Mason, a 48-year-old from England who used to work once as a postman, weighed 978 pounds. He then lost weight, having reached 698 pounds, meaning just enough to qualify for gastric bypass and was also planning on writing a diet book to speak of his weight loss. Weeks after the surgery, Mason was rushed to the hospital after complaining of severe chest pains, Metro writes.World’s fattest man Paul Mason was rushed to hospital yesterday after suffering a suspected heart attack.Complaining of severe chest pains, 48-year-old Mr. Mason was taken to a nearby hospital from his Ipswich home in an ambulance specially built to carry obese patients.
Mr. Mason, a former postman who developed an eating disorder after a suffering as series of personal setbacks, recently underwent a life-saving gastric band surgery which reduced his weight from 70 stone (444.5kg) to 49 stone (311.2kg),” Metro informs. “All I want to do is be able to walk again and live like a normal human being.I’ve got a second shot at life and I’m not going to waste it,” he says for the British media.
“I don’t want to go back to the old me. I’m determined to carry on losing weight until I’m a normal size. I’m much happier and healthier now,” Mr. Mason adds. Before having the surgery, Mason would eat 20,000 calories in a single day, which is ten times more the amount recommended to a healthy adult. He was put on a crash diet before having his stomach stapled.
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