How do you get stuck to a couch???

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(wilson) said:

Sorry to bring up this subject... but in reading those posts about the
heavy woman whose "skin was grafted into her sofa", how the heck does
that happen?? It's weird to imagine.

Thanks.

a.f.wilson

I can't imagine *that* either, but I did get stuck to an armchair once.
It involved a broken spring, and my skin. It wasn't pleasant, and it
only lasted the few moments it took to make contact, pierce my clothing,
and the skin, and get someone to help me remove it from my jeans and
thigh. Then, there were the stitches. No, I didn't break it - my friends
didn't have the best furniture in the world. We were undergrads... what
can I say?

--
Nancy Howells (don't forget to switch it, and replace the 😉 to send mail).

Hi,

(wilson) said:

Sorry to bring up this subject... but in reading those posts about
the heavy woman whose "skin was grafted into her sofa", how the heck
does that happen?? It's weird to imagine.

I'm not sure of the exact process. Richard Simmons has seen it happen
before with the morbidly obese.
He was interviewed about Gayle Grinds:

<http://www.palmbeachpost.com/accent/content/accent/epaper/2004/08/15/a1d_simmons_0815.html>

If I find out any more about how it happens I'll post it here as an
OT.

Take care,
Carmen

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Quoted message said:

Sorry to bring up this subject... but in reading those posts about the
heavy woman whose "skin was grafted into her sofa", how the heck does
that happen?? It's weird to imagine.

My guess would be massive bedsores. If a person stays in just one position for a
long period of time, the skin in contact with the furniture becomes inflamed and
eventually ulcerates. That's why people in long-term care are "turned" often
(hopefully). Then you have fluids seeping into the furniture and eventually
drying. In the meantime, the skin may or may not heal over and if it's STILL in
contact with the furniture, it could get stuck to it (like ripping off a along
bandaid will sometimes also rip off the scab). OTOH, it's unclear if Ms. Grinds
was FUSED to the couch or simply wedged into it.

--
Saffire
205/149/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

when skin is moist all the time, as her's had to be due to being
incontinent, sweating, etc...........and she didn't move around on the couch
it appears........the material of the fabric and the emacerated skin when
dried could stick together to form a bond with one another. It's the same
principal as when you put a dry gauze dressing over a moist wound that then
dries out.........it sticks to it, doesn't it? What I can't understand is
how anyone could sit in one position long enough to have that happen to
them.............she must have had awful pressure ulcers on her
bottom/back:-(

A Lurker

"wilson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Sorry to bring up this subject... but in reading those posts about the
heavy woman whose "skin was grafted into her sofa", how the heck does
that happen?? It's weird to imagine.

Thanks.

a.f.wilson

Bed sores that ooze and dry onto the fabric, heal, get sore again,
etc. They did confirm that she didn't get up - ever - just lay in her
own p*ss and [censored], probably for years. On the Animal Planet Channel
shows about animal abuse, they are forever finding dogs with ingrown
chain collars - the rubbed raw skin grows into, over and through the
links of chain. Of course, the owner never noticed anything...

(wilson) said:

Sorry to bring up this subject... but in reading those posts about the
heavy woman whose "skin was grafted into her sofa", how the heck does
that happen?? It's weird to imagine.

Thanks.

a.f.wilson

Lurker said:

when skin is moist all the time, as her's had to be due to being
incontinent, sweating, etc...........and she didn't move around on the couch
it appears........the material of the fabric and the emacerated skin when
dried could stick together to form a bond with one another. It's the same
principal as when you put a dry gauze dressing over a moist wound that then
dries out.........it sticks to it, doesn't it? What I can't understand is
how anyone could sit in one position long enough to have that happen to
them.............she must have had awful pressure ulcers on her
bottom/back:-(

A Lurker

"wilson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Sorry to bring up this subject... but in reading those posts about the
heavy woman whose "skin was grafted into her sofa", how the heck does
that happen?? It's weird to imagine.

