Hi Alea....
The sequence of events.........
15 years ago modern medicine gave up on him
& told him he would never walk unassisted again,
his back and knee joints were shot from too
many jumps.....
After being told there was nothing that could
be done,he also gave up & over the next 15 years
he piled on the weight to 290lbs...
I'm not assigning any magic here,i don't believe
in magic or miracles...
So even if he lost the weight back to 150lbs,
that would have just put him back where he
started 15 years ago,he still had the physical
condition of his back and knee joints being
shot....plus an additional 15 years of wear
& tear from all that additional weight.
If no medical degree is required to figure out
what happened here,how come modern medicine
couldn't fix his condition but he could?