A Morbid Curiosity

There was an article on the front page of the Drudge Report yesterday that interested me. The photo showed an morbidly obese woman, sitting on a sofa, flanked by her sons, ages 8 and 16. She was so big, she looked like a bedspread laid out on the sofa rather than like a person.

She is Susanne Eman, 32, of Mesa Grande, AZ., a single Mom and welfare recipient. When photographed, she said she weighed 728 lbs. and that her goal was 800 lbs. by the end of the year. This the route she is taking to weigh 1,600 lbs. to become the world's fattest woman.

Based on the expressions on the faces of her two sons, I have to wonder, "Where in hell are the Child Protection people?" Clearly they are needed because Big Mamma is batshit crazy. She said in her blog susanneeman.com that the bigger she gets, the more desirable she feels! She claims to be healthy - on 20,000 calories a day - but her doctor says he has tried to discourage her.

A side issue might be why the media chose to pursue this story and feed her ego, but we know what the media is like.

I have always wondered how morbidly obese people can manange to stay alive till the next meal. The strain on the heart alone must be horrific. So I did some research.

The Top 5 Causes of Death for these people who weigh more than 300 lbs., but that are shorter than 7 ft. tall are:

5. Cancer - breast, colorectal, kidney. Men 14% and women 20% died of cancer due to morbid obesity.

4. Stroke

3. Fatty liver disease

2. Cardio vascular disease - 6 times more likely for these people

1. Type 2 diabetes - the pancreas just can't keep up with the amount of inbound food.

I Googled, "A day in the life of a morbidly obese person" and gleaned these tidbits.
Bus, plane, train seats - no one wants to sit next to the overflow of their space.
Fatigue - walking, stairs
Joint pain in the knees
The necessity of eating alone, even if it's a healthy meal, for fear of what people are thinking, "Yeah, right - yogurt. When does she get to the side of beef, peck of French fries and a Diet Coke?"
"I have a good job and I'm smart and well-educated, but all anyone ever sees is my weight."

But: there's a lid for every pot. There is a web site called Super Size Big Beautiful Women. The comments amazed me! Some men think these gargantuan creatures are gorgeous! That's almost as scary as Susanne Eman...and what will happen to her boys in the future.