BRIAR, Texas (AP) - A diabetic woman who estimates she weighs 700 pounds is pleading for assistance which she says is blocked by her size.
     
Karen Ferguson told Dallas-Fort Worth television station KTVT Monday night that she has a broken ankle, but because of swollen feet, can't wear a medical boot.
     
She said nursing homes who claim problems with Medicare have turned her down. The station reported she has bed sores and needs help to get to a nearby portable toilet.
     
She said she believes her size is the real reason she was rejected.
     
Ferguson said she hasn't been out of her trailer in northwest Tarrant County for a year and rarely leaves the large chair built to bear her weight.
     
She fights her fear with religious faith.
     
     
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