Morbidly obese man found fused to chair

[Amby 490]

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/03/29/obese-ohio-man-fused-chair-sat-2-years/

A morbidly obese Ohio man was in the hospital Tuesday after police found him fused to a chair he had not moved from in two years and were forced to cut a hole in the wall of his house just to get him out, WTRF-TV reported.

The unnamed man lived with two able-bodied roommates -- including his girlfriend, who officials said fed him since he never got up -- in a home in Bellaire, Ohio. The roommates called police upon finding the man unresponsive on Sunday.

Officers who responded to the scene said that the man's skin was fused to the fabric of chair and that he was sitting in his own feces and urine with maggots visible.

One officer said it was the worst thing he had ever responded to. Another told the local TV station he had to throw away his uniform after helping remove the man from the chair.

"The living room where the man lived in his chair was very filthy, very deplorable. It's unbelievable that somebody lives in conditions like that," Jim Chase, a local city code enforcer, told WTRF.

"I instructed the landlord this [Monday] morning and the two people, the tenants at the house, they had to get it cleaned, there's no way they can live in something like that, and so they are working on it," he added.

The landlord told WTRF that the man used to be an active person and said she had no idea how bad his condition was since he covered himself with a blanket every time she came to visit.

Click here to read more from WTRF.com. 

[Darnell 8,478]

maggots? zoinks !

[Amby 490]

I know! There's a follow up on the link on the fox thing. It says he may not live.

[caly 48]

"The living room where the man lived in his chair was very filthy, very deplorable. It's unbelievable that somebody lives in conditions like that," Jim Chase, a local city code enforcer, told WTRF.

What's even more unbelievable to me is that there were TWO other able bodied people living in those conditions!

[Pooky 3,781]

Remind me to pick better topics to read while I'm eating breakfast

[Dakine10 5,452]

Wow, what a disturbing story. I was at a loss for words for a while after reading it.

I hope he recovers. It's hard to imagine someones life would end like that.

[Nagishkaw 510]

How could the roommates ignore the stench ? Blanket or not, you can't cover up stink.

[IR5FORMUMSIE 850]

How could the roommates ignore the stench ? Blanket or not, you can't cover up stink.

[Amby 490]

This is the follow up story http://wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=96814

[JohnSmith2007 353]

I am not sure I can wrap my head around the mechanics of this. If he was fused to the chair for years then where did the poop go when he relieved himself? I know it says he was sitting in his own filth but years worth of that just wouldn't fit under him. Did they cut a hole in the chair?

[Dakine10 5,452]

I am not sure I can wrap my head around the mechanics of this. If he was fused to the chair for years then where did the poop go when he relieved himself? I know it says he was sitting in his own filth but years worth of that just wouldn't fit under him. Did they cut a hole in the chair?

I thought of that too, but at some point I realized I didn't really want to know the answer.

[Pooky 3,781]

I thought of that too, but at some point I realized I didn't really want to know the answer.

+1

[Ban Hammer 13,333]

we have a winner for this year's couch potato award!

[Amby 490]

He died http://wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=96699

[luckytxn 2,264]

And he had a girlfriend.