Thanks.

a.f.wilson

Hey A Lurker,

How long you been using that nick on this group?

Lurker

"Kalish" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Bed sores that ooze and dry onto the fabric, heal, get sore again,
etc. They did confirm that she didn't get up - ever - just lay in her
own p*ss and [censored], probably for years. On the Animal Planet Channel
shows about animal abuse, they are forever finding dogs with ingrown
chain collars - the rubbed raw skin grows into, over and through the
links of chain. Of course, the owner never noticed anything...

(wilson) said:

Sorry to bring up this subject... but in reading those posts about the
heavy woman whose "skin was grafted into her sofa", how the heck does
that happen?? It's weird to imagine.

Thanks.

a.f.wilson

Can I just say:
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(Sorry, weak stomach)
PB.
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lbs: 253/208/154.3
height: 5'8", 173cms

I post very seldom, but lurk daily:-) Thus the name:-)

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Lurker said:

when skin is moist all the time, as her's had to be due to being
incontinent, sweating, etc...........and she didn't move around on the

couch

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

it appears........the material of the fabric and the emacerated skin

when

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

dried could stick together to form a bond with one another. It's the

same

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

principal as when you put a dry gauze dressing over a moist wound that

then

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

dries out.........it sticks to it, doesn't it? What I can't understand

is

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

how anyone could sit in one position long enough to have that happen to
them.............she must have had awful pressure ulcers on her
bottom/back:-(

A Lurker

"wilson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Sorry to bring up this subject... but in reading those posts about the
heavy woman whose "skin was grafted into her sofa", how the heck does
that happen?? It's weird to imagine.

Thanks.

a.f.wilson

Hey A Lurker,

How long you been using that nick on this group?

Lurker

I just can't understand how anyone else could live with the smell that must
have been in the house.

Becky P.

Hi,

curious' curious@noemailshown said:

I just can't understand how anyone else could live with the smell
that must have been in the house.

Olfactory fatigue. Same thing that keeps smokers and people with
extreme BO from being aware of how they smell.

Take care,
Carmen

wilson said:

Sorry to bring up this subject... but in reading those posts about the
heavy woman whose "skin was grafted into her sofa", how the heck does
that happen?? It's weird to imagine.

Tragic Krazy-glue related accident?

Martha

--
"ALPO is 99 cents a can. That's over SEVEN dog dollars!!"
Revek - ASDLC

And causes some to wear too much perfume.

In news:[email hidden],
Carmen <[email hidden]> stated
| Hi,
| On 25-Aug-2004, "curious" <curious@noemailshown> wrote:
|
|| I just can't understand how anyone else could live with the smell
|| that must have been in the house.
|
| Olfactory fatigue. Same thing that keeps smokers and people with
| extreme BO from being aware of how they smell.
|
| Take care,
| Carmen

Hi,

FOB said:

In news:[email hidden],
Carmen <[email hidden]> stated
| Hi,
| On 25-Aug-2004, "curious" <curious@noemailshown> wrote:
|
|| I just can't understand how anyone else could live with the smell
|| that must have been in the house.
|
| Olfactory fatigue. Same thing that keeps smokers and people with
| extreme BO from being aware of how they smell.

Quoted message said:

And causes some to wear too much perfume.

Oh yes! How could I have forgotten those people? I have a "3
spritzes
and no more" rule for perfume application because of that. There is
such
a thing as too much of a good thing. I'll never forget the elderly
women
who bathed in lavender and sat in front of me in church. I hated
going to
church and they were one of the reasons. It made me sick.

Take care,
Carmen

Quoted message said:

Olfactory fatigue. Same thing that keeps smokers and people with
extreme BO from being aware of how they smell.

It happens. I rented a room in a house, for a time, that in the space
of time I was living there, was overtaken by mold, rot and a veritable
menagerie of unhousebroken dogs and cats.

My ability to smell *anything*, even years and years afterward, is
greatly diminished.