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Old 08-18-2004, 11:38 PM   #1
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STUART, Fla. -- A 480-pound Martin County woman has died after emergency workers tried to remove her from the couch where she had remained for about six years.

Gayle Laverne Grinds, 40, died Wednesday, after a failed six-hour effort to dislodge her from the couch in her home. Workers say the home was filthy, and Grinds was too large to get up from the couch to even use the bathroom.
Everyone going inside the home had to wear protective gear. The stench was so powerful they had to blast in fresh air.
A preliminary autopsy on the the four-foot, ten-inch woman lists the cause of death as "morbid obesity." But officials want to know more about the circumstances inside the home.
Investigators say Grinds lived with a man named Herman Thomas, who says he tried to take care of her the best he could. He has told them he tried repeatedly to get her up, but simply couldn't. No charges have been filed, but officials are looking into negligence issues.

Emergency workers had to remove some sliding glass doors and lift the couch, with Grinds still on it, to a trailer behind a pickup truck. Removing her from the couch would be too painful, since her body was grafted to the fabric. After years of staying put, her skin had literally become one with the sofa and had to be surgically removed.

She died at Martin Memorial Hospital South, still attached to the couch.

Neighbors say they had no idea Grinds lived at the duplex, though they had seen Thomas and some children outside.

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Old 08-18-2004, 11:40 PM   #2
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Old 08-18-2004, 11:40 PM   #3
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that is fucked up!
why do people let themselves get to that point?
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Old 08-18-2004, 11:44 PM   #4
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That is seriously sad how ppl can't even get up at least once a day and go for a 10 min walk to stay in some sort of shape.
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Old 08-18-2004, 11:47 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by vexor
That is seriously sad how ppl can't even get up at least once a day and go for a 10 min walk to stay in some sort of shape.
Many times, there is an extunating circumstance that starts as they pass the 300lb mark or so... a weakening of legs or back.. and then the joints fail or something - they get bed ridden.. and it's all over.

There is also probably a spouse of parent that continues over feeding them.

I mean someone has to start noticing sooner or later that things are getting out of control.

right?
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Old 08-19-2004, 12:03 AM   #6
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fake as all hell. First they said she died on a couch, not on a bed in a retail shop in newyork, with clean sheets.
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Old 08-19-2004, 12:07 AM   #7
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"since her body was grafted to the fabric. After years of staying put, her skin had literally become one with the sofa and had to be surgically removed."

I didnt even know that could happen. :shock: Man, what a shitty way to go.
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Old 08-19-2004, 12:09 AM   #8
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you know when you sweat and you sit down on your leather chairs, and you start to stick to it when you get up. Shes been doing that without moving for years.
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Old 08-19-2004, 01:00 AM   #9
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follow the link RC45 lol , i still don't understand how could she just sit there for 6 years? shouldn't she start moving right around the 6th hours?
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Old 08-19-2004, 01:54 AM   #10
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I SWEAR TO MYSELF I WILL NEVER BECOME THAT!
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Old 08-19-2004, 03:05 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by tigerx
After years of staying put, her skin had literally become one with the sofa and had to be surgically removed.
Oh yuck!!

Sad story. Amazing how something that keeps us alive can also kill us
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Old 08-19-2004, 03:51 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by tigerx
As they say - Pics or STFU...
follow the link RC45 lol , i still don't understand how could she just sit there for 6 years? shouldn't she start moving right around the 6th hours?
thats the part i dont believe, and all her poo, and urine would build up, thinking into detail about this issue makes me feel sick,

so i will just tell myself it diden't happen.
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my question. Did they really need an Autopsy on a 4'10" 400 lb woman?
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Old 08-19-2004, 02:44 PM   #15
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That was one of the nastiest things I have ever seen.

People like that need serious help. Isn't there some sort of organization that takes care of this stuff?
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