He’s Not Half the Man He Once Was, Gratefully : Health: Man who was near death at 800 pounds leaves hospital at 330 with thanks for those who helped him. ‘I’ll never go back to that again,’ he says.

HEALTHY OUTLOOK: A man who lost 400 of his 800 pounds and then had 60 more pounds of loose skin removed by doctors in Orange went home vowing never to regain the crushing weight that nearly killed him. B4