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On 4/5/2017 at 11:54 PM, Muffyn said:
Thinking about the 7 day in hospital detox, that is actually realistic, What was strange was that he didn't go from detox to a drug addiction treatment center. Drs. Flower and Beardy talked about him needing to do work post detox. It is possible that his insurance doesn't cover in patient drug rehab. The other option is having thrown yet more fits, he was not welcomed into a rehab.
Maybe no treatment centers were equipped to handle (or accept liability for) a patient his size or with his comorbidities?
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This was the episode that jumped the shark for me. The producers contacted him about being on the show after seeing media coverage of him being kicked out of the hospital - they knew he was more full of poop than a goose and this was done solely for ratings. They've steadily Jerry Springered the hell out of this show and I just can't with them anymore. Further, I'm now suspicious of Penny and Pauline being as difficult as they were shown. They could have chosen someone who really wanted to lose weight and would have been grateful for the opportunity, but NO they had to be sleazy and UGH. I won't be watching again; I deleted part 2 without watching and deleted the show from my DVR. Bah and a pox on them all.
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On 4/1/2017 at 4:29 PM, mamadrama said:
Same here. ER sends people home without pain medication all the time. Heck, so do the surgeons. I was released from brain surgery and my hysterectomy with Tylenol.
I've honestly never heard of tylenol for a broken bone or for post major surgical pain- at least not immediately. I know the ER's/hospitals in my state will administer short term meds to ease pain until you make an appointment with your regular doctor or one they recommend. I'm cringing in horror imagining how bad you must have felt :0 I had natural childbirth twice but the pain from my c section had me popping Lortab every four hours for a little over a week and you'd have had to pry them from my cold dead hands. It's hard to gage tone on the net - so please know I'm not saying this to be snarky- but bless y'alls hearts that must have been unpleasant.
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1 minute ago, Granny58 said:
do you? can't it be done online, maybe Craigslist?
Maybe the deep web and bitcoin? I don't know much about Craigslist other than the murderer that used it.
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4 minutes ago, notyrmomma said:
Great point! He probably is.
The only person I felt sorry for in this show way Dr Now. I thought Dr. Now at any point was going to say, "fuck it, I'm too old for this shit." I'm not fond of him as a person, but personality aside, he helps a lot of people (many of the people who died would have probably died soon anyway--this surgery is a gamble when you are +600).
I actually have no sympathy for Justin he has no motivation to help himself and would just be happy as a clam to sit around at home all day and play with his toys. I have no patience for these people.
Also, I think this is my 3 season of being active on this forum and for the first time ever, I have not been able to keep up on the comments, but don't worry about me, keep 'em coming.
You need social skills or at least a peer group to sell dope.
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11 hours ago, satrunrose said:
Does anyone have any insight about what was up with Steven's handshake obsession? Clearly it has something to do with control and manipulation (like the crocodile tears) but I can't say I've ever seen manipulating via handshake before. We saw him asking Dr Now at least twice after he had been read the riot act, so it seems to be a tool reserved for authority figures who see through his b.s.
I wasn't going to say anything but I remember an older man at an assisted living center that always wanted to shake my hand when I would go visit someone there. I don't know how many times I shook the man's hand, but one day when I was speaking with one of the people in the office she saw me shake his hand and told me in front of him not to shake it again because he was a chronic masterbater and had been an alleged sexual predator when he was younger and enjoyed the feeling of conning visitors to shake his hand. I damn near vomited when he smiled and winked before he walked away and that was the beginning of Bubbly's aversion to shaking hands.
I don't think Steven can find his stinky pinky much less do anything with it, but I do know predators get off on power and everything with Steven is a power play. It may be a kind of test to feel out if someone is going to politely aquiesce to his demands?
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1 minute ago, gardendiva said:
I will spell out what I have been coyly dancing around in previous posts. It is nothing but an intuitive guess, but I suspect that Steven may have sexually abused his younger brother. In his world, he had nobody else that he could dominate and control but Justin, and that kind of act is not about sexuality but about control, power and dominance.
Regular physical abuse doesn't really explain the absolute recoil that Justin exhibits when he is around Steven, and their 6 year age gap makes this seem even more likely. I hope I am wrong.
I hope we're both wrong then.
1 minute ago, Giant Misfit said:What's more profoundly disturbing are his perfectly formed lady boobs. Bitch needs to put a bra on those things.
I rematched again tonight and one of the pop ups said he was constantly photographing the nurses with his tablet. Had I been one of those nurses, I would have waited until he was asleep, taken that fucking tablet and submerged in the toilet.
Then would have dried it off and returned it to its original space.
