1 00:00:04,167 --> 00:00:06,667 Lee: I KNOW I'M KILLING MYSELF. 2 00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:09,333 AND I'M HELPING KILL THE WOMAN I LOVE. 3 00:00:09,333 --> 00:00:16,100 ** 4 00:00:16,100 --> 00:00:18,600 [ GROANS ] GOD! 5 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,233 MY LIFE IS WASTING AWAY, AND I HATE IT. 6 00:00:22,233 --> 00:00:23,633 I TRY TO CHANGE, 7 00:00:23,633 --> 00:00:26,133 BUT SOMETHING ALWAYS KNOCKS ME DOWN. 8 00:00:26,133 --> 00:00:33,300 ** 9 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:35,200 MY LIFE -- IT'S LIKE LIVING A DEATH SENTENCE. 10 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,067 UGH! 11 00:00:37,067 --> 00:00:38,333 OW! [BLEEP]! 12 00:00:38,333 --> 00:00:39,667 THIS IS NO LIFE FOR ANYONE. 13 00:00:39,667 --> 00:00:44,000 ** 14 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,833 OH, JUST PRAY FOR ME. 15 00:00:46,833 --> 00:00:48,500 OH, MY LEG! 16 00:00:48,500 --> 00:00:50,700 -SIT DOWN RIGHT THERE. -YOU'RE MAKING ME NERVOUS. 17 00:00:50,700 --> 00:00:52,967 ALL RIGHT, THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. 18 00:00:52,967 --> 00:00:54,300 [ DOOR SLAMS ] 19 00:00:54,300 --> 00:00:57,967 ** 20 00:00:57,967 --> 00:01:01,067 Rena: IF LEE WANTS TO MESS UP HIS LIFE AND HIS CHANCE, 21 00:01:01,067 --> 00:01:04,167 I CAN'T LET IT DESTROY MINE. 22 00:01:04,167 --> 00:01:07,167 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 23 00:01:07,167 --> 00:01:10,167 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 24 00:01:10,167 --> 00:01:13,333 ** 25 00:01:13,333 --> 00:01:15,800 Lee: THE ONLY THING HARDER THAN DESTROYING YOUR LIFE 26 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:17,567 WITH YOUR OWN CHOICES 27 00:01:17,567 --> 00:01:19,900 IS DESTROYING THE LIFE OF SOMEONE YOU LOVE 28 00:01:19,900 --> 00:01:21,600 AT THE SAME TIME. 29 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,600 [ BIRDS CHIRPING ] 30 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:30,167 ** 31 00:01:30,167 --> 00:01:35,733 ** 32 00:01:35,733 --> 00:01:37,400 [ YAWNS ] 33 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:44,833 ** 34 00:01:44,833 --> 00:01:52,267 ** 35 00:01:52,267 --> 00:01:54,100 [ GRUNTS ] 36 00:01:54,100 --> 00:01:56,567 ** 37 00:01:56,567 --> 00:01:59,233 Rena: FORCING MYSELF TO START EACH DAY 38 00:01:59,233 --> 00:02:02,467 IS JUST MISERABLE. 39 00:02:02,467 --> 00:02:05,133 BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN SO BIG, 40 00:02:05,133 --> 00:02:08,067 MY BODY FEELS LIKE I'M IN A PRISON. 41 00:02:08,067 --> 00:02:10,733 I'M JUST TRAPPED. 42 00:02:10,733 --> 00:02:14,433 IT'S TORTURE EVERY DAY. 43 00:02:14,433 --> 00:02:17,833 AND MY BODY IS SO BAD NOW 44 00:02:17,833 --> 00:02:21,067 THAT I'M EVEN HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING. 45 00:02:21,067 --> 00:02:26,233 BUT I CAN'T EVEN TAKE THE TIME TO WORRY ABOUT MYSELF 46 00:02:26,233 --> 00:02:28,700 BECAUSE MY BOYFRIEND CAN'T DO ANYTHING 47 00:02:28,700 --> 00:02:30,733 FOR HIS SELF ANYMORE. 48 00:02:33,100 --> 00:02:35,900 YEAH. ALL RIGHT. 49 00:02:35,900 --> 00:02:40,400 SO I HAVE TO HELP HIM BEFORE I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF. 50 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:47,700 ** 51 00:02:47,700 --> 00:02:51,700 JUST LIVING LIFE IS A STRUGGLE, DAILY. 52 00:02:51,700 --> 00:02:54,333 SO THERE'S MANY DAYS THAT I DON'T GET OUT OF BED 53 00:02:54,333 --> 00:02:57,667 BECAUSE OF THE PAIN. 54 00:02:57,667 --> 00:03:00,633 AND I HATE WHAT I'M DOING TO RENA. 55 00:03:00,633 --> 00:03:03,300 OH, MY BACK. 56 00:03:03,300 --> 00:03:06,733 BUT THE ONLY TIMES I CAN GET UP, I HAVE TO HAVE HELP. 57 00:03:06,733 --> 00:03:08,367 [ GROANS ] SORRY. 58 00:03:08,367 --> 00:03:10,400 SO IF IT WASN'T FOR MY GIRLFRIEND, 59 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:12,833 I WOULDN'T BE LIVING RIGHT NOW. 60 00:03:12,833 --> 00:03:14,833 I KNOW. 61 00:03:14,833 --> 00:03:16,667 [ PANTING ] 62 00:03:16,667 --> 00:03:19,333 BUT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE CLEAN 63 00:03:19,333 --> 00:03:21,667 THAN TO WORRY ABOUT SOMEBODY HELPING ME. 64 00:03:21,667 --> 00:03:25,333 ** 65 00:03:25,333 --> 00:03:27,333 I JUST FEEL BAD 'CAUSE I KNOW SHE'S IN PAIN, 66 00:03:27,333 --> 00:03:31,067 AND IT'S HARD FOR HER. 67 00:03:31,067 --> 00:03:33,667 I'M MISERABLE EVERY DAY. 68 00:03:33,667 --> 00:03:35,667 [ SNIFFLES ] 69 00:03:35,667 --> 00:03:40,067 AND SOME DAYS, I JUST