A diabetic man from Portsmouth in the UK, already tipping the scales at 20 stone, is said to be trying to put on more weight in order to qualify for a National Health gastric bypass operation.
Darin McCloud, already obese at 20 stone, is aiming to increase his weight by a further stone in order to qualify for the surgery, although it is no foregone conclusion that he will be eligible for the operation at this stage.
His case does however have the backing of his diabetic consultant at Queen Alexandra Hospital who claims that the surgery would help his diabetes.
Dr Lorraine Albon said of the case; “Darin has done everything he can do and the problem is if he doesn’t have the surgery soon he will lose his job and add further complications to his diabetes. ‘For someone like Darin it is delaying the inevitable. He would put the weight on slowly over time anyway.”
Darin McCloud who is 5′7″ tall, believes that the operation will help his diabetes and says; “It will help me stop being on insulin and help me with my other problems. I have had diabetes for the best part of 15 years and I’m absolutely scared of being a burden on my family in the future – but I still eat, and that I can’t get my head around. There is a switch somewhere, but I can’t turn it off. That is the crux of the matter and why I need help.”
The 45 year old who applied for the operation in February 2009, was told that he maybe considered for surgery if he was a stone heavier and he has since decided to increase his weight in hope of a favourable decision.
Back in 1979 one of the most watched programmes on BBC TV was Tomorrows World, a show that looked into pioneering technology at the time with a view to predicting what we might be using in the future.
While NTT was launching the earliest commercial phone network in Japan in 1979, Britain was getting excited about making a mobile phone out of some bits and bobs found in the British Telecoms engineering stores.
In his new autobiography Life, released this week, Rolling Stones legend Keith Richards reveals that he DID snort his fathers ashes, having been non committal on the claims in the past.
Well at least some of the ashes made there way up his nose, as he says in the book;
‘As I took the lid off of the box, a fine spray of his ashes blew out on to the table. I couldn’t just brush him off so I wiped my finger over it and snorted the residue.’
Richards claims that his fathers ashes had been in his home, kept in a black box for about six years ‘because I really couldn’t bring myself to scatter him to the winds, I finally planted a sturdy English oak to spread him around.’
The sixty six year old Rolling Stone adds; ‘Ashes to ashes, father to son. He is now growing oak trees and would love me for it.’
In this months edition of FHM you can find articles on girls, fitness, health, fashion, film and music and did I mention girls? Of course the popular men’s magazine is renowned for its coverage of beautiful girls and this months edition is no different.
FHM features the Bizarre story of model Adriana Lima who the magazine describes as an ‘armed robbers dream’ as she brazenly displayed a $2 million fantasy bra at the Victoria’s Secret Soho store in New York.
The star was caught on camera not bothering to hide the diamond encrusted bra and the magazine has the pictures plus of course the typical FHM innuendo to accompany the story.
Being Halloween at the end of this month, FHM present an After Dark Special featuring a sixteen page ‘Sexy Vampire’ showdown starring the hottest vampire babes from the current crop of vampire movies, including this months release 30 Days of Night starring Diora Baird.
In fact you can See exclusive content on DioraBaird where she talks to FHM about her starring role in 30 Days of Night along with some exclusive photos of the sexy vampire vixen.
Among the other ‘vampire’ movie girls included in the After Dark Special are Christian Serratos from the Twilight Series and Natasha Alam, star of the True Blood films.
I’ve heard of still life art but this seems to be more of a case of still live art. It would appear that a certain tasty glue solution is painted onto the paper before releasing the live ants who create this amazing image before your very eyes. Seems a little cruel to me, clever but cruel, you decide!
