980lb Man Sues Health Care Serviced for His Weight Gain!

**Prince** · 01-08-2011, 11:51 AM

980lb Man Sues Health Care Serviced for His Weight Gain!

It's not my fault, the NHS should have helped: The former world's fattest man to sue health service for his weight gain

A man who once weighed nearly 70 stone is to launch legal action against the NHS, claiming they failed to help him as his size soared.

Former postman Paul Mason received life-saving gastric surgery last year binge-eating his way to gargantuan size.

But the 50-year-old, who now weighs in at a comparatively small 37 stone, said he should have been helped years ago.

Fattest man: Paul Mason received a vital operation after ballooning to nearly 70 stone but plans to sue the NHS for ignoring his pleas for help

Mr Mason, who was eating 20,000 calories a day at his heaviest, claims he sought help from his GP after ballooning to 30 stone.
Instead of receiving a treatment programme to manage his weight, he has complained he was told in 1996: 'Ride your bike more.'

He also says he was sent to a dietician, rather than the eating disorders specialist he had asked to see, after his weight hit 64 stone.
'I want to set a precedent so no one else has to get to the same size - and to put something back into society,' Mr Mason told The Sun.

Binging: Paul Mason was eating 20,000 calories a day at his heaviest

Life-saving op: Paul Mason is lifted into place ahead of the surgery that helped him lose 20 stone in a year

He has pledged to put any compensation he receives if successful towards helping other obese people lose weight.

An NHS spokesman said of the purported lawsuit: 'As we have not heard from Mr Mason, it would be inappropriate to speculate.'

Mr Mason's care bill costs taxpayers an estimated £100,000 a year and is believed to have topped £1million over the past 15 years.

At the height of his binge eating, he was consuming 20,000 calories every day - ten times the recommended daily intake for a man.

Increased mobility: Paul Mason now uses a motorised wheelchair to get around after surgery helped him shed 20 stone

Though he has vowed to help other people in need of weight loss operations, the cost of Mr Mason's condition will have enraged patients on NHS waiting lists, commentators said this week.

'It’s such a shame that so much time and resources have to go to help one person, these nurses will be sorely missed at a time when public finances are squeezed,' said Charlotte Linacre, Campaign Manager at the TaxPayers’ Alliance.

'Although there is sympathy for people struggling with health issues, taxpayers will not feel this is a fair allocation of funds as they sit on waiting lists while footing the bill for his personal care.'

**big60235** · 01-08-2011, 09:07 PM

Originally Posted by Prince

980lb Man Sues Health Care Serviced for His Weight Gain!

Binging: Paul Mason was eating 20,000 calories a day at his heaviest

First what the HELL is that between his thighs???? Is that a giant nut or the girth of a pecker? Either way call Guinness book of world record.

Second - did his health care service make him eat 20,000 calories a day? Just think that if he was on the sauce and worked out but still was able to eat that many calories a day me might be a very different 980 lbs. See attached Pic.

**kushrooms** · 01-08-2011, 09:29 PM

haha look at the thing between his thighs!

**min0 lee** · 01-08-2011, 10:01 PM

He should have rode the bike more often.

**Nightowl** · 01-08-2011, 10:07 PM

I can't stand looking at this at all! Hell, this is a means to never letting me vote for more of the same SOB's that have allowed this Shi*

classrooms, new books so on and so forth

**Curt James** · 01-08-2011, 11:32 PM

Originally Posted by big60235

First what the HELL is that between his thighs????

A giant roll of fat is what that is!

Only question I have is how anyone can afford that much food!

Check this out for the lulz...

**vortrit** · 01-08-2011, 11:43 PM

I think it's Curt James's alter ego.

**GearsMcGilf** · 01-09-2011, 12:41 AM

This is bullshit. He should be suing McDonald's, or whatever fast food restaurant he chose to patronize everyday that made him get in this condition. Obviously, none of this is his fault, but he should have sought the help of the NHS, say maybe when he was around 500-700lbs.

**theCaptn'** · 01-09-2011, 02:23 AM

they should feed that fat k unt to the starving in Africa

**Built** · 01-09-2011, 02:29 PM

The man has an eating disorder, and he knew it. He was unable to deal with this mental illness himself, so he tried to get help through the health service, who did nothing to help him. His obesity was clearly not his fault, any more than being bulimic or anorexic is a person's fault.

**Prince** · 01-09-2011, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by Built

The man has an eating disorder, and he knew it. He was unable to deal with this mental illness himself, so he tried to get help through the health service, who did nothing to help him. His obesity was clearly not his fault, any more than being bulimic or anorexic is a person's fault.

too bad, a simple wiring of the jaws shut and the problem could have been solved!

**mgoodbar** · 01-09-2011, 03:18 PM

yep, thats nasty.. haw the hell did he afford that much food??? thats like 40 big macks a day or some crap.. can you say super size me

**theCaptn'** · 01-09-2011, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by Built

The man has an eating disorder, and he knew it. He was unable to deal with this mental illness himself, so he tried to get help through the health service, who did nothing to help him. His obesity was clearly not his fault, any more than being bulimic or anorexic is a person's fault.

someone paid for his food

**Built** · 01-09-2011, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by theCaptn'

someone paid for his food

Yes, he did. He is a former postman.

**GearsMcGilf** · 01-09-2011, 10:21 PM

He was prolly a postman about 200kgs ago. After that, someone must have been paying for his 20,000cals a day.

Imagine trying to blow this fukker. U'd have to hoist him up on fork lift an d climb underneath.

**Built** · 01-09-2011, 11:02 PM

"At the worst of his compulsive eating, Mr Mason was devouring a shocking 20,000 calories a day, funding his gorging through stealing money from letters at a sorting office until he was dismissed before convincing his mother to take out a second mortgage."

- Source: Revealed: The heartache that caused former postman to become world's heaviest man - Capitalbay News

**Nigeepoo** · 01-10-2011, 09:46 AM

That's the NHS for you. Cheap, but not so good for certain people. I have no complaints.

Oh, and hi everyone! I haven't been here for a while.

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