WANNA GIVE UP. 70 00:03:40,067 --> 00:03:42,833 BUT I CAN'T... 71 00:03:42,833 --> 00:03:45,100 BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW HARD IT IS, 72 00:03:45,100 --> 00:03:47,800 LEE WILL DIE IF I DON'T TAKE CARE OF HIM. 73 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:55,067 [ Voice breaking ] SO TO ME... HE NEEDS IT MORE THAN I DO. 74 00:03:55,067 --> 00:03:56,867 ** 75 00:03:56,867 --> 00:03:59,200 SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO. 76 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,933 ** 77 00:04:02,933 --> 00:04:05,133 [ GRUNTING ] 78 00:04:07,767 --> 00:04:09,600 Lee: EVEN DOING THE SMALLEST THING 79 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:11,600 IS A PAINFUL EXPERIENCE. 80 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:17,767 ** 81 00:04:17,767 --> 00:04:19,100 [ LEE STRAINING ] 82 00:04:19,100 --> 00:04:22,767 ** 83 00:04:22,767 --> 00:04:24,633 [ WATER RUNNING ] 84 00:04:33,467 --> 00:04:37,633 AND WHEN I TRY AND TAKE A SHOWER, 85 00:04:37,633 --> 00:04:41,300 IT'S PRETTY MUCH A FULL-DAY JOB 'CAUSE IT JUST WEARS ME OUT. 86 00:04:41,300 --> 00:04:49,367 ** 87 00:04:49,367 --> 00:04:51,367 AND I'M JUST READY TO BE DONE 88 00:04:51,367 --> 00:04:55,533 AFTER EVEN A FEW MINUTES TRYING TO SIT THERE. 89 00:04:55,533 --> 00:04:58,233 I JUST CAN'T HANDLE IT FOR LONG. 90 00:05:06,533 --> 00:05:08,067 [ WATER STOPS RUNNING ] 91 00:05:08,067 --> 00:05:11,200 ** 92 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:13,367 [ GRUNTS ] 93 00:05:13,367 --> 00:05:17,867 ** 94 00:05:17,867 --> 00:05:20,600 A PERSON OF OUR SIZE REQUIRES 95 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,133 A LOT OF ATTENTION, A LOT OF CARE. 96 00:05:23,133 --> 00:05:25,733 IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL, 97 00:05:25,733 --> 00:05:30,167 YOU GET BREAK-OPENS IN THE SKIN, TEARS, RIPS. 98 00:05:30,167 --> 00:05:32,400 YOU GOTTA MAKE SURE THEY'RE CLEAN, THEY'RE LOTIONED, 99 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:36,100 THEY'RE DRY, TOOKEN CARE OF. 100 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,100 [ BED CREAKING ] 101 00:05:44,833 --> 00:05:50,667 IT KILLS ME WORSE TO SEE LEE WHEN HE'S HAVING ISSUES 102 00:05:50,667 --> 00:05:52,133 THAN IT DOES MYSELF. 103 00:05:52,133 --> 00:05:55,067 ** 104 00:05:55,067 --> 00:05:58,167 BUT THAT'S WHO I'VE ALWAYS BEEN. 105 00:05:58,167 --> 00:06:01,067 I'VE ALWAYS TOOKEN CARE OF EVERYBODY ELSE. 106 00:06:01,067 --> 00:06:02,567 [ SOBS ] 107 00:06:02,567 --> 00:06:05,567 AND I'VE NEVER HAD TIME TO TAKE CARE OF ME. 108 00:06:05,567 --> 00:06:08,900 ** 109 00:06:08,900 --> 00:06:11,400 SO ONCE I FINISH WITH LEE, 110 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,567 THEN I CAN FINALLY TAKE CARE OF MYSELF. 111 00:06:14,567 --> 00:06:19,067 ** 112 00:06:19,067 --> 00:06:22,233 BUT BY THE TIME I'M DONE, 113 00:06:22,233 --> 00:06:25,800 I AM VERY EXHAUSTED. 114 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:29,633 I AM HURTING, SHAKING. 115 00:06:29,633 --> 00:06:31,133 I CAN'T BREATHE. 116 00:06:31,133 --> 00:06:34,300 ** 117 00:06:34,300 --> 00:06:35,800 AND THEN WHEN I STAND UP, 118 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:40,633 MY SKIN APRON HANGS SO FAR DOWN THAT IT PULLS ON MY BACK, 119 00:06:40,633 --> 00:06:44,800 AND IT PULLS ON MY SHOULDERS. 120 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:46,633 IT'S MISERABLE. 121 00:06:46,633 --> 00:06:49,133 ** 122 00:06:49,133 --> 00:06:53,300 I MISS BEING ABLE TO FEEL LIKE A WOMAN. 123 00:06:53,300 --> 00:06:57,633 NOW I FEEL LIKE I'M A SIDESHOW. 124 00:06:57,633 --> 00:07:00,067 I CONSIDER IT BEING A LIVING HELL, 125 00:07:00,067 --> 00:07:02,667 BEING IN THIS BODY. 126 00:07:02,667 --> 00:07:07,500 AND I HATE THE IMPRISONMENT OF THE WEIGHT. 127 00:07:07,500 --> 00:07:09,667 BUT I KNOW THE LIFE I HAVE NOW 128 00:07:09,667 --> 00:07:12,833 WAS SET IN MOTION A LONG TIME AGO. 129 00:07:12,833 --> 00:07:19,500 ** 130 00:07:19,500 --> 00:07:21,067 AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, 131 00:07:21,067 --> 00:07:24,067 I HAVE STRUGGLED WITH BEING OVERWEIGHT. 132 00:07:24,067 --> 00:07:26,267 AND I DID EAT FOR COMFORT, 133 00:07:26,267 --> 00:07:27,933 BUT IT BUILT OVER THE YEARS 134 00:07:27,933 --> 00:07:31,067 BECAUSE OF HOW HARD MY CHILDHOOD WAS. 135 00:07:31,067 --> 00:07:33,067 ** 136 00:07:33,067 --> 00:07:37,067 GROWING UP, MY MOM WOULD HAVE THESE HALLUCINATIONS THAT 137 00:07:37,067 --> 00:07:39,067 WOULD LEAD TO THESE FITS. 138 00:07:39,067 --> 00:07:42,433 ONE TIME, IT WAS AROUND 139 00:07:42,433 --> 00:07:44,667 9:00 OR 10:00, PROBABLY, ONE NIGHT, 140 00:07:44,667 --> 00:07:47,400 WHEN I WOKE UP TO MY MOM SCREAMING 141 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:51,067 ABOUT MY DAD'S FACE BLEEDING. 