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In reply to the discussion: Obese woman told she was "too fat to fly" home, dies of kidney failure [View all]LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)6. She'd obviously put on a ton of water weight quickly, look how tiny her clothes were on her.
And look how enormous her abdomen was compared to her legs.
She needed emergency medical treatment, not a trans-Atlantic flight.
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She'd obviously put on a ton of water weight quickly, look how tiny her clothes were on her.
LeftyMom
Nov 2012
#6
Be very careful not to break anything when you eventually fall off that horse.
Care Acutely
Nov 2012
#17
And because you had a problem, she had the exact same problem you did? You don't know shit
Care Acutely
Nov 2012
#53
"She killed herself through sheer gluttony"????? I almost alerted on this but thought
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#18
Oh, for goodness sakes, first you blamed the victim ("sheer gluttony") without
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#37
My definition of gluttony would include eating so much that you weigh 425 pounds.
Democratopia
Nov 2012
#28
I've just alerted on the post. I will be extremely disappointed in DU if this poster is allowed to
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#38
There is only one disgusting post on here, and it is not yours. The problem is she needed dialysis
madinmaryland
Nov 2012
#22
It is a sad story. But airlines have legal responsibility for passengers and the right not to
libdem4life
Nov 2012
#23
The pictures don't show her to be just obese but suffering from some unusual medical condition.
grantcart
Nov 2012
#31
As a passenger, I would have asked to deplane as it would be obvious this would likely end up being
libdem4life
Nov 2012
#49