Later his knees swelled up with a post-operative infection. When a doctor suggested amputation, Mr. Boorman stubbornly refused to continue his therapy, probably damaging his limbs further.
Then his eating habits got him into a deeper quandary. In the military he weighed 180 pounds but by the mid-2000s, he tipped the scales at 340 pounds.
Today, the Brooklyn Park resident weighs a wiry, muscular 156 pounds and is able to...
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