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Been making some dinner (lo carb pizza - melted cheese & turkey pepperoni, apple, greek yogurt, & black olives) so will need to go back and read posts. I was surprised to see St. Now at the cab. You gotta love this guy. I hope Kelly makes it.

Now that I hear about the congestive heart failure, she's one of the few who has good reason to think Dr Now might not work with her.

I went to school with one of Admiral Zumwalt's daughters. At the time, the Chief of Naval Operations lived in the Naval Observatory (the Vice President lives there now). She had a party there for one of our international classmates. It was decorated all in white, she had a great bedroom w/a sitting area for doing homework, and they had a bunch of Filipino staff at our beck and call. It was fabulous!

That's way out there. If it's not Silver Spring or Bethesda, I feel like I'm in a foreign country. 😃

Two wheelchairs!

Actually DC or the surrounding area? (DC native here) What base? (Air Force brat here, born at Walter Reed)

Jeez. I'm waiting for the snark on this one. Right now, I'm a little misty.

Is she starting to grow wings like Charity? Look at the amount of grease! Two words - Air fryer.

I think Amber did that. She had a long brush like a toilet brush that disappeared in the folds of her legs as she scrubbed. It was frightening. Well, at least she has on clothes and can drive. If you need to eat, why don't you have food in the house? Don't any of these people practice food storage?

Such big arms - this is where I wonder why these people don't stop at 3-400 lbs? The bariatric surgery is one thing, but she will have to have a number of skin surgeries, to get anywhere near normal looking.

Yo, my people! How are y'all? I have a great eating habit - still haven't eaten dinner.

This is my nephew. He lifts weights. I don't know what Twit will be doing, but it won't be this.

Yeah. I turned it on while making dinner, but I can't deal... Hello Hoarders.

Once again, none of these people seem to know anything about food delivery. I forget where Aaron was from, but for goodness sake - I get non-perishables delivered from walmart (delivered, not the service where you pick up at the store). Most local groceries will deliver. They could pay someone to go once a week and get the groceries if there is no cab service where they live. I just don't get it. I didn't drive until I was 48. Somehow, none of my family starved to death in the meanwhile.

I had a plastic thing with air holes in it (I think). I wore contacts, so between surgeries, I wore a contact in one eye, so no one noticed the difference. I went from 20/400+ to 20/20 & 20/25.

Hmm... I don't remember anything like that. I could have been traumatized, tho, and not recall. I certainly remember I had drops, but 814 seems like a lot. Regarding Glenn and Babs wanting someone to take care of Twit after they're gone - I'm not sure it's just that. Parents want their children to be happy. And as much as Twit's parents talk about grandchildren, I bet they would be happy if she just made a good marriage. My son's marriage didn't work out. He has a steady girlfriend now and things are proceeding apace. However, once burned, twice shy, and though he want's to be with her, is not sure about committing to marriage. I'm having a hard time with that, especially bringing children into it (which he wants to do). I don't have forever here and I would like to know before I go or am too senile to recognize reality, that he is truly settled down and has his own family. I need things to move more quickly, but I recognize that is *my* need, not his. It's hard to keep my mouth shut sometimes, though.

I have to go to doctors several times a year for various things. I go to the various clinics in my uni's hospital and many of them want to take a weight. I tell them 'no.' It's not a problem. The only time I've acquiesced was when they were doing pre-surgery testing and needed a weight to determine the amount of anesthesia, which I kinda thought was important. As a diabetic, I've certainly had doctors ask about my weight and encourage weight loss. I don't have a problem with that; I've never had anyone fat shame me, though. I did have someone try to shame me into a colonoscopy, when I suggested less invasive tests first (nothing was wrong, they were just on a fishing expedition because of my age). They must have forgotten who they were dealing with, 'cause I went right to the ombudsperson on that one.

Yup, except for the 'smack a B.... Thursday' or whatever she said in the car. That's contemporary culture right there. I grew up with people who grew up in the 40's. They didn't speak that way to each other and they certainly didn't speak that way in front of their mother.

Watching this mess again. Thoughts: 1. Why is she angry about going to see Dr Now? Because she has to leave the house? Because she's as big as a house and did it to herself? Most obesees say they are afraid Dr Now won't take them as a patient, or that the trip will be hard, but not that they are angry about making the trip (and she's only going 4 hours away). 2. Did others notice that there is no lamp shade on the living room lamp? 3. She won't even open the front door for herself. Jeez. 4. What is wrong with her that she keeps fidgeting in the chair, etc.? It looks strange. 5. Do the cameras always focus on people's mouths as they eat (so disgusting) or are the producers just in love with Jeanne? : )

Absolutely agree with this. I was thinking the other day, watching Maja go into hysterics over leaving her family to go to Houston (and yes, I paid for the episode so I could watch it over and over), that these people can't leave family, can't go w/o eating for 2 hours, can't stand a bit of pain, can't practice self-denial, can't, can't, can't. How does someone get so weak? Even Diana, who was in the military, must have had something go wrong so that she gave into her desires instead of fighting them.

That was my thought. In fact, I expected him to tell Lola he was gay, but he didn't. I don't think he's gay, he's just not the he-man his father wanted. I was a professor in a library science program. I had more than one guy I thought for sure was gay, but who turned out to be married or otherwise interested in females. Some guys are just different. Regarding what Aaron fed his father - as a caregiver, he should have taken a diabetic nutrition class or gone with his father to the nutritionist, but I bet he didn't. Once again, a lot of people think that if it's not sugar, it's OK, when it's not.

Ha. I noticed that too. I don't care what kind of extended take they give on her, there's not enough lipstick for this p... She's still an awful person and Christian is well rid of her.

See you guys next week. I'm gonna watch 'In the Kitchen w/David' on QVC. They're selling food right now. Of course.

Well, for all of you who commented on Kasssandra not smiling, etc., I hope you noticed her smile tonight. 😊

Dad's an elderly, out of control diabetic who just had a heart attack. I could take him out.