Category: Odd + Funny Author : Duncan Riley Posted: January 15, 2009
Tags : american, fat woman mri, kansas
Kansas City woman Carolyn Ragan sadly discovered she had a tumor, not great news for anyone, but what happened next is quite unique.
Ragan isn’t exactly anything we’d call small: her 5 foot stature is complimented with 275 pounds around her waist, and that means that even the most modern tech may not cater for her.
Regan claims she was told by her local hospital to go the zoo to have a MRI because a regular MRI machine could not hold her weight. According to FoxNews: “he suggested the Kansas City Zoo,” Ragan said. “I thought, I know I’m big, but I’m not as big as an elephant. And my husband got mad.”
According to experts, her problem was two fold: she was too heavy for the table, and too wide to fit through the slot.
Jan 15, 2009
This is what happens when you don't put down the drumstick and get on a Bowflex or something.
Jan 15, 2009
what do you expect when you let yourself get so dang fat?????
Jan 16, 2009
What the heck did she expect? You can't get so fat and expect to fit in an MRI machine. They can only make things so big before the quality of the machine gets poor. I think someone needs to get the lapband system or something like that installed. I am 5ft 1 in and I can't imagine being that fat. I wear size 4/6 jeans. How does she find clothes that fit, much less an MRI machine?
Apr 11, 2009
If I were her husband I'd be mad also; mad that she has fatted out like an elephant! To anonymous2, look at the picture, apparently she doesn't find clothes to fit.
Apr 11, 2009
People this big show up at hospitals all day long. They expect us (the X-ray technologists) to just “move them” or “lift them” or “make it work.” We can't. There are weight limits for our very expensive machines and we can't just make that work. We all really dislike extremely obese people, because they make us look like we don't care. We do, but I can't help it if you're frickin' huge!!