That Guy's Got Some Balls On Him

No, not really. That's his gut. The caption:

Manuel Uribe... who at 1,212 pounds is possibly the heaviest person in the world, hopes to travel to Italy for a life-saving operation to shed weight.

The article:

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."

He hopes to shed at least 300 pounds before the operation through a special sort of calesthenics called "finger-wiggling."

Sad story-- the guy was normal until age 22 and then some strange defect in his metabolism caused him to balloon up. I kinda had that myself, but not quite to this extent.

As the guy cannot leave his bed or walk, I will leave it to you to imagine what his apartment must smell like. Probably similar to "five baby elephants" with massive bedpans, I'm thinking.

Thanks to Jack Straw.

posted by Ace at 03:41 PM

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