Man Leaving Hospital After Losing 462 Pounds

edited to include a stolen pic from Underpant's thread :D



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Patrick Deuel, the once gravely obese man who has spent the past seven months in a Sioux Falls hospital, said he has lost 462 pounds and is scheduled to go home Jan. 22.

Deuel, who has called Avera McKennan Hospital home since June, when he peaked at 1,072 pounds and was dying of heart failure, said he's eager for that date to arrive. He plans to move back into the Valentine, Neb., home that he shares with his wife, Edith.

"Everything is going really good now," Deuel said. "The staff here has been real helpful in getting me to a point where I can go home."

Deuel, however, has at times reported conflicted feelings about leaving the round-the-clock hospital care that saved his life.

The 42-year-old suffered wound infections after having obesity surgery last fall to restrict the amount of food he can eat. His recovery has been slow as a result.

http://www.argusleader.com/news/Wednesdayfeature.shtml

I was going to type that dammit!

I had to take a swing. Couldn't resist.

and good for him

OF course I included a photo and explained HOW he lost it.

You suck you know that right?

bow down before me :P

Feel free to keep it above this non imaginative photoless thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2357630

look again! :bounce:

:D

its a DUEL! :D

You realize I'll have to go kick underpants' thread now too, right?

:D

but that is rather impressive weight loss

:kick: :D

maybe some ice tomorrow :scared:

since the hospital restricted his intake to a measly 1200 calories a day! Hell, at his size he'd have still lost on a 2000/day diet and not have suffered as much during the process. Now I wonder how he'll manage at home making his own choices after STARVING in-hospital.

I was in for a day once and never in my life had I eaten food with absolutely no taste to it.

only because yes, YOU had the pic originally but at least I had the correct weight loos amount

:P