S06.E08: Robert's Story LIVE CHAT

[sainte-chapelle]

I was happy he was doing pull ups until I realized he was using it as an excuse for pain meds

[poeticlicensed]

Nurses be like, good, let her help him pee in a jug. 

[shouldbedancing]

wow hes down a lot

[DC Gal in VA]

5 minutes ago, CouchTater said:

Hey DC Gal!  Good to see ya!!

Glad to see you too! Believe it or not I'm trying to cook dinner AND watch this show, unless they give us more blurred crotch shots and ruin my appetite, lol!

[hoosiermom]

1 minute ago, Emkat said:

I thought he was cutting off his pain meds?!

detox safely I think

[Carrie]

1 minute ago, poeticlicensed said:

Nurses be like, good, let her help him pee in a jug. 

Ha ha ha.

[skippy]

4 minutes ago, 88Keys said:

This. 

Also, hi.  I missed most of the first hour.  Is this guy Assanti-levels of awful, or is he just sad?

Awful.

[ChickenLatte99]

1 minute ago, poeticlicensed said:

Nurses be like, good, let her help him pee in a jug. 

True! When a family member wants to be in "control" I happily oblige. If they want to bath, clean, wipe, etc...I let them have at it.

[sainte-chapelle]

Now that voiceover and the slow moving timelines has me thinking he dies

Edited March 1, 2018 by sainte-chapelle

[dbell1]

First time poster on these forums. Hi everyone. I am a friend of the fiancee. No spoilers from me. 

Edited March 1, 2018 by dbell1
Adding that I've been here forever

[MrsClaus]

Anyone else think he's just going to be a joy at the rehab place?

[Snarkastikate]

200 lb loss in less than 2 months...OMG.  It can't be that easy, something's bound to happen. I don't know where we're going here, but it's gonna be a bumpy ride.  

[88Keys]

Just now, dbell1 said:

First time poster. Hi everyone. I am a friend of the fiancee. No spoilers from me. 

Welcome!  

I don't think this is going to end well.

Just now, MrsClaus said:

Anyone else think he's just going to be a joy at the rehab place?

I think he's excited to have surgery because he will get more painkillers.

[skippy]

He says he's trying, but all he's doing is laying in bed. He can only eat what they bring him. I predict the minute he's discharged from hospital he'll be wolfing down Big Macs and yelling at the fiancée...and going to a different ER to get some pain meds.

[Ellie Godfrey]

Just now, dbell1 said:

First time poster. Hi everyone. I am a friend of the fiancee. No spoilers from me. 

Welcome, DBell. Warning! We're not pulling punches.

[hoosiermom]

Hi Dbell. Just ignore anything bad we say about her please?

[rlc]

I’m very uneasy about his future based on how few months they’ve covered in an hour and ten minutes...

[ChickenLatte99]

1 minute ago, sainte-chapelle said:

Now that voiceover and the slow moving timelines has mevthinking he dies

Me too. As soon as I realized she is doing the narrating...I knew it was bad.

[Miracle Maxie]

Just now, MrsClaus said:

Anyone else think he's just going to be a joy at the rehab place?

I think we’ll see that “whatever you say, Doc” attitude disappear. 

[dbell1]

Just turned in, was debating about watching. K was very happy when Rob was accepted for the show.

[Snarkastikate]

1 minute ago, dbell1 said:

First time poster. Hi everyone. I am a friend of the fiancee. No spoilers from me. 

You're very brave to be on here

[Carrie]

I don't mean to oversimplify the problems of these enormous patients - but none of them seem to have any routines or discipline to their days.  They truly "live to eat."  Robert mentioned that the hospital food was "regimented" - as though the concept of limits was novel to him.

Edited March 1, 2018 by Carrie

[dbell1]

Snark away my fellow posters. Don't hold back.

[ChickenLatte99]

Just now, dbell1 said:

Just turned in, was debating about watching. K was very happy when Rob was accepted for the show.

We don't hold back here. Don't take any of this personal.

