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[quote=Anonymous]My sister weighs 400 pounds, and despite being a nurse and having a ton of support from her extended family (my parents,  my other sibling and me) in the form of financial, emotional and logistical support, she does zero to take care of her health. Now that she has 2 kids, it's gotten worse.

I have tried everything to support her. She does have the time and means to do positive things to help herself. She is not working double shifts or even full time. My parents will always watch her kids whenever she asks. She makes good money, and whenever she needed financial help, either myself or my parents stepped in.

But she is greatly suffering and I cannot understand why she won't do something, anything. She can barely walk. She needs new knees but the drs told her she needs to lose some weight before she can be eligible to surgery. She has high blood pressure and is diabetic. She also can be very mean, barking at people to do stuff for her, complaining, just sometimes really nasty. She also drinks too much and vapes pot. I just don't like being around her anymore, neither do my kids.

I want to shake her and tell her to snap out of it. But I never say anything about her weight, she already knows. I am scared that any day I will get the call that she has passed and that someone needs to take custody of her kids. My DH and I have already discussed we know it will be us. [/quote]

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