142 00:07:51,067 --> 00:07:52,567 I COULDN'T SEE NOTHING, 143 00:07:52,567 --> 00:07:54,567 SO I WAS FREAKING OUT. 144 00:07:54,567 --> 00:07:56,100 ** 145 00:07:56,100 --> 00:07:57,967 WHEN MY MOM WAS HALLUCINATING, 146 00:07:57,967 --> 00:07:59,700 IT SCARED ME, 147 00:07:59,700 --> 00:08:02,767 SO FOOD WAS A WAY TO DEAL WITH THAT STRESS. 148 00:08:02,767 --> 00:08:05,267 SO I JUST STARTED GAINING WEIGHT. 149 00:08:05,267 --> 00:08:09,700 AND BY THE TIME I WAS 13, 150 00:08:09,700 --> 00:08:14,133 I WAS ALREADY AROUND 280 POUNDS. 151 00:08:14,133 --> 00:08:18,133 AND THAT'S WHEN MY MOM DECIDED TO LEAVE US. 152 00:08:18,133 --> 00:08:20,467 ** 153 00:08:20,467 --> 00:08:22,633 SHE JUST PACKED UP HER STUFF AND LEFT 154 00:08:22,633 --> 00:08:25,467 WHEN I WAS AT SCHOOL ONE DAY. 155 00:08:25,467 --> 00:08:27,967 I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. 156 00:08:27,967 --> 00:08:31,467 WHY DIDN'T MY MOM LOVE US, OR ME? 157 00:08:31,467 --> 00:08:34,467 I'D WRITE TO HER, 158 00:08:34,467 --> 00:08:37,067 BUT SHE NEVER WROTE BACK. 159 00:08:37,067 --> 00:08:38,500 SHE CALLED A FEW TIMES, 160 00:08:38,500 --> 00:08:41,167 BUT SHE WOULD MOSTLY TALK TO MY DAD. 161 00:08:41,167 --> 00:08:42,167 ** 162 00:08:42,167 --> 00:08:43,300 DURING ONE CALL, 163 00:08:43,300 --> 00:08:45,333 WE WAS AT MY GRANDMA'S HOUSE USING HER PHONE, 164 00:08:45,333 --> 00:08:47,667 AND MY DAD WAS THE ONE PHONE TALKING TO HER. 165 00:08:47,667 --> 00:08:49,567 BUT WHEN I GOT ON THE OTHER PHONE, 166 00:08:49,567 --> 00:08:51,900 SHE WAS TELLING MY DAD THAT 167 00:08:51,900 --> 00:08:55,067 THE REASON SHE LEFT WAS BECAUSE OF ME 168 00:08:55,067 --> 00:08:58,733 AND THAT SHE WASN'T COMING BACK BECAUSE I WAS A BAD KID. 169 00:08:58,733 --> 00:09:02,067 FOR MY MOM TO SAY THAT IT WAS MY FAULT 170 00:09:02,067 --> 00:09:04,967 OR THAT SHE WAS BLAMING ME FOR LEAVING, 171 00:09:04,967 --> 00:09:07,967 I WAS DEVASTATED. 172 00:09:07,967 --> 00:09:10,600 SO FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS AFTER MY MOM LEFT, 173 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:14,067 I JUST REMEMBER EATING AND EATING. 174 00:09:14,067 --> 00:09:16,433 AND BY THE TIME I WAS 18... 175 00:09:18,567 --> 00:09:22,133 ...I WAS PROBABLY CLOSE TO 400 POUNDS. 176 00:09:22,133 --> 00:09:26,633 AND MY LIFE JUST CONTINUED THIS DOWNWARD SPIRAL FROM THERE. 177 00:09:26,633 --> 00:09:29,633 ** 178 00:09:29,633 --> 00:09:31,067 I HAD DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL, 179 00:09:31,067 --> 00:09:33,400 AND STARTED PARTYING ALL THE TIME 180 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:37,300 BECAUSE I JUST WANTED TO FORGET MY LIFE. 181 00:09:37,300 --> 00:09:39,133 AND DURING THAT TIME, 182 00:09:39,133 --> 00:09:41,067 FOOD WAS THERE FOR ME. 183 00:09:41,067 --> 00:09:44,533 SO I ATE, AND I DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO STOP 184 00:09:44,533 --> 00:09:47,067 UNTIL MY DAD GOT SICK AND PASSED AWAY. 185 00:09:47,067 --> 00:09:50,067 ** 186 00:09:50,067 --> 00:09:53,400 I WAS PROBABLY AROUND 500 POUNDS THEN. 187 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,200 AND I KNEW I WASN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE 188 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:58,233 THE EMOTION OF LOSING HIM. 189 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,133 SO ME AND MY OLDER BROTHER, MICHAEL, 190 00:10:03,133 --> 00:10:06,400 DECIDED TO CHECK INTO A WEIGHT-LOSS CLINIC. 191 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:09,200 HE WAS USING FOOD TO COPE ALL THESE YEARS, TOO, 192 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,133 AND WAS OVER 600 POUNDS. 193 00:10:12,133 --> 00:10:17,633 SO WE BOTH CHECKED OURSELVES INTO A CLINIC TOGETHER. 194 00:10:17,633 --> 00:10:20,333 AND THAT'S WHERE I MET LEE. 195 00:10:20,333 --> 00:10:23,267 ** 196 00:10:23,267 --> 00:10:25,800 Lee: I REMEMBER MEETING RENA FOR THE FIRST TIME. 197 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,300 ** 198 00:10:28,300 --> 00:10:32,600 HER BROTHER WAS MY ROOMMATE AT THE BARIATRIC CLINIC, 199 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:35,867 AND RENA WOULD COME IN EVERY DAY AND VISIT MICHAEL, 200 00:10:35,867 --> 00:10:37,033 AND SHE WOULD TALK TO ME. 201 00:10:37,033 --> 00:10:39,533 AND I KIND OF FELT JEALOUS 202 00:10:39,533 --> 00:10:42,133 OF HOW SHE WOULD MAKE SURE HE HAD WHAT HE NEEDED. 