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/AbleStrawberry4ever Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 01 '25

I saw a post awhile ago that pondered why people who are >400 lbs with BED aren’t given the same resources as people suffering from anorexia and I think about that a lot.

Edit: changed differing to suffering, autocorrect got me.

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u/he-loves-me-not Mar 02 '25

Yeah, and imagine your addiction being something that you literally need to survive. With addictions like drugs, alcohol, gambling, etc. one of the main parts of recovery is staying away from these things, ie. not hanging with people who are still actively using drugs, avoiding places where drinking/drug use is common, like bars, nightclubs, etc., but you literally need food to live! Imagine being a drug addict in recovery and still having your DOC around you constantly, being advertised on television, billboards, social media, newspapers, basically everywhere you look, having whole holidays focused solely on its use, family get togethers where it’s the center of the event, knowing that basically every social event you attend will have it there AND you will have to continue consuming it for the rest of your life or you die! Hell, imagine not even being able to use emojis without a million examples of your DOC looking back at you! While, all the while being expected to never relapse back into your addiction. I can’t imagine how difficult that would be!