A sobering thought about being overweight

Starlight

Starlight

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Been dealing with an incident at work this morning some poor person who died, and is too big to be moved and transported.

At the moment there are 15 professionals there dealing with the situation

1 police officer
1 Ambulance officer
1 Bariatric paramedic
1 Bariatric ambulance staff member
1 Senior Fire Officer
6 Fire fighters
4 undertakers
and a bariatric ambulance incase theyre too big for the hearse

I wont even tell you how they think theyre going to get him out.
What a sobering thought, not only has their weight probably killed them but its also stripped them of any last dignity they had :(
 
Starlight said:
Been dealing with an incident at work this morning some poor person who died, and is too big to be moved and transported.

At the moment there are 15 professionals there dealing with the situation

1 police officer
1 Ambulance officer
1 Bariatric paramedic
1 Bariatric ambulance staff member
1 Senior Fire Officer
6 Fire fighters
4 undertakers
and a bariatric ambulance incase theyre too big for the hearse

I wont even tell you how they think theyre going to get him out.
What a sobering thought, not only has their weight probably killed them but its also stripped them of any last dignity they had :(
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That is so sad. It brings to mind so many confusing thoughts. On one hand, you think, that it all could have been avoided. Why do we torture ourselves??? to the point of all dignity being stripped away??.

I was watching the news last night and the children in Burkina Faso that are starving and malnourished which is completely a situation beyond their control. Children are dependent and helpless. I often feel so angry and disgusted at myself, when I have to luxury of being able to have pride in myself and eat properly but just can't be bothered.

God bless, that poor individual and I hope they rest in peace. This situation will invoke sympathy more than anything else and reading this makes me realise that I do not want to have charity and sympathy from people but I want to be strong and proud and confident and a lot of this comes from how we feel about ourselves.
 
Starlight said:
Been dealing with an incident at work this morning some poor person who died, and is too big to be moved and transported.

At the moment there are 15 professionals there dealing with the situation

1 police officer
1 Ambulance officer
1 Bariatric paramedic
1 Bariatric ambulance staff member
1 Senior Fire Officer
6 Fire fighters
4 undertakers
and a bariatric ambulance incase theyre too big for the hearse

I wont even tell you how they think theyre going to get him out.
What a sobering thought, not only has their weight probably killed them but its also stripped them of any last dignity they had :(
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How awful, r.i.p poor man.
My mom died just recently, she was tiny and i remember looking at her coffin and thinking, omg they would never get me in there!! thats what spurred
me onto taking responsability for my weight, id hate for my husband and kids to have to fork out for a custom made coffin just cuz i was overweight.
 
Very sad. I definitely think it hits home more the older you get. When you're younger the "you'll reduce your life expectancy by 10 years" statement is quite difficult to visualise as you have so much of your life left to go. When you start getting older 10 years is quite a large proportion of what you might have left, and in all honestly who wants to live their life having difficulty getting around or being unable to do things because of their weight. The older the bones the more they will feel the excess weight. The general health benefits of being lighter were a large part of the reason why I decided to do this but I just feel so much better about myself having lost the weight too. I cannot think of any negatives to be honest. Just wish I'd kept it off last time I did it 7 years ago.
 
I have come across very large people in my nursing and they have had to have specialist hoists on tracks , and special beds and wheelchairs , and I remember one man having to be taken to a lorry 'weigh bridge ' to be weighed for treatment purposes , how aweful . I think the thing that always stuck in my mind was an episode of 'supersize V superskinny ' when he went to see a funeral director in america and they were showing them the huge huge 5ft wide coffins , and when he said he has made them that size for 12 year old children ... made me so so sad
 
I was really wobbling today but this has spurred me on. Its such a shame, it can be avoided.
 
how very sad, hope you are ok starlight, it must have been a bit traumatising too.
 
So sad, hope you are ok Starlight and it all goes smoothly.

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