Did any of these patients....
Fail the program and die?
"A stitch in time, saves your embarrassment." (RIP Ms. Penny LoBello)
Henry died but that was a heart attack, he'd kept the weight off.
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I don't know if it's from the same show, but a long time ago, there was a woman (young/late 20s) who was supposed to undergo the surgery, and I believe she died a couple of days after she had it.
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Whenever I watch this show I always remember that one documentary that (I think) TLC did about a grossly overweight mother that was sort of a precursor this show. The woman's name escapes me but she I remember she campaigned for help through the internet and had two young daughters, one of which whom was wise beyond her years and very well spoken and articulate. The mom died by the end of the episode from complications from surgery.
Edit: Her name was Renee Altovise Williams
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Yes, I think of her episode "Half-Ton Mom," "Half-Ton Dad" and the four-part miniseries, "Half-Ton Teen" as part of this franchise because they definitely set the stage for this series, and Dr. Now was their doctor.
I can't really remember Renee's episode well, but I don't think she had to lose much weight before surgery, and she was over 900. Maybe someone else can recall her story better than I.
Yes half ton mom is on youtube, she was in denail, saying she hardly ate and her stomach was flat, and she had a tiny waist! it was very sad but not his fault it is amazing that so many of them pull thru at their weight!
shareThanks for letting me know. I never even thought to look on YT. I agree, that as high risk as these patients are, it is amazing more don't have complications during or after surgery. I remember some of those comments from Renee. She was the first episode from the "Half Ton" series, and I hadn't seen many programs with patients this sick, so that level of denial was jarring to me back then.
I wonder how "Half Ton Teen" is. Billy Robbins got several episodes, and an update now would be interesting. The dynamic with his mother was whack-a-doo. A side story on that series--a teen named John Wayne--was also bananas. The topic was still so new to me, so that level of denial in patient after patient boggled my mind.
I believe there was a patient in the first season who died - not because he failed, but because the surgery came too late and the damage done to his body was just too severe.
shareDoes anyone recall Dominique, who got two specials on TLC in 2011-2012? "600 Pound Mom" and "600 Pound Mom: The Raise Against Time" were not part of this series, but I think of her when remembering people who didn't make it.
TLC will occasionally rerun the two episodes. I just saw them a few months ago. (Edit: It looks like the first episode is on YT in three parts.)
That story was very much like watching this series, even though she was from Florida and never was under Dr. Now's care; he would have been the most equipped to treat her. Not that her outcome would necessarily be different. She remained in denial that was perhaps the worst I have seen. (And I am considering Penny WITH her update, so that says a lot!)
Was she the woman who was told to stick to her diet and would abuse her diet pills? If her doctor told her to take one a day, she would take five thinking that she would loose weight faster. She cheated on her diet CONSTANTLY!
I think she gained 89 more pounds.
"A stitch in time, saves your embarrassment." (RIP Ms. Penny LoBello)
Ooh, I don't recall that. I can't remember any doctor advocating any pills, but maybe? I do remember she had some powder to sprinkle on food that she thought would counteract the calories! Of course, it did not, and she gained... yeah, I think it was 89LBs. You may be thinking of her. She lost over 100 but gained like 89 in the end (and I'm pretty sure more before that, so she was higher than the beginning), and te doctors still did the bypass even though she was gaining up until the surgery! There was definitely no program like Dr. Now, where weight loss had to be proved for a month or more before surgery.
The other thing I always remember about Dominique is she just could not give up Haitian food. In her broken English fused with French--she was originally from Haiti--she'd go on and on about Haitian food she'd get at some restaurant. Often having neighbors slip it to her through the window! Her daughters tried to not enable her, but Dominique always found a way to sabotage herself. It soundd mean, but she did not have it all upstairs. She just could not get it... AT all.
Yes, that is Dominique. She spoke Patois, which sounds especially nasty when she was angry at her family.
"A stitch in time, saves your embarrassment." (RIP Ms. Penny LoBello)
You are correct. It was "Patois"! Yeah, I couldn't understand any of the French--not that I'm fluent, but it was so corrupted. The English needed subtitles too. Dominique was so poorly educated. Marrying at 14 will do that to a person. I felt badly for her daughters, especially those who were still minors. One time, when Dominique was really losing her *beep* she called the police on her daughters... angry they wouldn't clean the house. W T F? Like Dominique could even see the house beyond her bedroom where she was stuck!
The officers told her they can't force her daughters to clean, and Dominique just could not grasp a private domestic issue is not a matter for law enforcement. What a waste of time and resources. Dominique was good at that, particularly with her "weight loss" journey. As much of a shame that it was that she never "got it" and died, I did feel like her daughters were finally free. They had been abused long enough.