OMG, Jerry Lewis has put on 200 pounds!

ShaneGR

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Thu Oct-23-03 11:09 PM
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OMG, Jerry Lewis has put on 200 pounds!

Ever see that movie Blade? Where Wesley Snipes injects vampires with some poison, and they blow up into big balloons before exploding in a pile of blood.

Kind of looks like the Michelin man. I wish I had a photo.

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ronzo

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Thu Oct-23-03 11:10 PM
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1. I think he has a thyroid condition.

It's an ailment.

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ShaneGR

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Thu Oct-23-03 11:12 PM
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2. Oh, didn't know that.....

Anybody got a picture though?

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ronzo

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Thu Oct-23-03 11:14 PM
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4. cookie attached, I think, but....

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ShaneGR

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Thu Oct-23-03 11:15 PM
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5. WOH

He looks worse there than he does on Larry King right now.

Wow. He's so bloated I think we could stick him with a needle and he'd pop.

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Syrinx

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Thu Oct-23-03 11:17 PM
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6. is that Jerrold Nadler?

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Beaker

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Thu Oct-23-03 11:26 PM
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10. he's looked like this for a couple years, at least...

kinda looks like jackie gleason, if you ask me.

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Syrinx

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Thu Oct-23-03 11:13 PM
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3. it's a side-effect of some kind of medication he's on

That's what I read anyway.

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DemBones DemBones

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Thu Oct-23-03 11:19 PM
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7. He's taking steroids to treat pulmonary fibrosis. Steroids

really screw up your metabolism. Ask me how I know. :cry:

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ronzo

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Thu Oct-23-03 11:25 PM
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9. Do tell...

Edited on Thu Oct-23-03 11:26 PM by ronzoNOLA

Are you / Were you on steroid therapy for something?

edit: only if you wanna... don't mean to pry.

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Beaker

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Thu Oct-23-03 11:30 PM
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11. I stay away from them.

with my condition, I have the choice of taking Immuno-suppressants or steroids to battle it, or pain-killers and an altered diet to deal with it.
I choose the pain-killer route, as the others can have oodles of side-effects that are worse than the disease.

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Faygo Kid

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Thu Oct-23-03 11:21 PM
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8. He is very ill, and it's terminal

A lung disorder, I believe; it's the medication. Not expected to live more than two years, at best. I give him credit for continuing with his muscular dystrophy telethon and other appearances, in this looks-are-everything celebrity culture.

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Philostopher

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Fri Oct-24-03 12:18 AM
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16. This was the same condition

That killed Gordon Jump a couple of months ago -- pulmonary fibrosis. Sorry -- just emptying out the detritus in my head. I knew Jerry Lewis was on steroids for treatment of something, but I didn't know it was this. It does take guts for him to keep going, you're absolutely right.

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Don_G

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Thu Oct-23-03 11:34 PM
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12. Jerry Lewis Is On Steroids For A Medical Condition

I have no idea of what his illness is, but he is HUGE!

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dfong63

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Thu Oct-23-03 11:38 PM
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13. i'm sure he's suffering enough without the snide remarks here

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ronzo

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Thu Oct-23-03 11:42 PM
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14. The point was taken after that was revealed.

I hear ya.

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Exultant Democracy

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Fri Oct-24-03 12:12 AM
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15. Isn't he Frances favorite american since Ben Franklin?

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kskiska

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Fri Oct-24-03 12:46 AM
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17. No, he isn't

Jerry even says that's a myth. He's way down the list.

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Fri Oct-24-03 02:28 AM
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18. where you been? he's looked like this for a couple of years.

side effect of medication.

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Rowdyboy

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Fri Oct-24-03 07:26 AM
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19. I believe its called "Prednazone" (sp?)

My partner's mom takes it for lung problems and it causes heavy fluid retention. She's normally tiny but it makes her swell awfully. Last time I saw Jerry it nearly broke my heart.

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