Former world's fattest man, 64, who once tipped scales at 80 stone celebrates becoming 'nearly a pensioner' after doctor told him he'd be 'lucky to make 40'

The erstwhile world's fattest man - who tipped nan scales astatine 80 chromatic astatine his heaviest - has revealed really a expert warned him he would dice earlier 40 years old.

But Paul Mason, from Ipswich, has defied predictions to make it to nan property of 64 - and contempt still being 36 chromatic and bedridden, he revealed he is determined to usage his clip to bask his ain life and to thief others wherever he can.

Speaking to The Mirror, he said: 'A expert erstwhile told maine I would beryllium fortunate to make 40 and now present I am, astir a pensioner. 

'I whitethorn not locomotion again now but I americium astatine 1 pinch that. I conscionable want to usage my clip to thief others and make judge they don't make nan aforesaid mistakes I did.'

He antecedently dropped down to 19 chromatic aft uncovering emotion and having a gastric bypass cognition successful 2010. But he piled connected nan pounds again aft nan break down of his relationship pinch American Rebecca Mountain, who was 13 years his junior.

In 2021, he deed a debased constituent pinch depression and he tried to return his ain life aft getting to his 'wits' end' and becoming 'desperate'. But he instantly regretted it and phoned an ambulance. 

However nan assistance successful his building was broken, and owed to his size 2 occurrence engines needed to beryllium called earlier 8 men proceeded to transportation him retired successful a sling.  

He said: 'It sewage truthful bad I could not respire and they sent a paramedic who insisted I spell to hospital. It was atrocious – location were group extracurricular taking pictures.'

Paul claimed he is wished to ne'er fto himself deed specified a debased again and he now lives successful a purpose-built level successful a residential attraction installation connected nan South Coast.

He can't locomotion truthful to get astir he uses an extra-wide motorised wheelchair and moreover engages successful a caller hobby of gardening. 

Paul gained fame successful nan documentary The World’s Fattest Man, which showed him astatine 70st and told really he ate 20,000 calories a day, including 40 cocoa bars, immense fry-ups and takeaways. 

He antecedently deed headlines erstwhile he revealed a hospital had planned to cremate him successful an abattoir designed for animals if he died because they would person been incapable to grip his size themselves.

Paul said he was 'disgusted' by nan plans drawn up during his 3 years surviving connected a infirmary ward, which included giving him an animal cremation if he died. 

The erstwhile postman told ITV successful nan documentary The World's Fattest Man: 10 Years On, that he knowledgeable inhumane curen while battling his escalating weight.

'If I died successful infirmary they wouldn't beryllium capable to woody pinch personification my size truthful they made a shape up to opportunity that if I died successful infirmary they'd person to return maine to an abattoir to wherever nan ample animals spell to and die.... And I'd beryllium cremated successful nan animal cremation,' Paul said.

'I thought it was disgusting. I couldn't judge they were doing that,' he added.

Paul explained that astatine his heaviest it became progressively difficult to time off nan location and arsenic his fare of 40 cocoa bars a time made his teeth crumble, he would propulsion nan cracked ones retired himself, according to nan Sun.

He claimed that he was capable to termination a nervus by heating needles up and sterilising his rima earlier inserting nan needle consecutive into his gum.  He estimates that he removed astatine slightest a twelve of his ain teeth utilizing this method.

He was capable to shrink down to 19 chromatic aft a successful gastric bypass room successful 2010 and soon moved to nan United States to beryllium pinch Rebecca Mountain - 13 years his junior.

While surviving successful nan States, Paul underwent operations to person his excess tegument removed.

However, he soon ballooned again to complete 30 chromatic aft gorging connected pizza erstwhile his narration pinch Rebecca came to an end.

The basal wellness security he could spend successful nan US was inadequate for his authorities of health, Paul antecedently told nan Mirror.

Before moving to subordinate Ms Mountain, an 8 chromatic vegetarian, successful Massachusetts successful 2014, Paul's attraction was costing UK taxpayers £100,000-a-year and an estimated £1.5million successful total.

In a 2002 aesculapian emergency, occurrence crews had to return retired a model and brickwork truthful a forklift could return him retired of nan location and to infirmary successful a five-ton ambulance specially built for obese people.

By 2009 he needed a life-saving cognition aft putting distant 20,000 calories a day, including 3 family-sized takeaway meals an evening.

Then successful 2010 he had gastric bypass room that shrunk his tummy to nan size of an egg.

In 2013 Ms Mountain contacted Mr Mason aft seeing a documentary astir him. The brace exchanged rings and successful May 2015 he had 4 chromatic of excess tegument trim from his assemblage successful a nine-hour process successful New York.

The NHS had refused to do nan £30,000 cognition until his weight had been unchangeable for 2 years.

Despite him getting down to 19 stone, nan mates called disconnected their engagement successful September 2015.

He returned to nan UK 'for nan assistance I request to get my life backmost connected track' successful 2019. At nan clip Paul claimed that he needed aggregate operations, including caller knees, a hep and galore hernia operations, costing nan NHS complete £100,000. 

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