Nice tablet he had wasn't it? Be a shame if his urinal was accidentally spilled on it, wouldn't it? Test me perv, just test me. -_-
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4 minutes ago, bethster2000 said:
This is the stuff of episodes of Forensics Files. This is the stuff of the creepiest of Dateline NBC episodes. I am sure it will show up in my nightmares.
This is the full "pie" video. I will warn you: it is profoundly disturbing.
I noped out with a quickness. It made me extremely uncomfortable and it's too close to my bedtime. It's nightmarish, you're absolutely correct about that.
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2 hours ago, scoopski potata said:
Ugh and I kinda wanted pizza this weekend too :/
I honestly just had to go on a run because of this dude. I just felt the need to be healthy and productive. I'm so torn between my mental healthcare provider side who just wants to dive in and help this man and the oath I took that still remains a part of me and the woman who left that job and honestly knows that sometimes people just can't be helped. But that, unfortunately, doesn't always stop us from trying.
Preach. I just beat the rain and finished an extra mile. Hoarders and 600 motivate me like the R Lee Emory drill instructor in the 80's era Full Metal Jacket.
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2 minutes ago, todd said:
What about Naked and Afraid?
I know I certainly put down the potato chips when I see the sad state of their bodies. Scares me something fierce to see what we can do to ourselves.
This reads a lot more bitchy than it sounded in my head. In my head it just sounded archly snarky.
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Just now, Hockeymom said:
Of course you're human! I would expect a little gossip among colleagues. A juicy tidbit here and there always brightens my day!!
But -
This woman works with Dr. Now, has access to his "lawsuits / licenses /reviews / privileges /" and access to how many patients were lost on the operating table. This is confidential to her position. If she's talking to her coworkers, that's one thing. But she's coming home and telling her daughter. Who, in turn, is posting about them on a public forum.
I see what you're saying totally :)
In the case of deaths, they're public record, so as long as the poster is careful to avoid overly specific info I'd think it would be ok. Anywhoo, this is the internet and you never really know if people are who they say they are - this could just be someone posting for attention. I've learned to keep my salt shaker on hand when I hop online and to sprinkle its contents liberally when I surf.
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47 minutes ago, scoopski potata said:
No names or any identifying factors (which I'm not saying this person has provided, I'm just clarifying that anything that could be used to identify the patient, not just the name, is technically arguable as a violation). If doctors and nurses are breaching confidentiality about patients to other drs and nurses who aren't authorized to know info about said patients...not really legal. It happens, but it's a HIPAA violation. Just to be clear.
It happens every day but you're correct. It reminds me of a situation I remember happening where a patient heard lab personel discussing their diagnosis that was on their paperwork. Nobody was fired but the ethics were discussed heavily by staff. But. I did talk to my husband about what happened during my day at work sometimes - jerk patients, doctors who sometimes screwed up. One of my best friends is an EMT and sometimes we talk shop. Meh, I'm rambling, but you're correct in the letter of the regulation just maybe not the black and white rigid application.
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33 minutes ago, Hockeymom said:
She shouldn't be telling tales. I imagine some of what she sees is confidential. Maybe she should keep it that way.
As long as no names are used confidentiality isn't technically breached. Doctors and nurses talk amongst ourselves all the time because we're human.
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57 minutes ago, Cherrio said:
This episode reminds me of my all time favorite piece of television, an episode of NYPD Blue, called "A Box of Wendy".
This very strange guy is addicted to Coke and to piss him off , they keep offering him everything but Coke until he blows up.
They then tell him he can have his Coke if he tells the truth about murdering his sister. The guy then adds that if they give him an extra 2 liter bottle he will tell them about an additional murder he committed.
In this case, its pepperoni pizza. The father got out of an abuse charge with pizza.
Right?! The whole experience of watching this episode was so wth, wasn't it?
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2 hours ago, Pepper Mostly said:
Hahaha--I'm from Boston! I understood them perfectly! Steven Sr. sounded like probably everyone I ever knew as a kid.
Princess was a bright spot. Her side eye was EPIC. No one gets the better of Princess. I love her and want to be president of her fan club.
Yes I think that is very likely. Justin hates his brother. Steven may only be able to verbally abuse him now, but he relies on intimidation and control. I'm sure Justin remembers their childhood when Steven could also overpower him physically.
Steven loves being naked because he loves to shock. He loves to keep people off balance. He loves to be huge--it makes him physically intimidating. He loves to scare people by yelling, then he turns on the tears to evoke their pity. He went to Justin because he knew that if he was in the room he could control the situation and Justin's response. Justin's only defense is to stay away from him. *To me the creepiest moment was when, after Dr. Now washed his hands of him and prepared to leave the room, Steven said "can I have a handshake?" all plaintive and fawning. His smile when Dr. Now came to him and shook his hand gave me the shudders. He got Dr. Now to do something. He thinks he the king of persuasion and manipulation.*
He and his brother both have those dead fish handshakes. Gave me the creeps.
