Then, Juan Pedro Franco Castañeda sought to remove up to 80 kilos of adipose tissue, skin and blood that would involve up to eight surgeries by the end of the year
Mexican Juan Pedro Franco, known for being the most obese man in the world, overcame the covid-19 and is getting ready to lose the last 19 kilos that separate him from starting the process of rebuilding his body.
“I’m excited because this is to improve and move forward, happy because we will continue with the process after it was stopped for a long time by the pandemic that has affected us all,” the 36-year-old told Efe on Saturday , which weighed 595 kilos.
In recent months, the holder of a Guinness record for his weight lost his parents to SARS-CoV-2, but he defeated the coronavirus despite suffering from diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). exposed its bariatra, Jose Chestnut grove.
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The obesity doctor revealed that although Franco’s symptoms of covid-19 were mild, his medical history caused him lung damage with sequelae of fatigue and a 19-kilo regurgitation that brought him to his current weight. of 294 pounds.
“Covid-19 caused sequelae in his lungs, a mild fibrosis that made it a bit difficult for him to walk as he did before, the muscle part to which he had a certain degree of affection, legs with a certain degree of numbness and this also caused a weight quarrel, “he said.
This increase in volume complicates the skin reconstruction surgery that was scheduled for early 2021, so in mid-February it underwent laboratory studies to see if it can continue with the protocol.
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After almost six months of contracting the virus, his health is generally good and stable, according to doctors, who are assessing whether weight gain can be reversed with diet alone or whether a new bariatric intervention is needed to try. reaching less than 220 pounds.
This weight would make viable the reconstruction process in which Castañeda seeks to remove up to 80 kilos of adipose tissue, skin and blood that would involve up to eight surgeries by the end of the year.
“Weight loss will be of great help to the plastic and reconstructive part of Juan Pedro, because there will be less risks, less weight, more chances of success,” said the specialist.
The mental aspect has been crucial for Franco to have overcome not only the process of losing 331 kilos and leaving the bed in which he was lying, but also to overcome the covid-19 and overcome the death of his parents, who were an important pillar. for him.
Franco said he feels lucky to have overcome covid-19, which he attributes to weight loss and the control doctors have made of his diabetes for a couple of years.
“I continue with the same attitude that everything is possible and that I have to go ahead and finish everything I started so that it’s worth what my parents did and the doctor, I’m on the road, it’s been many years of fighting and not we are going to lower our arms for what happened, “he said.
COVID-19 was taken to his 66-year-old mother, who was in control of her diet. photo AFP