[quote]BANGKOK – A 603-pound (274-kilogram) woman believed to be the heaviest in Thailand left her apartment for the first time in three years Thursday with the help of Bangkok city hall and a forklift.
Neighbors of 40-year-old Umnuayporn Tongprapai contacted the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority when they learned she needed medical attention to remove a tumor in her right leg.
Bangkok's media-savvy governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra summoned camera crews to document the event, which involved engineers, demolition crews, rescue workers, doctors and nurses.
Seated on the floor of her modest third-floor apartment on the outskirts of Bangkok, Umnuayporn told reporters she could only walk a few feet (meters) on her own and was confined to her studio apartment where she ran a laundry service with the help of her two adopted sons.
"I've been living in this room and have not gone outside for three years," said Umnuayporn, whose weight is roughly the equivalent of a grand piano. "I can walk a little, just enough that I can go to bathroom. But I have to cling to my son the whole way."
Umnuayporn walked slowly to a trolley aided by her son. She was rolled down the corridor to a nearby empty apartment where workers had torn down an inner wall to allow her entry and demolished a section of the building's facade to take her outside.
As neighbors cheered on the pavement, Umnuayporn smiled and flashed a "V" for victory as she was lowered from the apartment by an elevator constructed outside. A forklift then transferred her to a waiting ambulance that took her to a Bangkok hospital.
"It's very likely that she is the heaviest person in the country," said Pijaya Nagavachara, director of the BMA General Hospital, which weighed her once she was admitted.
Her treatment will involve removing the tumor and reducing her weight, which doctors suspect may be due to thyroid problems, Pijaya said.
Once her medical treatment is finished, Umnuayporn says her dream is to go to the beach.
"I want to go to the sea," she said, with tears in her eyes. "I want to play in the water."[/quote]
[url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100826/ap_on_re_as/as_thailand603_pound_woman[/url]
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Why the fuck do people let themselves get like this, It's disgusting.
That's nice and all, but people [I]cheered[/I]?
a...forklift?
:byodood:
her
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[QUOTE=Mobzor;24361559]Why the fuck do people let themselves get like this, It's disgusting.[/QUOTE]
Maybe you haven't read the entire article, thyroid problems aren't easily treated.
[quote]with the help of Bangkok city hall and a [b]forklift[/b][/quote]
Hehehehe
[QUOTE=Mobzor;24361559]Why the fuck do people let themselves get like this, It's disgusting.[/QUOTE]
Could be a thyroid problem, though there are fatasses out there not all of them are like that from eating too much.
That's some heavy news.
[QUOTE=Mobzor;24361559]Why the fuck do people let themselves get like this, It's disgusting.[/QUOTE]
She has a tumour. RTFA
Three Years? That's all? There are thousands of Japanese men who aren't even over weight who lock themselves in their rooms for upwards of twenty years without EVER leaving the house.
It's actually a drain on the economy now it's so bad.
[QUOTE=Reborn9;24362685]She has a tumour. RTFA[/QUOTE]
In her leg, not in her whole body. :downs:
haha, her name has porn in it
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Umnuayporn
She looks like the girlfriend of a guys dad I know.
[QUOTE=CodeMonkey3;24362760]Three Years? That's all? There are thousands of Japanese men who aren't even over weight who lock themselves in their rooms for upwards of twenty years without EVER leaving the house.
It's actually a drain on the economy now it's so bad.[/QUOTE]
I suppose it's totally normal for someone to never leave their apartment for 3 years
I do not leave the house for 7 years..
[QUOTE=Kentz;24362846]I suppose it's totally normal for someone to never leave their apartment for 3 years[/QUOTE]
All I'm saying is Japan is #1.
[QUOTE=Panda X;24362798]In her leg, not in her whole body. :downs:[/QUOTE]
[quote]Her treatment will involve removing the tumor and [B]reducing her weight[/B], which doctors suspect [B]may be due to thyroid problems[/B], Pijaya said.[/quote]
[QUOTE=alienmartian23;24361553]
[b]She was rolled down the corridor[/b]
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"[B]I want to go to the sea[/B]," she said, with tears in her eyes. "[B]I want to play in the water.[/B]"[/QUOTE]
No wonder she wants to go to the sea... SHE'S A WHALE! :wtc:
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;24363257]No wonder she wants to go to the sea... SHE'S A WHALE! :wtc:[/QUOTE]
They'll eat her before she gets to the sea
[IMG]http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100826/capt.0684f021a7084262ba74fbfaee0f0f1d-0684f021a7084262ba74fbfaee0f0f1d-0.jpg?x=400&y=280&q=85&sig=naAfDyWNuNHXS5Bqrg.QGA--[/IMG]
Ridin' Dirty, Haters Gon' Hate, etc.
The story is actually kind of adorable
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;24363257]No wonder she wants to go to the sea... SHE'S A WHALE! :wtc:[/QUOTE]
Hey come on now, you ass.
No reason to make fun of whales like that.
I read title and thought it took her 3 years to get to the door.
She's like an asian Gabe. :v:
[QUOTE=UnknownDude;24373325]She's like an asian Gabe. :v:[/QUOTE]
except she isn't
The strongest kid in my school could deadlift her
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if you put a pole through her i guess
[QUOTE=Perfumly;24374313]The strongest kid in my school could deadlift her
[editline]12:21AM[/editline]
if you put a pole through her i guess[/QUOTE]
Better call Captain Ahab.
I'm wondering what her bone structure looks like at this point
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