He Lost the Weight
I have a humorous story from one of my favorite patients. He was a hilarious man who passed about three years ago. He was obese, had diabetes, and for years I was advising him on getting into better shape. He was charming and always joked about his problems as opposed to actually addressing them.
That was just the way he was. Eventually, he developed bad leg ulcers as a complication of diabetes and underwent a below-the-knee amputation. When I saw him in the intensive care unit when he was extubated after his operation, he struggled to talk, but had to get his typical greeting in.
He said: “Good news doctor, I’ve finally lost weight!” The poor guy passed just ten minutes later from a massive myocardial infarction. Story credit: Reddit / ChampippleDrinker