Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Underpass Collision Cancels 800-pound Man's Date

An 800-pound man named Manuel Uribe, a man who once weighed 1,235 pounds, was going to a date when there was an accident beneath an overpass. The bed that was holding Uribe was damaged: a post holding up the sun tarp on the bed, hit the bottom of the overpass, knocking it off the bed. After that, Uribe's blood pressure was so low, paramedics advised him not to go to the party. The party was for the success of him losing 440 pounds in 2 years, and a celebration of his girlfriend's birthday. Last year, Uribe went out into the streets to enjoy the San Nicolas de los Garza sunshine. That's neat, and it's cool that he's actually trying to lose weight. A lot of people wouldn't care if they weighed 1,235 pounds.
Uribe has lost all that weight by going on a high-protein diet. He first started the diet in January 2006 after going on national television and pleading for help. Despite the setback of the date not working out, he is hoping that he can go later in June. On June 11, when he will turn 43. He has relied on his Mother and friends to feed him and clean him since the summer of 2002, and has been bedridden. As a child, Uribe weighed over 250 pounds, and just kept growing.

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