's Daily Message - HOUSEBOUND

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's Daily Message

Wednesday

January 25, 2006

HOUSEBOUND

I`m so sad and frustrated today, and you know, that`s not like me. So far

this year, I have gotten more emails from those people who have gained so

much weight that they are now housebound. That means these individuals spend

their days and nights in bed. They cannot walk, and the room they live in is

their world. At the beginning of my crusade, I would get some correspondence

from many who were housebound, but lately, I`ve been getting 30-40 a week!

How does someone get themselves in this situation? In many ways, this

process of gaining a tremendous amount of weight could have started with

some medical problems that didn`t get better. and the other problem is

suffering from depression. And as you know, depression can cause obesity

quicker than anything. One lady I`m in contact with lost her husband after a

5-year battle with cancer, and her whole life fell apart. She stopped going

out and put on 270 pounds. Another lady I spoke to the other day had one

son, and he was killed 3 years ago by a drunken driver. Since then, she has

tripled her weight. She lives in a custom made bed in the middle of her

living room.

Last Sunday on my radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio, I talked with two

men I call on a regular basis. One man named Bill is over 600 pounds and is

totally bedridden, and the other man, Mark, who is 578 pounds and is

suffering so bad with cellulitis in both legs, that he is heading toward a

housebound life. I got them both on the line at the same time so they could

talk to each other. Bill talked from his heart to Mark, and their

conversation is still echoing in my mind.

Now I want to know; are you heading in this direction? Are you over 300,

400, or more pounds? Are you having trouble walking and getting up and down

from a chair? Are your back and your legs full of pain? Do you spend more

time lying around then moving around? Have you stopped going out as much as

you used to? In other words, do you not like leaving your home? Do you have

thoughts of losing your mobility and ending up a prisoner in your own

bedroom?

Please listen to me. Do something about changing the course of your life

now! Find a doctor that will come and see you and listen to you. In turn,

you listen to him. Do whatever it takes to get out of that bed and out of

that house. Talk with your family and friends. Tell them you`re ready to

fight. That`s right! You`ve got to fight for your life!

Know as you read this today that I have known many housebound individuals

who are not housebound anymore. I am so worried about some of you. I`m here

for you if you need me.

Love,