl · 05/01/2011 21:48

yes much to dh's disgust.

singingcat · 05/01/2011 21:49

channel?

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ChippedChinaTeacup · 05/01/2011 21:53

channel 4

grim viewing

thegoodishlife · 05/01/2011 21:55

Yep, watching. I must be a right cold hearted bitch, as I have absolutely no sympathy for him whatsoever.

ChippedChinaTeacup · 05/01/2011 21:56

I do have some sympathy as I've been very fat in the past but I have no idea how anyone could allow themselves to get to that size

singingcat · 05/01/2011 21:58

Wowzer

I do have sympathy, although resent the massive NHS bill.

It is an eating disorder though, although he's killing himself by being too fat not too thin

Mssoul · 05/01/2011 21:59

I am sympathetic. He's ill and has a compulsive eating disorder. I think anyone who spent all their life in bed and most of it with no company, the only company being paid staff, would be a bit self absorbed. No life at all, poor man.

nurseblade · 05/01/2011 21:59

Would you have sympathy for an anorexic? Having suffered from anorexia, I have a lot of sympathy for him.

TheCrunchyside · 05/01/2011 22:00

realy comes across as a mental health issue in this case

CarGirl · 05/01/2011 22:01

I just don't understand why his carers kept on overfeeding him in terms of calories once he was immobile.....

LovePinkBitsOfMyHorse · 05/01/2011 22:02

how can you not feel some compassion, unless there is something emotionally wrong with you?

singingcat · 05/01/2011 22:04

Also, at this weight, he must feel there is no point in losing weight because he will have massive loose skin and his muscles will be fucked from never moving

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expatinscotland · 05/01/2011 22:05

If only so much money were devoted to individual people with anorexia/bulemia.

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supergreenuk · 05/01/2011 22:07

Agrees with cargirl. Someone is giving him the food as he can't get it himself. Clover is not low fat and crisps......aaaarrrrggggghhh

CarGirl · 05/01/2011 22:07

If only so much care was given to people who are assessed as needing 24/7 care due to chronic pain and disibility that has been caused by NHS medical negligence Angry

I don't understand why he 12/24 care provided he has as much mobility as my friend and she get 4-6 hours per day Sad

I do have compassion btw.

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expatinscotland · 05/01/2011 22:09

YY. I know a couple of people with one or more children with as limited mobility and far greater disability who don't get near that level of caring assistance.

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herbietea · 05/01/2011 22:09

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thegoodishlife · 05/01/2011 22:09

Cold hearted bitch it is Blush okay maybe was quick
off the mark, didn't realise it could actually be an eating disorder and have no experience of them myself. I agree, a major mental health issue.

singingcat · 05/01/2011 22:11

JESUS CHRIST

just seen him without clothes.

I could never let someone get like that, don't care how much they yelled

LovePinkBitsOfMyHorse · 05/01/2011 22:12

expat - what makes anorexia/bulimia more deserving than other eating problems?

nurseblade · 05/01/2011 22:12

In my experience anorexics get very good treatment on the NHS, having 100k spent on me wouldn't have changed my treatment. Without the money spent on him this man would die.

singingcat · 05/01/2011 22:14

The thing is though, with fat people the GP will just say 'Lose weight, don't eat so much' etc. ad infinitum until they get absolutely huge. Whereas with anorexia if you drop below a certain weight alarm bells will ring with GP. So with someone like him, they won't notice until it's too late

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expatinscotland · 05/01/2011 22:15

Nothing. I never said it was. It's vastly underfunded, centres for treating it closing down here in the north.

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noeyedear · 05/01/2011 22:16

But how is a gastric band helping with a mental illness? I presume anorexics aren't just stuffed full off food- they are given psychotherapy. A gastric bypass will stop him eating so much. As would his carers refusing to buy him 3 takeaways a day! ( i have only just started watching this so it might have been explained beforehand!)