Obese Woman Hauled Away

i wonder how they bury somebody that big? pay for 2-3 plots ? Would they even fit in one of those things to burn em?
 
Wow, i feel it was very disrespectful, even if she was dead, it was like she wasn't worth the effort. Even if the truck was the only means to transport her, why would they feel it was ok to cover her with a dirty old carpet, why not a blanket. I feel sorry for the family. Unfortunately, the amount of people that are reaching that kind of weight, is getting higher and higher.
 
I am sad for the child she left behind, virtually by her own hand. The fact that said child also witnessed her being taken away in such a callous manner just adds to the sadness of the situation.

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INDIANAPOLIS -- The Marion County Coroner's Office has come under fire after it was revealed that an obese woman was dragged from her home and hauled away on a trailer in front of family members following her death.

Teresa Smith, 48, who weighed 750 pounds, died Tuesday in her apartment on Indianapolis' northeast side.
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Ok, I'll be THAT guy...

What in the Hell did people expect them to do with a 750 lb person? They can't just have a few guys peacefully remove her body from her home; she's way too heavy for that. And, what's wrong with using a flatbed? She weighed 750 lbs!!! If you had a 750 lbs refrigerator, you're not going to haul it away in a Honda Civic. You're going to need a flatbed or a huge ass truck.

With that being said, I can totally understand why the family would be upset, but...what else were they supposed to do? Honestly?
 
no i agree with that as well, 750lb is a crapload of weight. The filthy carpet was pretty crappy, a sheet would have done. But in all seriousness, you cant go around acting like a clown and then get all up in arms when people treat you like one. :)
 
wishes said:
no i agree with that as well, 750lb is a crapload of weight. The filthy carpet was pretty crappy, a sheet would have done. But in all seriousness, you cant go around acting like a clown and then get all up in arms when people treat you like one. :)
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I really dont see any other type off vehicle that could have taken her, just the carpet thing was wrong.
In my opinion, when someone is that heavy, its because they are past rational choices and decisions. She was a prisoner in her own body, for whatever reason and I am sure she hated every minute of it. No one wants to be in that position, no one wants to be considered a spectacle. I was well on my way to being one of those people, because of my eating disorder. I have gained 20 pounds in one month (do that math people, i ate a shit load of food) I was lucky enough to have support from friends and family to work through it, and start reversing the effects of my binging.
There are people on this forum who are 500+ pounds, who Im sure feel that they dont deserve to be treated so disrespectfully.
I agree, she died because of her inability to live a healthy life... as do many others unfortunately. To me, that does NOT make her any less deserving of compassion.
 
I hope my response didn't sound bitchy...lol... wasn't meant to be, I just know how easy it is to lose control. Scary place to be.
 
no its all true and valid points. But she COULD have lost weight, she just chose not to. Everyone can make excuses up why they cant, but when it comes down to it, you choose to put the food in your mouth.
And in fact when you are 750lb im guessing you probably cant walk so well so you also have an enabler who probably needs emotional blackmail to keep feeding you or other ways.
 
brazenlysasse said:
I really dont see any other type off vehicle that could have taken her, just the carpet thing was wrong.
In my opinion, when someone is that heavy, its because they are past rational choices and decisions. She was a prisoner in her own body, for whatever reason and I am sure she hated every minute of it. No one wants to be in that position, no one wants to be considered a spectacle. I was well on my way to being one of those people, because of my eating disorder. I have gained 20 pounds in one month (do that math people, i ate a shit load of food) I was lucky enough to have support from friends and family to work through it, and start reversing the effects of my binging.
There are people on this forum who are 500+ pounds, who Im sure feel that they dont deserve to be treated so disrespectfully.
I agree, she died because of her inability to live a healthy life... as do many others unfortunately. To me, that does NOT make her any less deserving of compassion.
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Just a thought...

What exactly is more "respecftul" and more compassionate than a carpet? A bed sheet? A linen cloth? A silk tapestry?

