On Thursday a 603-pound woman in Thailand left her apartment for the first time in three years with the help of Bangkok city hall and a forklift. Yes chile’ the neighbors of 40-year-old Umnuayporn Tongprapai reached out to the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority after news traveled that she needed medical attention to remove a tumor in her right leg.

Tongprapai who is believed to be the heaviest resident of Thailand attracted a media frenzy. Crews from near and afar came to document the event that involved demolition crews, engineers, rescue workers, doctors and nurses.

Tongprapai says:

I’ve been living in this room and have not gone outside for three years. I can walk a little, just enough that I can go to bathroom. But I have to cling to my son the whole way.

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Yes people get your thyroid checked. Thyroid issues can cause numerous problems ranging from weight gain/loss, muscle/joint pain and even skin/hair changes. Whew…I’m just so relieved that she is getting the help that she needs and has loving people in her life that are looking out for her. While most of us take some of life’s simple pleasures for granted, Tongprapai says she wants to “go to the sea” and “play in the water.”

God bless her!

This morning Fantasia sat down with Robin Roberts of “Good Morning America” to explain what really went through her mind on that gloomy day….

I think I was just overloaded with everything, with carrying six years of so much.I always take a licking and keep on ticking…it just became heavy for me to the point that I just wanted to be away from the noise. There’s so much that people don’t understand. They just see the glitz and the glamour, and they feel like life is so perfect, but we’re human and we go through things.

Ok I don’t want to spoil any more of this interview. Check it out below for yourself…

The thing that disturbs me the most about this is that Fantasia has a little girl. How do you explain to your child that you tried to off yourself and leave them behind?

As crazy as it sounds, an increasing number of sexually active young Chinese women are getting a surgical “hymen restoration” procedure so they can appear to be virgins on their wedding night.

‘We can fix it so everything is perfect, so the men can believe they are marrying virgins,’ said Zhou Hong, a physician and director of gynecology at the Beijing Wuzhou Women’s Hospital. ‘We don’t advertise it; we don’t publicize it.

A procedure with a price tag of $700 returns the hymen back to its original condition. While the hymen is usually ruptured during a female’s first sexual experience, it can also be ruptured while playing sports or doing any strenuous activities.

These poor girls are forced to “get right” before their wedding, while their future hubby can prance around like “Thumper” and hop on every woman he sees. What a load of crap!
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Broadway actress Shannon Tavarez will undergo a life-saving surgery today. The 11-year-old who played Nala in the Broadway production of “The Lion King” was diagnosed with a rare acute form of leukemia. 

Today little Shannon will get an umbilical-cord blood transplant. After many unsuccessful attempts to find a bone-marrow match, doctors opted for this kind of treatment in efforts to save the young girl’s life. Shannon’s mom, Odiney Brown, is African American and her dad is Hispanic. Both groups are under represented as far as bone marrow donors registrars. 

Odiney Brown says:

I’m just praying everything works. She’s in good spirits. She’s singing and playing the piano. She can’t wait. She calls this her ‘new birthday.’

Wow…a little girl, with such a big heart. I bet you and I could learn a lot from her.

The EgyptSaidSo fam sends our prayers to Shannon Tavarez and her family.

R&B singer Fantasia Barrino was hospitalized on Monday after her manager, Brian Dickens, dialed 9-1-1 because the American Idol star overdosed on aspirin and sleeping aid. She was admitted to Mercy South Hospital in Pineville, North Carolina where she was treated for exhaustion and dehydration.

We can breathe easy now that we’ve learned that she’s in stable condition. It’s said that Fantasia was feeling “overwhelmed by the lawsuit and media attention” circulating around her relationship with boyfriend Antwaun Cook, and the alleged lawsuit brought up by his ex-wife Paula Cook for destroying their marriage.

Fantasia’s manager Brian Dickens says:

She was totally overwhelmed by the lawsuit and the media attention alleging she was involved with married man. Fantasia was hospitalized. She took an overdose of aspirin and a sleep aid. Her injuries are not life threatening. She was dehydrated and exhausted at the time. Fantasia is stable now. She will be released from the hospital soon.

This story has started a media frenzy! You see how things can get REAL ugly when getting involved with a married man? Fantasia claims she didn’t know that Antwaun was still married, but chile’ if that rumored sex tape is real..this is going to be one tough case to fight.

Get better Fantasia, the EgyptSaidSo fam is rooting for you!

Check out the police report here….

A Miami-area man named Lee Willy DeJesus is facing second-degree murder after using his 2-year-old son, Willy, as a punching bag.

DeJesus claims he was trying to teach his son Willy how to box by hitting him 15 times over a 15-minute time period resulting in the poor baby being pronounced brain dead.

Pardon my French…but what the f@&k is going on with people nowadays? What kind of father puts boxing gloves on and slugs his son so hard in the head that he becomes a vegetable?!

Authorities plan to upgrade charges filed against DeJesus to first degree murder once the boy is taken off life support.

Did I forget to mention this scum-bag of a father waited an entire hour before dialing 911, and initially tried to accuse the babysitter of inflicting bruises on 2-year-old Willy?