203 00:10:42,133 --> 00:10:44,667 SO THEN I GOT TO WHERE I'D FOLLOW HER AROUND, 204 00:10:44,667 --> 00:10:46,500 AND WE WERE LIKE BONNIE AND CLYDE. 205 00:10:46,500 --> 00:10:48,767 [ CHUCKLES ] 206 00:10:48,767 --> 00:10:50,100 Rena: LEE WAS A SWEET GUY, 207 00:10:50,100 --> 00:10:53,033 AND WE STARTED SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER. 208 00:10:53,033 --> 00:10:55,733 AND THEN, WE WERE AN ITEM AT THE CLINIC. 209 00:10:55,733 --> 00:10:57,300 BUT THAT BROKE THE RULES THERE, 210 00:10:57,300 --> 00:11:01,133 SO WE EITHER HAD TO STOP DATING OR LEAVE. 211 00:11:01,133 --> 00:11:03,067 THEY WOULD GOT ONTO US FOR HOLDING HANDS. 212 00:11:03,067 --> 00:11:04,800 THEY WOULD GOT ONTO US 213 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:06,767 FOR SHOWING ANY KIND OF EMOTION 214 00:11:06,767 --> 00:11:08,500 OR ATTENTION TO EACH OTHER. 215 00:11:08,500 --> 00:11:10,833 SO WE JUST DECIDED WE WANTED TO BE TOGETHER. 216 00:11:10,833 --> 00:11:13,800 WE WANTED A RELATIONSHIP. 217 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:15,067 Rena: WE LOVED EACH OTHER, 218 00:11:15,067 --> 00:11:17,700 AND WE'VE STAYED TOGETHER OVER THE PAST 11 YEARS 219 00:11:17,700 --> 00:11:20,067 SINCE LEAVING THE CLINIC. 220 00:11:20,067 --> 00:11:23,800 BUT BEING TOGETHER WITH BOTH OF US STRUGGLING WITH FOOD 221 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:25,633 HAS NOT BEEN A GOOD THING... 222 00:11:25,633 --> 00:11:27,867 ** 223 00:11:27,867 --> 00:11:31,433 ...BECAUSE WE'VE JUST BEEN GAINING. 224 00:11:31,433 --> 00:11:35,600 AND EACH DAY, OUR HEALTH IS ONLY GETTING WORSE. 225 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:37,367 IT'S EMBARRASSING THAT WE CAN'T EVEN 226 00:11:37,367 --> 00:11:40,533 TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES ANYMORE. 227 00:11:40,533 --> 00:11:42,167 THE ONLY REASON WE'RE EVEN ABLE 228 00:11:42,167 --> 00:11:43,533 TO SURVIVE RIGHT NOW 229 00:11:43,533 --> 00:11:46,400 IS BECAUSE LEE'S SISTER COMES OVER EVERY DAY 230 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:47,567 AND HELPS US. 231 00:11:47,567 --> 00:11:48,733 READY FOR BREAKFAST? 232 00:11:48,733 --> 00:11:50,467 Lee: THOUGHT YOU'D NEVER ASK. 233 00:11:50,467 --> 00:11:52,133 ALL RIGHT. 234 00:11:52,133 --> 00:11:54,733 RENA HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB 235 00:11:54,733 --> 00:11:56,967 OF TAKING CARE OF LEE. 236 00:11:56,967 --> 00:11:59,567 BUT WITHIN THE LAST TWO TO THREE YEARS, 237 00:11:59,567 --> 00:12:02,700 SHE HAS WENT DOWNHILL SO MUCH 238 00:12:02,700 --> 00:12:04,533 THAT I HAVE TO DO IT. 239 00:12:04,533 --> 00:12:07,633 ** 240 00:12:07,633 --> 00:12:09,233 Lee: EVERYTHING WORKING OUT? 241 00:12:09,233 --> 00:12:11,067 YEAH, ARE YOU STARVING? 242 00:12:11,067 --> 00:12:13,067 YEAH, I'M PRETTY HUNGRY. 243 00:12:13,067 --> 00:12:14,500 I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, 244 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:16,667 CAN'T WAIT FOR BREAKFAST. 245 00:12:16,667 --> 00:12:20,733 REALLY, I JUST CAN'T WAIT TILL THE NEXT MEAL 246 00:12:20,733 --> 00:12:24,067 BECAUSE I'VE GOTTA HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT CONSTANTLY. 247 00:12:24,067 --> 00:12:26,633 AND I KNOW CASSIE DOESN'T WANT US TO EAT LIKE WE DO, 248 00:12:26,633 --> 00:12:29,367 BUT SHE ALSO KNOWS THAT SHE DOESN'T MAKE WHAT WE WANT, 249 00:12:29,367 --> 00:12:31,167 THEN WE'RE REALLY GONNA GET UPSET. 250 00:12:31,167 --> 00:12:34,833 ** 251 00:12:34,833 --> 00:12:36,933 IT'S DONE. ARE YOU GUYS READY TO EAT? 252 00:12:36,933 --> 00:12:38,200 Rena: YEAH. 253 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,633 IT IS VERY HARD TO WATCH THEM 254 00:12:40,633 --> 00:12:44,100 EVERY DAY, GAIN MORE AND MORE WEIGHT, 255 00:12:44,100 --> 00:12:46,867 BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S OUT OF MY CONTROL. 256 00:12:46,867 --> 00:12:49,333 IT'S THEIR DECISION. 257 00:12:49,333 --> 00:12:51,467 -THANK YOU, CASSIE. -YOU'RE WELCOME. 258 00:12:51,467 --> 00:12:53,300 ** 259 00:12:53,300 --> 00:12:55,367 Lee: FOOD IS MY COMFORT. 