A person of "normal" weight is hauled off in a zipped up, plastic bag which is tossed up on a stretcher. Yet, people think that's respectful. But, is a plastic bag really any more respectful than a carpet? Is it more respectful than a carpet because it has a zipper on it?
 
ChefChiTown said:
Just a thought...

What exactly is more "respecftul" and more compassionate than a carpet? A bed sheet? A linen cloth? A silk tapestry?

A person of "normal" weight is hauled off in a zipped up, plastic bag which is tossed up on a stretcher. Yet, people think that's respectful. But, is a plastic bag really any more respectful than a carpet? Is it more respectful than a carpet because it has a zipper on it?
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I understand what you are saying, and I may be coming from an "emotional, in a perfect world, place" of what I would have liked to happen to me, should that have been my unfortunate means of demise.So, yes... I do feel a sheet ....*silk tapestry would have been an added bonus .. :)* would have been more respectful. I saw my mom leave in *zipped up plastic bag* it was an awful thing, but necessary. Had she come out wrapped in a dirty carpet, yes...it would have been far more difficult situation for me to bare.
 
oh my goodness 750lbs??? wow thats A LOT of weight!!??

how did she live like that?? though i suppose the point is she wasn't really living at all was she?? very sad...esp for her family. to get to that weight she must have had some REALLY serious emotional & eating/food issues...as to to get to that size...all rational & i would think hope as all but left. it would take an extermely strong person to make their way back from such weight gain...i for one i know i couldn't do it...ever...that would be one weightloss battle.

ps i'm not even going to try & work that out in stones/lbs...too scary!!!
 
baglady2713 said:
oh my goodness 750lbs??? wow thats A LOT of weight!!??

how did she live like that?? though i suppose the point is she wasn't really living at all was she?? very sad...esp for her family. to get to that weight she must have had some REALLY serious emotional & eating/food issues...as to to get to that size...all rational & i would think hope as all but left. it would take an extermely strong person to make their way back from such weight gain...i for one i know i couldn't do it...ever...that would be one weightloss battle.

ps i'm not even going to try & work that out in stones/lbs...too scary!!!
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Hi Baglady, I agree that she must have had some major eating, emotional issues *how could she not* There have been people that were bigger, that have lost huge amounts of weight. But, they must have had either a huge support system or something made them seek medical help. The scary thing is, you dont have to be 750lbs to die of weight related issues... thats why I am here. I was well on my way to 400lbs and im only 5'5 *can we say BALL* lol.
No matter how you look at it, or go through all of the details of it, the situation was unfortunate.
I think she would have been over 53 stones.... (1 stone is 14pounds I think) this is what i get for watching, You are what you eat...lol (English program)
 
I honestly believe that there are more people who are physically or mentally ill than there are truly healthy people. It is to the point that a truly healthy human being, both physically and mentally, is actually in the minority.
 
brazenlysasse said:
Hi Baglady, I agree that she must have had some major eating, emotional issues *how could she not* There have been people that were bigger, that have lost huge amounts of weight. But, they must have had either a huge support system or something made them seek medical help. The scary thing is, you dont have to be 750lbs to die of weight related issues... thats why I am here. I was well on my way to 400lbs and im only 5'5 *can we say BALL* lol.
No matter how you look at it, or go through all of the details of it, the situation was unfortunate.
I think she would have been over 53 stones.... (1 stone is 14pounds I think) this is what i get for watching, You are what you eat...lol (English program)
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53 stone!!! really???!! i wonder how many yrs she over ate for to get that big?? i mean thats really the only difference between this poor woman & anybody else with weight gain problems...TIME....she ate more than her body needed & so have we all too...or else we wouldn't be here...right???
there before the grace of god & all that............

unless of course she binge ate the whole time...y'know huge portions & massive amounts of food everytime she ate...i remember watching a programme yrs ago (before i put on weight) about hugely overweight ppl in hospital (it was in the US) & thinking OMG!!?? why do they continue to eat such junk (getting visitors to sneak them in cheap burgers etc) when they know they are in hospital with health problems b/c of their weight gain???

of course now i think back & understand that they had not dealt with the underlying reasons that made them over eat in the first place...you have to deal with them or at least be aware of them before you can learn to control your overeating & dependence on food. plus of course theres the spiral...first you eat b/c of emotional reasons (whatever they maybe....) then you eat b/c you're fat....& so it goes on....& on...

what the hell i'm fat anyway...give me another burger/whats one more going to hurt?? etc...although it would have been chocs in my case...only realised the other day...that even if my life depended on it...i couldn't tell you when the last time was that i ate chocolate or what type of chocolate it was....

