S06.E08: Robert's Story LIVE CHAT

[PrincessPurrsALot]

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With the support of his fiancée, Kathryn, Robert turns to Dr. Now in a desperate attempt to save his life. He tries to reverse a lifelong food addiction that has left him bedbound, saddled with grotesque lymphedema and nearly 900 pounds.  

This is the LIVE CHAT thread.  It will be open during the US East Coast showing and again during the US West Coast showing.   

[PrincessPurrsALot]

A reminder from the Mod note: Let's avoid discussing how money is being snatched from the public's wallet for the participants unless it’s specifically revealed on the show. Anything else is pure speculation not to mention also a slippery slope toward talking politics.

[CouchTater]

Hi friends!  Let's go, let's go!!!

[Smoothcoat]

Hi everybody! 

[QuinnInND]

Hi fellow Pounders!! How y'all doing? 

[Kid]

Hi guys!!

[hoosiermom]

Back for more. Hi live chatters

[zoemom]

Please no crotch shot!

[Smoothcoat]

His bed is so tiny!

[Gaffa]

Oh no, another weight unknown

[Kid]

She is not yet married.  Run, Kathryn, run!!!!!

[ams1001]

Ooh, my first live chat! :-}

[ThisGirlAsh]

"Fiance" 

[CouchTater]

He kind of has wings like Charity.

[hoosiermom]

ok. What's wrong with HER?Maybe just selfless?

[QuinnInND]

Run woman! Run!! Crotch shot!! 

[ams1001]

Just now, CouchTater said:

He kind of has wings like Charity.

But he has a flat stomach!

[nlkm9]

oh oh my god the blurred out stuff :::hurl:::

[QuinnInND]

1 minute ago, ams1001 said:

Ooh, my first live chat! :-}

Hi and welcome!! 

[zoemom]

I always find it curious that the majority of the caregivers are also obese as well.

[Maggienolia]

Hey y'all doin'?? Let's get this party started! 

[QuinnInND]

Ack! The hanging fat!! On the other hand, he can stand! 

[Gaffa]

3 minutes ago, zoemom said:

Please no crotch shot!

Too late for that already!

[Ellie Godfrey]

He must be loaded. Filthy rich.

[Threnners]

Hey y'all. 

Lord, he is just a human lump.

[QuinnInND]

2 loaves of bread and no vegetables! Seriously???? 

[IOU Payne]

Hey y'all doin'?  

He has serious orange peel skin!!

[zoemom]

No vegetables mom, right.....

[hoosiermom]

Why are these people enabling him? They know he is dying!

[LookABird]

"I'm really tired."

From doing what?

[MrsClaus]

Anyone notice how pale his legs were compared to the rest of his body?

[Maggienolia]

CARBS!!!! Noooooooooo!!!!! 2 loaves of Italian bread and NO veggies. Great. Just great. 

[LordOfLotion]

No veggies. I should have guessed.

[Kid]

I think he is going to be a nasty SOB!

[ams1001]

Just now, zoemom said:

I always find it curious that the majority of the caregivers are also obese as well.

I imagine it's hard to take care of yourself when you're spending so much energy taking care of a huge helpless person. 

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Gah. Let him throw a tantrum. What's he going to do to you?

[Maggienolia]

Oh No! And 685# Teen is on next. Lord have mercy! 

[zoemom]

Ah, Catherine eats the way he does.  He's manipulative.  Food excites him and he throws tantrums.  Where have we heard this before?

[calpurnia99]

Hi everyone tell me about your eating habit

[hoosiermom]

manipulative. check. temper tantrums. check. Angry and anxious. check

[emma1420]

Mom isn’t that overweight.  And she seems very clued into the situation.  I like her.

[Kid]

10 minutes ago, zoemom said:

I always find it curious that the majority of the caregivers are also obese as well.

These two don’t seem to be.  

I take it back, the fiance is chubby.

Edited March 1, 2018 by Kid

[QuinnInND]

You're a terrible mother for enabling him!!! 

[CouchTater]

Just now, MrsClaus said:

Anyone notice how pale his legs were compared to the rest of his body?

Yes!  I thought it was just me.  Almost as if his legs aren't receiving circulation.

[LordOfLotion]

1 minute ago, MrsClaus said:

Anyone notice how pale his legs were compared to the rest of his body?

Most men I know usually have pale legs compared to the rest of their bodies. The men I know just won't wear shorts.

[Maggienolia]

Just now, CouchTater said:

Yes!  I thought it was just me.  Almost as if his legs aren't receiving circulation.

Well, jeez - how can the blood get down there! The veins and arteries must be squashed almost flat!!! 

[zoemom]

Uh oh, blame the parents....with the fried chicken store.  I hear child abuse coming on....

[calpurnia99]

He has a pretty flat stomach when he is on his back, it just that big fat pouch rolls to the side, so weird. 

[hoosiermom]

a third Assanti brother we didn't know about?

[Kid]

Aha!!!   He learned that the fat continues to get him the attention he craves.  He wants to be taken care of.

And again, a morbidly obese person was sexually abused as a kid.

[Maggienolia]

sexually molested. check.