260 00:12:55,367 --> 00:12:57,533 WHEN I'M DEPRESSED, I EAT. WHEN I'M SAD, I EAT. 261 00:12:57,533 --> 00:13:00,067 WHEN I'M HAPPY, I EAT. 262 00:13:00,067 --> 00:13:02,367 FOOD IS MY DRUG OF CHOICE, 263 00:13:02,367 --> 00:13:05,700 AND FOR RENA, TOO. 264 00:13:05,700 --> 00:13:08,233 AND A LOT OF TIMES, WE WON'T EVEN BE HUNGRY, 265 00:13:08,233 --> 00:13:10,933 BUT WE JUST WANNA DO SOMETHING. 266 00:13:10,933 --> 00:13:12,300 WE'RE DONE EATING. 267 00:13:12,300 --> 00:13:16,633 JUST A SECOND. 268 00:13:16,633 --> 00:13:19,500 I KNOW I'M KILLING MYSELF WITH HOW I EAT, 269 00:13:19,500 --> 00:13:21,133 BUT WHAT'S WORSE IS, 270 00:13:21,133 --> 00:13:23,633 IT AIN'T ONLY ME NOW. 271 00:13:23,633 --> 00:13:26,067 I KNOW I'M HELPING KILL RENA. 272 00:13:26,067 --> 00:13:29,733 SO I HAVE TO SEE IT HAPPEN TO THE WOMAN I LOVE. 273 00:13:29,733 --> 00:13:31,533 ** 274 00:13:31,533 --> 00:13:32,667 OH! 275 00:13:32,667 --> 00:13:35,067 AND THAT HURTS WORSE THAN DOING IT TO MYSELF. 276 00:13:35,067 --> 00:13:37,433 ** 277 00:13:37,433 --> 00:13:40,967 BUT HOW DO REWRITE HOW YOU'VE OPERATED YOUR WHOLE LIFE? 278 00:13:40,967 --> 00:13:44,333 ** 279 00:13:44,333 --> 00:13:47,633 IT'S LIKE TRYING TO UNDO YOUR WHOLE HISTORY. 280 00:13:47,633 --> 00:13:52,967 ** 281 00:13:52,967 --> 00:13:55,800 I'VE STRUGGLED WITH MY WEIGHT SINCE I WAS REAL YOUNG. 282 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:58,533 ** 283 00:13:58,533 --> 00:14:00,533 MY PARENTS SEPARATED, AND MY MOM LEFT 284 00:14:00,533 --> 00:14:02,533 WHEN, I THINK, I WAS ABOUT 2 YEARS OLD 285 00:14:02,533 --> 00:14:06,200 AND MY BROTHER WAS ABOUT 6 MONTHS OLD. 286 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:07,700 BUT MY DAD REMARRIED, 287 00:14:07,700 --> 00:14:09,667 AND MY STEPMOM HAD THREE KIDS ALREADY. 288 00:14:09,667 --> 00:14:11,633 SO WITH THE COUSINS THAT LIVED WITH US, 289 00:14:11,633 --> 00:14:15,067 THERE WAS EIGHT KIDS IN OUR FAMILY GROWING UP. 290 00:14:15,067 --> 00:14:16,933 AND WHEN I WAS 9 OR 10 YEARS OLD, 291 00:14:16,933 --> 00:14:20,600 ONE OF MY SIBLINGS SEXUALLY ABUSED ME. 292 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:21,933 ** 293 00:14:21,933 --> 00:14:24,600 THAT WENT ON FOR THREE YEARS. 294 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:28,733 I DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY OVER SHAME AND EMBARRASSMENT. 295 00:14:28,733 --> 00:14:30,400 IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT 296 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:32,367 NONE OF MY FAMILY TALK ABOUT, 297 00:14:32,367 --> 00:14:33,967 EVEN TO THIS DAY. 298 00:14:33,967 --> 00:14:38,267 AND IT'S REALLY MESSED WITH MY HEAD. 299 00:14:38,267 --> 00:14:40,867 SO FOOD IS HOW I DEALT WITH IT. 300 00:14:40,867 --> 00:14:42,967 I STARTED STEALING FOOD OUT OF THE REFRIGERATOR 301 00:14:42,967 --> 00:14:44,433 AND GOING TO MY ROOM IN THE CLOSET 302 00:14:44,433 --> 00:14:45,567 AND HIDING AND EATING IT. 303 00:14:45,567 --> 00:14:46,667 IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT IT WAS, 304 00:14:46,667 --> 00:14:49,333 AS LONG AS IT TASTED GOOD. 305 00:14:49,333 --> 00:14:50,533 THAT WAS MY COMFORT. 306 00:14:50,533 --> 00:14:53,167 IT'S WHAT MADE ME HAPPY. 307 00:14:53,167 --> 00:14:55,067 SO, BY THE TIME I WAS 10, 308 00:14:55,067 --> 00:14:57,300 I WAS AROUND 230 POUNDS. 309 00:14:57,300 --> 00:14:59,467 ** 310 00:14:59,467 --> 00:15:02,667 BUT WHEN MY FAMILY REALIZED HOW MUCH I WAS EATING, 311 00:15:02,667 --> 00:15:06,733 MY DAD PUT A CHAIN AND PADLOCK ON THE REFRIGERATOR. 312 00:15:06,733 --> 00:15:09,633 BUT I'D STILL FIND WAYS TO SNEAK AND HIDE FOOD, 313 00:15:09,633 --> 00:15:12,300 SO MY EATING NEVER SLOWED DOWN. 314 00:15:12,300 --> 00:15:14,533 AND WHEN I WAS ABOUT 17 YEARS OLD, 315 00:15:14,533 --> 00:15:17,467 I WEIGHED OVER 500 POUNDS. 316 00:15:17,467 --> 00:15:22,133 I KNEW I WAS OVERWEIGHT, BUT I JUST KEPT EATING. 317 00:15:22,133 --> 00:15:23,667 ** 318 00:15:23,667 --> 00:15:25,500 AND OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS OR SO, 319 00:15:25,500 --> 00:15:28,933 I JUST KEPT GETTING WORSE. 320 00:15:28,933 --> 00:15:31,267 AND THEN, I STARTED LOSING MY MOBILITY. 321 00:15:31,267 --> 00:15:34,067 ** 322 00:15:34,067 --> 00:15:37,800 AND THAT'S WHEN I KNEW I HAD TO DO SOMETHING, 323 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,500 SO I CONTACTED A BARIATRIC CLINIC 324 00:15:40,500 --> 00:15:44,100 AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD TAKE ME. 325 00:15:44,100 --> 00:15:45,500 I WAS THERE TO GET HELP 326 00:15:45,500 --> 00:15:47,967 AND HOPING TO TURN MY LIFE AROUND. 