Reply #102: Oh, I'm very familar with CHF and coma patients [View All]

[Enraged_Ape]

I'm a hospital-based physical therapist, for crying out loud.

The initial poster wanted us to believe that Atkins gained 60+ pounds after he went to the hospital. I was merely saying that I found that amount of weight gain, in the hospital, unconscious, for two weeks, hard to believe, unless:

1) Atkins had the worst medical management of any patient lying unconscious in a hospital anywhere, which I doubt.

2) He was one unhealthy man long before he ever made it to the ICU, which IS a very likely scenario. It sounds like this is what you're describing. In which case, I fully agree with you, and it's a sure reason why I would not use him as a dietary role model.