[shouldbedancing]

waiting for the other foot to drop on this one. Is he gonna stroke out?

[Dianaofthehunt]

Gregory Hines look-alike!

[Suzywriter]

I'd *RUN* to meet those physical therapists!

[Concerned]

I don’t mean to be cruel, but he sounds like former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

[Snarkastikate]

He can walk, and that makes him better off than about half the cases on this show.  His attitude seems great, this is going too well.  Bad feeling about her doing the narration too......

[dbell1]

Tuned in late so I wouldn't see Rob ass. :/

[hoosiermom]

HET DBELL. SHE ISN'T SNEAKING HIM FOOD IS SHE?

[88Keys]

I don't see him as anywhere near Stephen or James K levels of horrible.  

[MegD]

17 minutes ago, ChickenLatte99 said:

We give to our chronically ill patients in the hospital, those patients on hospice, or comfort measure care. If people request it by name...usually not a good sign.

One of the first things I learned when I was old enough to answer the phone by myself (around age 6) was that if the "patient" could name the drug they needed by name, it was probably not gonna be one that Dad would actually take so I better be prepared to take a message. My personal favorite was a lady that called and, after mangling our last name for a good long while, told me she needed 200 Percoset. Yeah, no.

[Carrie]

1 minute ago, shouldbedancing said:

waiting for the other foot to drop on this one. Is he gonna stroke out?

I really hope not because he seems to be doing okay. He may actually be a "success story" - relatively speaking.

[LordOfLotion]

1 minute ago, Concerned said:

I don’t mean to be cruel, but he sounds like former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

i think it's the accent. A lot of Jersey people sound alike to me.

[dbell1]

Just now, hoosiermom said:

HET DBELL. SHE ISN'T SNEAKING HIM FOOD IS SHE?

She never snuck food in there. And she went on total media blackout for the entire length of shooting.

[ams1001]

So he has yet to have to work on this on his own at home, right?

[magemaud]

Just now, Concerned said:

I don’t mean to be cruel, but he sounds like former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

I was just coming here to say the same thing! I hope Robert's weight loss surgery is more successful than our rotund former Governor's. Come on, Robert, make Jersey Proud! 

[Barb23]

Started watching late, when he was traveling in van.  Knew we had another gem when he started yelling at Kathryn to Hurry Up numerous times & that HE was tired. I'm taping it, can't wait to hear back story. 

[Miracle Maxie]

Just now, 88Keys said:

I don't see him as anywhere near Stephen or James K levels of horrible.  

Yeah, he’s been much better in rehab than I expected. If y’all hadn’t told me that she’s doing the narration I would be feeling quite optimistic about him. As it is, I’m waiting for the proverbial other shoe to drop. 

[poeticlicensed]

So he just lays in the hospital bed  alk day after walking his 200 foot marathon? Cripes, I walk more than 200 ft to get to the bathroom at work . Definitely not the highlight of my day. 

Edited March 1, 2018 by poeticlicensed

[Ellie Godfrey]

Good lord! Get him a manicurist! Stat!

[CouchTater]

I hope this episode doesn't end badly for him.  I can think of several other 600-lb'ers that I wouldn't be sad to go.  He's not one of them.

[sainte-chapelle]

He is doing so well. I hope nothing bad happens.

[steff13]

I'm kinda starting to root for him.  

[DC Gal in VA]

Okay folks, did I just hear the fiancee say that they had been together for 13 years!? I don't think that I could hang in there that long for any man.

[Carrie]

1 minute ago, ams1001 said:

So he has yet to have to work on this on his own at home, right?

Good point. But at least he wasn't getting food snuck in to sabotage his restricted hospital diet.

[zoemom]

Lymphedema that weighs 100 lbs???? That's going to be a ton of vessels to close up.  

[Donut Bear]

3 minutes ago, dbell1 said:

She never snuck food in there. And she went on total media blackout for the entire length of shooting.

What does this mean - "total media blackout"?

[dbell1]

Yikes, do they always show the fat removal?