I’m morbidly obese, about 400lbs. I look like I’m 13 months pregnant.
So with electric carving knife in hand could Miller cut off my belly, with Asimovian following along with a road flare to cauterize the wound? 
Yes, it’s a stupid question, maybe we should have a forum for really stupid questions.
Well, sure, you CAN, but whether or not it’s a good idea, ummmm…
I’m more interested in how Miller and Asimovian got their roles.
Let us know how it goes.
Er, leave word for us to be told how it goes.
Isnt this functionally what liposuctionis?
You can cut out some fat, but not all of it or, usually, even most of it. Fat isn’t just fat. There’s also connective tissue and blood in there. Doctors have to be very careful about how much blood and how many inches of blood vessels they take out at once, or your hemostasis goes all wonky. Your body struggles to maintain your blood pressure, and your brain may be starved of oxygen. In an emergency, of course, they may lop off a whole leg at once, but they’re going to have you in ICU with a crash cart nearby and lots of blood pressure needs and fluids on hand to keep you going.
Not to mention infection and scarring, of course.
Of course you can. The real question is whether you should, and to that I would say; no.
Short answer: NO.
There is such a thing as Large Volume Fat Reduction surgery but I believe they are restricted to something like 40 - 60 lbs of fat at once…
Liposuction is when you want a few oz to a few lbs of fat removed from an area like the chin/neck or cheeks.
This is why surgeries like gastric bypass exist, so that the fat can be lost non-surgically without killing all the blood vessels and connective tissues.
Foggy since my belly is the biggest part of me (I look like an apple with toothpicks stuck in it for arms and legs) I sure can relate. You go first, we’ll see how it goes, and I promise I’ll be right behind you.
At my heaviest I weighed 200 lbs. I’m 5’3" so I looked like a balloon about ready to blow. How tall are you?
I did force myself to walk a treadmill some until it became habit. And not in any way fast. And not for long at a time. Twenty minutes once or twice a day, but not every single day.
Here’s how I lost 70 lbs in about a year, because I didn’t feel driven to hurry up and look like Kate Upton, and because if you lose weight slowly your skin reduces it’s self also and you’re not suddenly svelte—except for the flab you’re trying to stuff into your sleeves with a long-handled wooden spoon.
I dieted in a way I could live with. I denied myself nothing I really craved, but just ate way smaller portions of it and included it in my calories eaten that day. I tweaked the diet a dietician worked out for me and, still counting calories, spread out how I should be doing over a whole week instead of white-knuckling it every day.
Vegetables (love them) were supposed to cover most of my plate but that didn’t work for me so here comes my illogical math: I ate half veggies and half protein. (Increasing the protein is what staved off hunger for me; it takes longer to digest. They could keep their “size of a deck of cards” and I raised them one…yes, what would be considered a double portion at each meal was my norm.) Then A carb, whether a potato or bread or pasta, whatever. Then a little fruit. Don’t forget to add a little fat or you’ll never shit again…a little butter here and there, cheese on pizza. You get the picture. I stopped drinking juice and instead would eat an orange. And I ate 1-3 salads a day, many different veggies, with nuts (some fat) but not “loaded” and no creamy dressings. Vinegrettes kept it a-ok.
A year later I weighed 130 lbs with no hangy-down loose skin. It takes as long as it takes. Treat yourself where you can, make up for it later with something less calorie laden. It’s a process, don’t let it become an obsession.
Now I’m “back up there”, will aim for 140 or 145 this time. (That’s weight I felt best at so…that’s where it’ll be. Eventually. No worries.
So along with the obvious blood loss and near certain infection, would he have shock to deal with? Could a human withstand that kind of pain?
Se7en was not a documentary.
I’m pretty sure they won’t let the mods handle anything sharp or hot.
I should hope not.
I dunno. I find jsgoddess to be generally witty and quite presentable. So Asimovian’s got that going for him.
Just a ban hammer.
Ask THIS lady:
Probably NSFW (or kids)If I may paraphrase…
"There’s no limit to the amount of pain a man can endure;
provided, of course, it is some other man."
Let us not annoy them, okay?
:rolleyes:
This is just a silly & stupid thought that ran across my mind.
I trust the mods here and Miller and Asimovian are the closet to me, at least until Asimovian moves across the country.
6’4"
Interesting question. I did see something similar to this in an animated documentary* except I believe it was the gluteus that was lopped off. I do believe the patient suffered no ill effects, in fact I think he just stuck it back on, probably because he realized he no longer had a nice cushion to sit on.
*aka a cartoon.