*To me the creepiest moment was when, after Dr. Now washed his hands of him and prepared to leave the room, Steven said "can I have a handshake?" all plaintive and fawning. His smile when Dr. Now came to him and shook his hand gave me the shudders. He got Dr. Now to do something. He thinks he the king of persuasion and manipulation.*
Yes! I picked up on that too but forgot to mention it!
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Poptartin, thank you for sharing that. I've read a bit about Now and his divorce and suspected as much.
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I'm usually very sympathetic and empathetic with the subjects on this show even when they're dispicable. For transparency: pretty much the entire maternal side of my family are morbidly obese and my cousin had to be cut out of his mother's house not too far away from Now's practice. I love my family and have seen first hand the struggles they've had and the cruelty some of them have been treated with (my first cousin was asked to the prom in high school. The entire family went over to see her and her date. The guy never showed because it was a huge joke...I think about it now and die a little inside when I remember how she cried with zero sound. She just turned bluish white and the tears poured. Damn, now I'm crying myself)
I'm not hard hearted, I think I'm a morally strong person, but I felt things I've never experienced while watching this episode. I went from disgust to actually feeling a kind of fear when he was shown. I have a horrible feeling the only reason he isn't a sadistic serial killer is because he's too fat to sneak up on anyone and is too out of shape to dispose of a body by himself. There's a primitive part of our brain that reacts before our conscious mind really realizes we're in danger and Steven triggered my primal fear instinct. Heavy, heavy episode y'all.
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I can't handle watching part two of this next week. This has broken me and I won't watch again - it's just too much and life is too short. I feel depressed and creeped out and almost dirty now.
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Deleted my comment when I realized I should have posted it in the watch and react thread. Sorry :)
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22 hours ago, AZChristian said:
She had a toilet chair in her bedroom. About 2 feet from where she would sit on the edge of the bed to eat.
Good heavens, there was a time the bedside potty would have horrified me, but years of watching this show has me so jaded that I almost see it as a somewhat less disgusting option. I'm not comfortable with what that may say about me.
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On 3/1/2017 at 8:15 PM, kittyinthecity said:
-684 lbs
-Age 23
-Can't fit in the bathroom door --- where on earth does she go to the bathroom??
I feel bad for this girl as obviously she isn't even living a full life but wow. I have a feeling about this one.
I didn't even think about where she answered the call of nature. Y'all. I am shook.
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The only way James could be any more hard core addicted is if he were main-lining the grease his eggrolls were fried in... but with CHF, I guess he kind of already is.
Jesus Lord have mercy, this was hard as heck to watch and maintain my composure and charitable spirit. I swear, this one was a doozy y'all!
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I just came here to see if I was alone on Robbie's episode being the hardest ever to watch. This is the one that's finally broke me from watching. My God have mercy what that poor man has been through...I just wanted to go back in time and save him when his sister talked about him being curled up in a ball and gray when his mother sold him. That hurt my soul for him - sometimes it just seems like some people never get a chance and life is a son of a bitch to them from birth. At least his sisters love him tremendously and I hope that's some comfort to him. Sorry "Intervention" but I'm bouncing after this one.
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When her sister said she was "an embarrassment and I hope that she gets the help that she needs so she can be a part of our family again."....
Yall. There have been very few times I've had fire run through me in reaction to something someone on this show said; if I would have been standing there and heard that I'd have been hard pressed not to slap the color out of that woman's hair. Why does she have to look a certain way to be a part of their family? The real embarrassment is that they treat her the way they do with zero self awareness that they ain't exactly Mr or Ms Universe themselves.
Sorry, had to vent.
**after watching more of the episode, I can see she wasn't an angel either in the way she treated them. She wasn't likable and was downright unreasonable at times, and I can understand why they would be fed up with her overall. The embarrassment her sister spoke of was still a lousy thing to say regardless.
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S05.E16: Where are the now? Brittani and Sean
in My 600-lb Life
Ever since I read about how he treated his exwife, I've cooled a great deal toward him. I also get the overwhelming feeling that his reactions toward his patients, especially this season, aren't genuine and are being driven by viewers on boards like this one. I liked the Dr Now that decided plural tenses weren't needed and was nonplussed by vagina washing on yellow brick roads, but I don't like the real Nowzardin at all and I'm pretty sure he's a very difficult individual to deal with on a day to day basis.