327 00:15:47,967 --> 00:15:50,533 ** 328 00:15:50,533 --> 00:15:51,767 BUT WHEN I MET RENA THERE, 329 00:15:51,767 --> 00:15:54,233 WE FELL IN LOVE AND HAD TO LEAVE, 330 00:15:54,233 --> 00:15:56,400 SO WE NEVER GOT THE HELP WE NEEDED. 331 00:15:56,400 --> 00:16:00,200 ** 332 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:03,733 AND SINCE WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER, WE BOTH JUST KEPT GAINING 333 00:16:03,733 --> 00:16:07,433 BECAUSE OUTSIDE OF EACH OTHER, FOOD IS ALL WE BOTH HAVE. 334 00:16:07,433 --> 00:16:09,067 AND THE ONLY ACTIVITY WE DO 335 00:16:09,067 --> 00:16:10,667 AND THE ONLY REASON WE EVER GO OUT 336 00:16:10,667 --> 00:16:13,067 IS TO GET FOOD. 337 00:16:13,067 --> 00:16:14,800 BUT I CAN BARELY MAKE IT TO THE CAR, 338 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:17,500 AND RENA CAN'T WALK FOR LONG ON HER OWN. 339 00:16:17,500 --> 00:16:18,833 ** 340 00:16:18,833 --> 00:16:21,967 SO WE HAVE TO BRING OUR ELECTRIC CHAIRS, 341 00:16:21,967 --> 00:16:23,700 AND RENA HAS TO LOAD THEM UP. 342 00:16:27,433 --> 00:16:29,900 Rena: IT'S EXTREMELY HARD TO GET BOTH OF OUR CHAIRS 343 00:16:29,900 --> 00:16:32,333 LOADED UP FOR US. 344 00:16:32,333 --> 00:16:33,700 BUT IF I DON'T, 345 00:16:33,700 --> 00:16:36,167 THERE'S NO WAY I COULD WALK THROUGH A STORE NOW... 346 00:16:36,167 --> 00:16:39,067 ** 347 00:16:39,067 --> 00:16:42,500 ...BECAUSE MY LEGS SHAKE, MY LEGS GIVE OUT. 348 00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:45,233 I CAN'T BREATHE. 349 00:16:45,233 --> 00:16:46,900 IT'S JUST TOO MUCH. 350 00:16:46,900 --> 00:16:49,400 [ PANTING ] 351 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:54,667 ** 352 00:16:54,667 --> 00:16:57,300 [ PANTING INTENSIFIES ] 353 00:16:57,300 --> 00:17:02,400 ** 354 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:04,900 AND THE ONLY WAY THAT WE ARE ABLE 355 00:17:04,900 --> 00:17:06,833 TO GET GROCERY SHOPPING DONE 356 00:17:06,833 --> 00:17:10,100 IS TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM, 357 00:17:10,100 --> 00:17:14,433 BECAUSE NEITHER ONE OF US WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT BY OUR SELF. 358 00:17:14,433 --> 00:17:16,367 ** 359 00:17:16,367 --> 00:17:17,700 BUT ONCE WE'RE INSIDE, 360 00:17:17,700 --> 00:17:21,400 THE ANXIETY OF BEING IN PUBLIC STARTS TO SINK IN 361 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:23,833 BECAUSE IT'S LIKE GOING THROUGH THE WALK OF SHAME. 362 00:17:23,833 --> 00:17:27,200 ** 363 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:29,433 Lee: I FEEL JUDGED BY THE OUTSIDE WORLD 364 00:17:29,433 --> 00:17:31,633 'CAUSE I'M DIFFERENT. 365 00:17:31,633 --> 00:17:35,600 THEY'RE NOT USED TO SEEING SOMEBODY OF MY SIZE. 366 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:36,800 IT'S LIKE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY 367 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:38,900 AND SEEING A TRAIN WRECK. 368 00:17:38,900 --> 00:17:40,933 YOU'RE NOT GONNA NOT STARE AT IT. 369 00:17:40,933 --> 00:17:44,800 YOU'RE GONNA SIT AND STARE AT IT AND WONDER WHAT HAPPENED. 370 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:47,800 Rena: IT'S JUST EMBARRASSING. 371 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:51,067 BUT GROCERY SHOPPING IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO 372 00:17:51,067 --> 00:17:52,633 SO WE CAN EAT. 373 00:17:52,633 --> 00:17:55,400 Rena: YOU SAID YOU WANTED CHIPS. 374 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:57,567 Lee: WHEN I START TO SHOP, I'M SO HUNGRY, 375 00:17:57,567 --> 00:18:00,900 ONCE I GET HOME, I KNOW I'M JUST GOING TO EAT EVERYTHING... 376 00:18:00,900 --> 00:18:03,333 DEFINITELY NEED SODA. 377 00:18:03,333 --> 00:18:05,067 ...BECAUSE WHEN I'M EATING, 378 00:18:05,067 --> 00:18:08,767 IT'S ALMOST LIKE FILLING AN EMPTINESS IN MY BODY. 379 00:18:08,767 --> 00:18:10,233 HOW MANY PACKS OF BACON YOU WANT? 380 00:18:10,233 --> 00:18:11,333 Lee: UH... 381 00:18:11,333 --> 00:18:13,067 A COUPLE, OR -- YEAH. 382 00:18:13,067 --> 00:18:15,900 Lee: IT'S LIKE LAYING DOWN AND GETTING A GOOD MASSAGE. 383 00:18:15,900 --> 00:18:17,967 OH, WE NEED SOME MAYONNAISE. 384 00:18:17,967 --> 00:18:20,267 AND WHEN IT'S OVER, 385 00:18:20,267 --> 00:18:22,067 YOU JUST WANT MORE. 386 00:18:22,067 --> 00:18:24,367 ** 387 00:18:24,367 --> 00:18:27,067 SO I CAN'T WAIT TO GET HOME AND EAT. 388 00:18:27,067 --> 00:18:29,633 ** 389 00:18:29,633 --> 00:18:33,867 Rena: WE'LL EAT EVERYTHING HERE EITHER TODAY OR BY TOMORROW. 