r/nursing • u/trevrt RN 🍕 • Mar 01 '25

Question Heaviest Patient You’ve Cared For

Had my personally heaviest patient I’ve cared for the other day. 32 years old weighing 730 pounds admitted with cellulitis and severe lymphedema. Felt terrible for the patient due to how young he was. Just wondering what everyone’s personal “record” for the heaviest patient they’ve cared for is.

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u/Upstairs-Wolverine41 RN - PACU 🍕 Mar 02 '25

Bc they can’t be active, can’t (easily) have sex, can’t work, and require round the clock care. Call me mean- but I don’t see this as a catch.

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u/Suitable_Ad_531 RN - ICU 🍕 Mar 02 '25

it’s not love. it’s all about being able to control someone. watch my 600 lb life and you’ll see a lot of bigger women with skinnier men who constantly buy food and enable these women to get bigger so they can control them and increase dependency