LucharesuFan619 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2006 http://articles.news.aol.com/news/article....S00010000000001 ROME (May 3) - A Mexican man who at 1,200 pounds is possibly the heaviest person in the world hopes to travel to Italy for a life-saving operation to shed weight. Manuel Uribe, bedridden for the past five years, cannot stand on his own and will need a special flight to take him from Monterrey, Mexico to Modena, where a surgical team has offered to perform an intestinal bypass free of charge. "I can't walk. I'm can't leave my bed," the 40-year-old Uribe, who weighs the same as five baby elephants, said in a recent telephone interview. "I'm trying to reduce my weight a bit right now so I can be in the right condition for the operation." Uribe made an impassioned plea for help earlier this year on Mexican television, saying he weighed a more normal 290 pounds until age 22 and did not know what happened to him. The broadcast drew the attention of doctor Giancarlo De Bernardinis, who visited Mexico with a medical team to examine Uribe in March. Bernardinis, whose biggest patient to date weighed 770 pounds, told Reuters he plans a gall bladder, intestinal bypass procedure that will allow Uribe to pass food more quickly without so many calories being absorbed. Bernardinis planned to perform the surgery in Modena as early as this month, although a Mexican health official doubted Uribe would be ready for a trip to Europe that quickly. MEDICAL MYSTERY Uribe's case puzzles doctors since his cholesterol and blood-sugar levels are normal, despite his extreme obesity. "His heart works very well. He has some respiratory difficulty because of his obesity, but in strict terms, he's well," said Marco Anibal Rodriguez Vargas, the director of hospitals in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. Rodriguez Vargas said Mexican hospitals still hoped to treat Uribe themselves, but added Uribe would ultimately decide what to do. Uribe said it was just a matter of time before he went to Italy: "Are we going? Yes. We're going. But the doctors will decide when." The operation would last four to five hours and would likely require Uribe to spend one month in Italy. "He will always be heavier than normal but certainly not like he is now ... We would be satisfied even if he weighed 330 pounds after two years," Bernardinis said. No one has managed to find suitable scales for Uribe in years and estimates of his weight are made partly by tape-measure. Guinness World Records 2006 only said it was aware of living people weighing over 1,120. The record for the heaviest man ever is held by Jon Brower Minnoch, who died in Seattle in 1983 after reaching a record 1,400 pounds. He was in his early 40s. Uribe hopes to avoid that fate. His wife, horrified by his increasing size, feared the worst and abandoned him more than a decade ago. "She left me because she must have thought I was dying," Uribe said. "Thank God, I'm still alive and hopefully will be able to take care of this problem." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest NYankees Report post Posted May 4, 2006 When does Vince McMahon sign him to a contract? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricMM 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2006 Everyone at work was soooo sorry for him. I'm not. That averages out to be 50 pounds per year. No pity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Copper Feel 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2006 Wow....... 1200 pounds? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haws bah gawd 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2006 What the fuck is that hanging in front of him? Looks like a giant nutsack. While I hope the doctors can help him, I have a hard time finding pity for people who let these kinds of things happen to themselves. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Metal Maniac 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2006 Uribe made an impassioned plea for help earlier this year on Mexican television, saying he weighed a more normal 290 pounds until age 22 and did not know what happened to him. Wow. This guy is beyond stupid. How do you "not know" that you gained a thousand friggin' pounds? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest NYankees Report post Posted May 4, 2006 Uribe made an impassioned plea for help earlier this year on Mexican television, saying he weighed a more normal 290 pounds until age 22 and did not know what happened to him. Wow. This guy is beyond stupid. How do you "not know" that you gained a thousand friggin' pounds? I think he ate his wife and just lied and said she left him 10 years ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haws bah gawd 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2006 Again let me repeat myself, anyone who can let THIS happen to themselves, I really have a hard time feeling sorry for. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I like Forums 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2006 Doesn't that have to be some sort of genetic abnormality? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Satanic Angel Report post Posted May 4, 2006 I've been watching Discovery Health a lot, and there are reruns of this program called 'Half-Ton Man'. The guy on the show looks a lot bigger than this guy. I don't buy 1200 pounds with a healthy heart and no sign of diabetes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Masked Man of Mystery 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2006 I'd have to guess there's something up with him inside that makes him gain this kind of weight, possibly something with his intestines from what the procedure sounds like Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2006 Doesn't that have to be some sort of genetic abnormality? Um..I doubt it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I like Forums 0 Report post Posted May 6, 2006 Well than fuck him. He just needs to stop eating. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
