Fuck fat people for taking advantage of genetics that other people would do anything for [extremely long rant] So this is pretty much a long ass rant. My grandpa has been in and out of hospitals for the last five years. Throughout his life he has always been active, has never smoked, rarely drank and has always been fit. Five years ago, when he was 78, his heart started failing. He had never had a heart attack, but his heart began pumping his blood at an extremely low efficiency due to a genetic heart defect. Because of his age he was not a candidate for a heart transplant, but it quickly became apparent that he would not live another six months unless something was done. He made the choice to get an LVAD. LVADs are pretty rare and consist of a lot of maintance and care. It is basically a pump that is surgically placed in a person's heart that helps/forces it to pump blood. It needs a charge to operate, so there is a drive line is his abdomen that can either be plugged into the wall, or be attached to batteries that he keeps in a fanny pack around his waist. If the pump is disconnected from a power source for >3-5 minutes it will stop. This makes daily activities most people take for granted a challenge: he has to put his batteries in a waterproof briefcase in order to take a shower, he obviously cannot swim and has to be extremely cautious in any situation around a body of water, he has to bring all batteries and equipment with him on every flight or long drive, etc. Beyond that, any medical problems that would be minor in most people have the potential to become extremely detrimental to his health; last year he had a routine procedure to clear his knees of arthritis and build up, and when an infection was found it should have been no big deal - but when it hit his blood, the blood was pumped through the LVAD and since bacteria cultivates more easily on foreign bodies (metal) the infection had begun to cultivate on his pump. Something that should have been solved with mild antibiotics became a five week stay at the hospital. Now there is a blood clot stuck in his pump and the LVAD's ability to pump his blood has been significantly impacted. The only guaranteed way to fix this is to have open heart surgery to replace the pump, but doctors were reluctant to do this because he is 83. Instead, they decided to try different medicinal regimines first with the hope that they could get the pump back to at least a 75% efficiency, and if there was no improvement in six weeks the surgery would be scheduled. In the four weeks he has been there they had no luck, and this morning he started passing black urine that my grandparents have been told is most likely related to his increased heart failure. If it is caused by his heart failure or is a symptom of another organ failing, the surgery to replace the LVAD's pump is completely off the table. They ordered hospice for him this afternoon while waiting for further test results.  Fuck fat people, especially fat people who have honest to God good genes that leave them without life altering or life threatening defects, disabilities and diseases that plague people who have done everything they could to stay healthy, fit and treat their body well. Fuck them for willingly turning their internal organs into fucking fat-encased sausages while there are people who would do anything - and have tried everything - to regain their health. Fuck them for complaining about their self-inflicted diseases while shoving more fucking food down their throats in the same breath. Fuck them for being born with genetics that some people would beg for, and driving them into the fucking ground.