Jesus take the wheel and drive the damn car off the road!

Authorities confirmed that the body found in a wooded area in south Memphis is that of Lorenzen Wright. A 911 call was placed from his phone on the night of July 19th at 1:00am in which at least 10 gunshots could be heard. Some reports identify this as a homicide while others indicate that Wright’s wounds could have been self-inflicted. Does that make sense? How can a brother shoot himself 10 times? Hmm….something just isn’t right.

Wright was known to carry a wad of cash around….perhaps it was a robbery.

Our hearts go out to Lorenzen’s family.

Former NBA player Lorenzen Wright has been missing since July 18. 

The Atlanta police reported that Wright was last seen on Sunday when he was expected to fly out of the city. He stopped by to check on his children, who live with his ex-wife in Smyrna Ga and left around to 2 a.m. while she was sleeping. 

According to Lt. Norm Dixon:

There is nothing on his phone records, no bank transactions, his vehicles are still at his house in Smyrna. It’s like he literally dropped off the face of the earth.

Authorities don’t suspect any foul play, but the family is left to believe otherwise. 

Dixon continues:

All of his friends said he’s never done anything like this.

Wright played for the NBA for 13-years after starting his career at The University of Memphis. He last played in the league for the Cleveland Cavaliers during the 2008-09 season.

The EgyptSaidSo family sends our prayers for his safe return.

Yesterday Nelson Mandela‘s grandchildren were caught in the midst of gunfire after leaving his 92nd birthday party.

Reports indicate a gunmen approached their car and made them lie down before firing off a shot. In an instant, the family driver retaliated by opening fire on the attackers and they flew out  like a bat out of hell.

Whew! Luckily none of his grand-babies were harmed.

Damn this must be a really rough time for Nelson Mandela and his family. Last month we reported that his great-granddaughter, Zenani was killed by a drunk driver after the opening ceremony for the World Cup Series.

The EgyptSaidSo family sends our prayers to the Mandela family.

An Oakland, California former BART (transit) cop was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the 2009 fatal shooting of 22-year-old Oscar Grant. According to the Los Angeles Times, the former transit cop, Johannes Mehserle, was sentenced to two to four years in prison.

Pop the top for more details on the guilty verdict….

A former transit police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man at an Oakland train station was convicted of involuntary manslaughter Thursday, capping a racially charged case that raised fears in the Bay Area of possible violence after the verdict.

Prosecutors accused the ex-officer of intentionally firing his handgun as he tried to handcuff Oscar J. Grant III on New Year’s Day 2009. Johannes Mehserle, 28, tearfully testified that the shooting was a tragic accident caused when he mistakenly grabbed his firearm instead of an electric Taser weapon during a struggle with Grant.

The shooting was captured on video by several witnesses. Mehserle, who is white, fired a single round into the back of Grant, who was black and was lying face-down on the station platform. Mehserle resigned a week after the shooting.

The killing provoked protests and violence in Oakland. The case, which has drawn comparisons to the videotaped beating of Rodney G. King that ultimately triggered riots in Los Angeles in 1992, was moved to Los Angeles for trial amid concern about the extensive media coverage of the slaying in the Bay Area.

The shooting occurred soon after police responded to reports of a fight on a train stopped at the Fruitvale Station. Grant and four friends were detained by a different police officer who prosecutors said used excessive force against the men. Mehserle arrived on the platform after the men had been detained.

Alameda County Deputy Dist. Atty. David R. Stein rejected the idea that the shooting was a mistake, telling jurors that Mehserle’s holster was specially designed to prevent easy release of his firearm. The prosecutor contrasted the light, bright yellow Taser gun with the heavier black Sig Sauer handgun that Mehserle fired.

“He let his aggression dictate his conduct,” Stein told jurors.

The prosecutor urged jurors to find Mehserle guilty of second-degree murder, pointing out that the officer never told his colleagues that night that the shooting was an accident.

Prosecutors in Los Angeles have not won a murder conviction in a police shooting case since 1983.

Mehserle testified that he intended to use his Taser because he believed Grant, 22, might be reaching for a gun in his pants pocket. While the officer’s firearm was on his right side, the Taser was in a holster on the left side of his belt but angled so that it could be pulled out with his right hand.

Two people, including a friend of Grant’s, testified that they heard the officer say he intended to use his Taser shortly before the shooting. In at least six other instances, officers have said they made the same mistake of firing a handgun when they intended to use a Taser.

Numerous witnesses said Mehserle looked shocked after the gunshot. Defense attorney Michael L. Rains said video footage shows his client holding his head in his hands in despair.

“He’s sick to his stomach,” Rains told jurors, “because he has shot a man who did not deserve to be shot.”

Involuntary manslaughter carries a sentence of two to four years in prison. Sentencing is set for Aug. 6.

The eight-woman, four-man jury consisted of seven whites, three Latinos, one Asian-Pacific islander and one person who declined to state a race. That’s right. Zero black jurors. SMH.

This is too sad to comment on…A life is taken by a transit cop, senselessly, and all he’s sentenced to is involuntary manslaughter, which carries prison time of two-four years in prison??? This is straight ridiculous!