Dr. Now CANCELS Patient’s Weight Loss Surgery | My 600-lb Life: Where Are They Now? 

Removing fat and skin is a huge strain on anyone's heart. If they're diet is not improving going into the surgery, they will have a heart attack and die.

That would likely kill them. Even with liposuction they are only able to remove a little bit of fat in one procedure.

Bruh u clearly not a doctor that’s the dumbest shit ever to do

^That and it doesn't fix the core issues they won't have their eating habits changed and it'll just give him a reason to start the process again

Don't be so rude! He will turn 80 in 2 months and he does not look unhealthy, a bit overweight but who is not in the US?

He's barely fat, much less obese.

I always wonder how they can affort it. They're eating for at least USD 50-100 every day with no real income.

@@atheistfromaustria He is most likely on Social Security Disability. But, it probably isn't that much. His mother may be helping him out too.

​@@atheistfromaustriahis foster mother is rich

He is very handsome

"I end up pooping out a lot of food somehow."

I'm sorry, but handsome isn't exposing your giant derriere in a hospital gown. That doesn't close.

Má hezké i nohy. Zdravé bez otoků. Moc mu přeji, aby zhubnul.😊❤😊A taky má moc pěknou mámu.

I had a stroke at 54. Not overweight, no high BP, very low cholesterol, a BMI of 22. "Idiopathic". So yeah - I don't understand how someone 700lbs is still breathing.

@@jff1813 Genetics.

My blood pressure spikes when I move. Just getting into the doctor's office and to the exam room will make it spike 40 points. It took quite a few visits before I could could convince them to take my BP just before I leave. When they do that, my BP is OK. All of my life, my heart has over-reacted to any cardio-anything (weight-lifting and labor for work didn't trigger the intense beating), even when I was young and healthy.

Yes the south is known for its healthy food.

@@The_Not_So_Great_Cornholio Sure, the 'idea' of the south is fat and fried, but the true southern people, know it's about keeping it simple. If you don't steam it, boil it, if not boiled, roasted. Little bit of salt, maybe, maybe a little butter. I was raised southern, we ate healthy as the animals we kept. We were big people from birth, but healthy nonetheless.

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The longer you cook a vegetable, the fewer nutrients it provides. I'm gonna bet money neckbone and hamhock ain't on Dr. Now's 1200 calorie diet plan.

@@spriggy4382 Neckbone is only for thanksgiving and it's for gravy. Now hammhock, that is for beans and collards. Old school south right there. My kind of south was always lean meats and roasted veggies. Or steamed, whatever was easiest at the time.

Very true! Sometimes it is also visible to the outside, but mostly not.

I'm not going to try to Judge anyone because I'm not God and no one knows what is going to happen in their life.

A mothers love can ruin or flourish

That’s not how you use quotes.

@@Justin-pe9cl So teach us.

@@historyloveriii2949 You use quotes when your quoting someone or something. When you put “mom” in quotes you’re implying she isn’t his mother.

@@Justin-pe9cl No shyte Sherlock! Sarcasm was lost on you.

Because they need the surgery because they too obese they going have a lot of extra skin so the surgery helps with the weight loss and extra screen that he going have from losing the weight

When you're as big as they are your stomach is severely stretched out leaving you actually to feel hungry. What doctor now does is he gives them goals to hit just to show that they can do it without the surgery but they'll get a little extra help with the sleeve ​@@litodat233

Do you think she gave birth to him fully grown and obese? 😅

The surgery removes parts of the stomach that became stretched out due to overeating. After the surgery, someone is not nearly as capable of eating at the level they did, and they will start to shed the weight extremely fast since they are not ingesting the amount of calories needed to sustain such a large weight. However, they are addicted to food and a successful surgery requires a lifestyle switch or they’ll re-stretch their stomach out & regain the weight. That’s why he has them lose weight on their own first - to prove they are motivated enough to not overeat. But they need to shed weight fast or they will die, hence the surgery. They probably could lose the weight without it but it would be much harder without the smaller stomach & take a lot longer.

Well said. Your words of wisdom means a lot to troubled people. Thank you. 😊

@@asafaust8869 not at all been there can understand first hand how it feels and how uncertain and scary things can seem and add to it the judgement ...take care

It’s short for “doc”

Quaaack 😂

You're obnoxious.

Hiatal hernia surgery has an abysmal success rate; even for young, healthy, fit people. It was an educated risk/benefit analysis, I would think.

Usually it has some emotional, physical or mental pain behind it & it’s an addiction like alcohol, drugs & smoking

​@lilacscentedfushias1852 You certainly have an accurate understanding of this situation. How do people become addicted to drugs, alcohol, and tobacco?

​@@lilacscentedfushias18528th

Trauma of some sort

THIS QUESTION. Most people can feel 10lbs added to their body. This is f**kin extreme. He’s had his fair share of enablers

He's mobile, he can get it on his own

Jerk.

@@rosariodagosto6484 anger too

He was correct in doing so. David lost 515 lbs so far (as of 6/2024)

Oh, I think they know why he’s overweight.

/s

Spoiler alert, he eats too much.

Sometimes easier said than done. Debilitating depression and PTSD is very real.

Says someone who has never had to deal with issues.

Easier said than done , Thank god you have apparently never had in horrible trauma on your life.

@andraclark9993 exactly. Big hugs darling ❤️‍🩹🫶

You’re the type that laughs when somebody trips & falls. Are ya 5?

Playing tuba for fat walking in front of you is funneh too

Did anyone notice how the building moved when he came in

Hahaha omg...true.