Are we assuming that the#5 author is being completely honest as far as what happened?
ETA: We're assuming that the doctor's diagnosis wasn't an ear infection, pain meds, now if ze were to drop # of pounds that ze wouldn't get as many infections or they wouldn't be as severe? It wasn't, as the op would have us believe, "My ear hurts" "No shit, Shamu. Try running; from the fridge! Lolololol!"?