390 00:18:33,867 --> 00:18:36,133 ** 391 00:18:36,133 --> 00:18:37,067 [ PANTING ] 392 00:18:37,067 --> 00:18:38,533 AND I KNOW DOING THIS 393 00:18:38,533 --> 00:18:41,733 IS KILLING US... 394 00:18:41,733 --> 00:18:43,100 YOU OKAY, BABY? 395 00:18:43,100 --> 00:18:47,267 ** 396 00:18:47,267 --> 00:18:49,600 Lee: YOU DID GOOD. 397 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:52,733 ...BUT WE BOTH CAN'T STOP. 398 00:18:52,733 --> 00:18:55,900 WE'RE ALREADY BARELY FUNCTIONING AS IT IS, 399 00:18:55,900 --> 00:18:59,100 AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. 400 00:19:08,100 --> 00:19:09,833 THE CAR IS OVERHEATING. 401 00:19:09,833 --> 00:19:12,200 ** 402 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,500 NOW WHAT DO WE DO? 403 00:19:14,500 --> 00:19:16,533 THIS IS NOT GOOD! 404 00:19:16,533 --> 00:19:18,733 Rena: I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! 405 00:19:18,733 --> 00:19:20,967 THE CAR'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE, 406 00:19:20,967 --> 00:19:23,467 AND WE WON'T LAST HERE LONG WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. 407 00:19:29,433 --> 00:19:37,267 ** 408 00:19:37,267 --> 00:19:40,533 Rena: LEE AND ME ARE STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD RIGHT NOW. 409 00:19:40,533 --> 00:19:43,400 AND WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE CAR, 410 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,067 BUT LEE THINKS IT MIGHT BE OVERHEATED. 411 00:19:46,067 --> 00:19:49,533 AND IT'S SO HUMILIATING, BECAUSE WE ARE BOTH TOO BIG 412 00:19:49,533 --> 00:19:52,233 TO EVEN GET OUT OF THE CAR TO FIGURE IT OUT. 413 00:19:52,233 --> 00:19:53,900 ** 414 00:19:53,900 --> 00:19:55,900 SOMETIMES, I JUST FEEL LIKE A USE-- 415 00:19:55,900 --> 00:19:59,333 A USELESS INDIVIDUAL. 416 00:19:59,333 --> 00:20:01,333 Lee: I ASKED MY SISTER TO BRING US COOLANT OR WATER 417 00:20:01,333 --> 00:20:03,800 TO TRY TO COOL EVERYTHING DOWN. 418 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:06,067 I HAVE GAS, AND EVERYTHING ELSE SEEMS FINE. 419 00:20:06,067 --> 00:20:08,267 SO IF OVERHEATING IS NOT THE ISSUE, 420 00:20:08,267 --> 00:20:10,467 THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. 421 00:20:10,467 --> 00:20:13,633 ** 422 00:20:13,633 --> 00:20:17,467 Rena: WE AREN'T GONNA LAST MUCH LONGER IN THE HEAT. 423 00:20:17,467 --> 00:20:21,067 I'M ALREADY FEELING REALLY LIGHT-HEADED, 424 00:20:21,067 --> 00:20:23,600 SO JUST HOPE SHE GETS HERE SOON. 425 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,500 ** 426 00:20:25,500 --> 00:20:27,667 Rena: OH, THANK GOD! 427 00:20:33,300 --> 00:20:35,567 Lee: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND HELPING US. 428 00:20:46,900 --> 00:20:48,433 [ ENGINE STARTS ] 429 00:20:57,867 --> 00:20:59,833 IT'S ABOUT THAT MUCH IN THE BOTTOM OF THE OVERFLOW. 430 00:20:59,833 --> 00:21:01,467 Lee: IT'LL GET US DOWN THE ROAD. 431 00:21:01,467 --> 00:21:03,700 Renee: IF NOT, CALL ME. 432 00:21:03,700 --> 00:21:06,500 I'LL BRING YOU OUT A COUPLE MORE. 433 00:21:06,500 --> 00:21:08,667 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 434 00:21:08,667 --> 00:21:10,467 YOU'RE WELCOME. 435 00:21:10,467 --> 00:21:12,833 I HATE HAVING TO BE HELPED. 436 00:21:12,833 --> 00:21:14,667 IT MAKES ME FEEL WORTHLESS. 437 00:21:14,667 --> 00:21:20,933 ** 438 00:21:20,933 --> 00:21:23,100 Rena: IT WAS GETTING REALLY SCARY THERE 439 00:21:23,100 --> 00:21:25,267 AFTER A WHILE. 440 00:21:25,267 --> 00:21:29,833 I KNOW THE SITUATION COULD'VE TURNED OUT MUCH, MUCH WORSE, 441 00:21:29,833 --> 00:21:31,400 AND THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A DAY 442 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,567 WHERE SOMEONE ISN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME AND HELP US. 443 00:21:34,567 --> 00:21:37,167 ** 444 00:21:37,167 --> 00:21:41,067 SO I KNOW THAT WE JUST CAN'T KEEP LIVING LIKE THIS, 445 00:21:41,067 --> 00:21:43,333 AND THAT TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR US. 446 00:21:50,633 --> 00:21:51,733 [ SIGHS ] 447 00:21:51,733 --> 00:21:54,400 LEE AND I HAVE TO LOSE THIS WEIGHT NOW 448 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:57,600 SO WE CAN PURSUE OUR LIFE TOGETHER 449 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:00,367 BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. 450 00:22:08,867 --> 00:22:11,400 Lee: I KNOW I'M STARING AT AN EARLY DEATH. 