(you have no idea how surreal that sounds to me as i've been a fully paid up member of chocoholics anonymous....for decades....jesus never saying THAT again..........now i feel ancient LOL....but i wonder if there is such a club!!?)
 
I was part of that club too, lol... think lots are
For myself, I am one that binges, and have done so for years. Actually since I was a child...but i didnt really know it was an issue until last year. I don't need to be hungry to eat...I put away thousands and thousands of calories per day. When my mom died, I think I put on 50lbs in a very short period of time. I honestly did NOT know what it felt like to be hungry, cuz i never allowed myself to get there. There were times that I ate so much, I would almost have a hung over effect for the next couple of days.
I finally went to my doctor and told him what was happening.
It will always be a battle for myself, but I have it under control for the most part.
Thats why i can honestly say that I was well on my ways to becoming that woman. Im just really thankful that I am determined not to be. I am also very blessed to have a huge support system.
 
Derrick said:
I honestly believe that there are more people who are physically or mentally ill than there are truly healthy people. It is to the point that a truly healthy human being, both physically and mentally, is actually in the minority.
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Isn't that a sad truth Derrick. I agree that you see more and more people that just don't feel good.
 
Derrick said:
I honestly believe that there are more people who are physically or mentally ill than there are truly healthy people. It is to the point that a truly healthy human being, both physically and mentally, is actually in the minority.
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Yes and it's shunned. We shouldn't talk about our mental-ness because we may offend someone...(as in general what society thinks as a whole) anyways

I think it's sad anyway you put it.
 
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ChefChiTown did you not read this part:

Former Chief Deputy Coroner John Linehan said he was shocked and dismayed that appropriate steps weren't taken to remove the woman from her home.

He said that fire and medical personnel have equipment available for handling patients up to 1,000 pounds and that moving obese individuals is not all that rare of an occurrence.

"When they scoop up dead dogs off of the street they don't treat them that way," he said. "It's just not the way to treat a human being."
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That aside, what I don't get is why the child's father let her watch them take her mother's body away. WTH was he thinking?
 
Ann38 said:
ChefChiTown did you not read this part:
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Yeah, I read that part. What exactly is his definition of "not all that rare of an occurance"...??? Once a week? Once a month? Once a year? Once every few years? How often do you really think that one, individual community has a 750 lb person die that needs to be hauled away with some sort of special equipment? I'm willing to bet that it's not too common of a thing.

Also, I've seen plenty of other stories from all around the United States (and world) that involve an extremely heavy person needing to be removed from their home, as they have died. In 100% of those cases that I've seen, the fire department usually ends up cutting a huge hole in the wall of the respective house/apartment to remove the person. Then, they use a forklift to transfer the body out of the house and onto a flatbed truck. When that person is removed, they are almost always covered in their own bed sheets.

I don't know if you've ever handled a dead body (or even an unconscious one), but dead weight is a lot heavier than it seems. And, when you have a 750 lb person, asking a few people to lift their dead weight by hand is out of the question. You need a machine to do that for you. In this Indianapolis story, they did just that.

So, other than the difference between using her own bed sheets and using a carpet to cover her up, I don't see what's so abnormal or disrespectful about how these people in Indianapolis handled the situation. Moving a 750 lb dead body isn't something that is easily done. It's going to be a scene, whether people like it or not. There is just no quiet, indiscrete method of accomplishing such a thing.

Ann38 said:
That aside, what I don't get is why the child's father let her watch them take her mother's body away. WTH was he thinking?
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Because he's an idiot. People are stupid though, so it doesn't surprise me all that much.
 
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