Lynn

With spending years bed bound, Liz's leg muscles must be quite atrophied. I'm wondering why they couldn't have set up some sort of pulley contraption in the hospital or at home to allow her to lift weights with her leg muscles. When I once had physical therapy for my back, there was a metal chair that had a leg extension that allowed me to lift and then lower my legs against resistance. She needs to create some muscle in her legs for them to lift and support 500 lbs. It's like asking someone with weak arms to bench press 200 lbs. Also, when Liz was on the liquid diet, she said she ate the broth from the different soups. And she did lose another 50 lbs. I agree with a previous poster that they should have sent a practical nurse to the home daily for a few months to supervise and train the enablers. Much cheaper than hospitalization. And one more thing, Dr. Now has given lymphedema and sleeve surgery early to patients he considered near death.

Christine goes alone to the St. George home of the guitar accompanist who she has never met and we have to hear her sing the dopey song for the fourth time. This time it was worse than the first time.

Christine and Cody sure had a lot of cozy couch scenes, his hand on her knee, etc. They looked like they had something going on. This may be why she is so happy these days. Also, this episode made me think that maybe Christine's voice coach had suggested a lower key and Christine argued for the super soprano arrangement. She was absolutely uncompromising with the guitar player, and he tried. My daughter had the theory that the voice lessons were awful by design so as to showcase a good performance at the wedding. I no longer think that's a possibility after this episode with the guitar guy.

At one point, I believe Lee said both of her parents are deceased so she has no family. Also, she said several times that Lee gets angry when he doesn't get what he wants. When they first moved to Houston and actually followed the diet, she expressed surprised that he hadn't been getting angry. Different story after his bypass.

Nowhere, I totally agree with this. She just needs to chill and be a normal non-sexually active teenager. The only advantage to bottom surgery from the hormonally blocked and enhanced situation that she has now would be the ability to have sex, which she doesn't need, and only conceptually wants. Also, I agree with a previously poster that Dr. Bowers probably wants to ditch her as a patient. It looks like a very difficult case with high chance for difficult outcome, recovery, and patient satisfaction. She should have told them months ago that when Jazz wanted to proceed, she would need several months of tissue expanders. Dr. Bowers admitted they had little experience with testosterone blocked children, and Jazz is an extreme case of this "unintended consequence." It feels like experimenting on children. Also, can someone explain how Dr. Bowers has a feminine voice but Noelle does not? And how did the young friend who had just had bottom surgery (with a difficult recovery) have enough tissue with being blocked? She didn't appear to be post puberty?

I agree with your boyfriend. A previous episode showed how she accomplished this look. Looking in the mirror, and with her screaming red lipstick rolled way out, she opened her mouth wide and circled her entire mouth in one swipe, without any shaping or nuance. It was the strangest lipstick application I have ever seen. She is actually pretty when she is wearing pale or no lipstick.

"Sleep, Wine, Maid"???? What does that mean?

I must comment on Rachel's diabetes. I think her doctor did her and her mother a great disservice by scaring her with the threat of insulin and that horse syringe. If her pre-diabetes progresses to full blown Type 2 diabetes, she will be treated with oral medication. She will not go straight to insulin. Eventually, when she does need insulin, she will be given an insulin pen with a tiny painless needle. Even if she used a syringe, which very few diabetics do these days, it would be a delicate insulin syringe with a tiny needle. That doctor was so wrong to scare them like that. I know that Rachel' mom is especially scared because her mother-in-law died from diabetes in her 60's, but when that happens it is usually because they didn't know they had diabetes until damage had already been done. Rachel is pre-diabetic, so it isn't going to sneak up on her. To the young woman who posted above about being overwhelmed with Type 1 diabetes, I want to suggest she talk to her endocrinologist about an insulin pump. It makes things much easier about figuring out dose, etc. I am a 70 year old type 1 on a pump, but I had plenty of experience with using insulin syringes and pens. I am very disturbed about this doctor putting out such bad information to Rachel, her mother, and the viewing audience.