451 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:13,200 BUT ME AND RENA -- 452 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:17,400 WE HAVE A MAJOR HUNGER THAT DOES NOT GO AWAY 453 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:20,433 AND IT'S WHAT OUR WHOLE LIVES REVOLVE AROUND. 454 00:22:20,433 --> 00:22:23,867 BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CHANGE THAT. 455 00:22:23,867 --> 00:22:25,700 I'VE GOT TO GET SOME WEIGHT OFF, 456 00:22:25,700 --> 00:22:27,800 OR MY ORGANS ARE GONNA GIVE OUT. 457 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:29,633 MY HEART'S GONNA GIVE OUT. 458 00:22:29,633 --> 00:22:32,067 ** 459 00:22:32,067 --> 00:22:35,267 Rena: I CAN FEEL MYSELF GOING DOWNHILL. 460 00:22:35,267 --> 00:22:39,400 I CAN TELL THAT THINGS ARE GETTING BAD, 461 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,267 AND I FEEL LIKE I'M JUST WAITING TO DIE. 462 00:22:46,633 --> 00:22:49,067 Lee: THE ONLY OPTION THAT I CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE LEFT 463 00:22:49,067 --> 00:22:52,167 IS THAT WE GO TO HOUSTON TO SEE DR. NOW, 464 00:22:52,167 --> 00:22:54,300 BECAUSE IF WE DON'T GET HELP, 465 00:22:54,300 --> 00:22:56,600 I WILL PROBABLY JUST KEEP GETTING BIGGER... 466 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:57,933 AND BIGGER... 467 00:22:57,933 --> 00:23:01,233 UNTIL MY HEART CAN'T TAKE IT NO MORE. 468 00:23:01,233 --> 00:23:03,833 AND I DON'T WANT THAT FOR ME OR RENA. 469 00:23:03,833 --> 00:23:13,567 ** 470 00:23:13,567 --> 00:23:23,333 ** 471 00:23:23,333 --> 00:23:25,067 Rena: OUR APPOINTMENT WITH DR. NOW 472 00:23:25,067 --> 00:23:27,167 IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON, 473 00:23:27,167 --> 00:23:31,233 AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO THE WHOLE DRIVE IN A DAY. 474 00:23:31,233 --> 00:23:34,233 IT WOULD NORMALLY BE ABOUT A 12-HOUR TRIP, 475 00:23:34,233 --> 00:23:36,833 BUT I THINK THAT IT'S GONNA BE HARD, 476 00:23:36,833 --> 00:23:38,767 'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE MORE STOPS 477 00:23:38,767 --> 00:23:41,633 THAN WHAT EVERYBODY'S EXPECTING. 478 00:23:41,633 --> 00:23:43,400 MAKE SURE YOU GET MY TATER CHIPS. 479 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:46,233 GOTTA HAVE SOME ROAD SNACKS. 480 00:23:46,233 --> 00:23:47,967 THAT'LL PROBABLY GET US FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. 481 00:23:47,967 --> 00:23:49,533 THEN WE'LL STOP AND GET SOME MORE. 482 00:23:49,533 --> 00:23:51,367 ** 483 00:23:51,367 --> 00:23:54,067 WE'VE NEVER DONE A TRIP LIKE THIS. 484 00:23:54,067 --> 00:23:56,067 AND WHAT'S SCARING ME IS NOT JUST HOW HARD 485 00:23:56,067 --> 00:23:58,133 IT'S GONNA BE TO TRAVEL THIS LONG, 486 00:23:58,133 --> 00:24:02,133 BUT HOW I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF LEE ON THE ROAD. 487 00:24:02,133 --> 00:24:03,867 HE CAN'T GO TO THE BATHROOM HIMSELF 488 00:24:03,867 --> 00:24:05,500 OR DO ANYTHING, 489 00:24:05,500 --> 00:24:09,233 SO WHATEVER HE NEEDS, I HAVE TO DO IT IN THE CAR. 490 00:24:09,233 --> 00:24:13,233 SO ALL OF THIS IS A LOT OF UNCHARTERED TERRITORY FOR US, 491 00:24:13,233 --> 00:24:14,933 AND IT'S SCARY. 492 00:24:14,933 --> 00:24:20,067 ** 493 00:24:20,067 --> 00:24:22,867 Lee: I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS TRIP, 494 00:24:22,867 --> 00:24:25,367 BUT I'VE BEEN VERY NERVOUS FOR THE LAST WEEK, 495 00:24:25,367 --> 00:24:28,333 ESPECIALLY TO SEE HIM AND THIS LONG TRIP. 496 00:24:28,333 --> 00:24:29,667 I'M EXCITED, NERVOUS, 497 00:24:29,667 --> 00:24:32,167 AND EVERYTHING ALL AT THE SAME TIME. 498 00:24:32,167 --> 00:24:33,367 HEY, BUDDY. WHAT'S UP? 499 00:24:33,367 --> 00:24:35,967 NOTHING MUCH. Y'ALL READY TO GET STARTED? 500 00:24:35,967 --> 00:24:37,867 YEAH, ARE YOU READY FOR THIS DRIVE? 501 00:24:37,867 --> 00:24:40,500 IT'S GONNA BE A LONG TRIP. 502 00:24:40,500 --> 00:24:43,167 Lee: WE CAN'T DO THIS ALONE. 503 00:24:43,167 --> 00:24:45,067 SO, THANKFULLY, I HAVE ONE OF MY FRIENDS, DAVID, 504 00:24:45,067 --> 00:24:48,100 WHO'S GONNA HELP US DRIVE DOWN TO HOUSTON. 505 00:24:48,100 --> 00:24:51,500 I'VE KNOWN DAVID SINCE HE WAS 3 OR 4 YEARS OLD. 506 00:24:51,500 --> 00:24:53,367 AND HE AGREED TO COME WITH US 507 00:24:53,367 --> 00:24:56,167 JUST IN CASE SOMETHING GOES WRONG, 508 00:24:56,167 --> 00:25:00,400 BECAUSE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, LIKE THE CAR OVERHEATING AGAIN, 509 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:04,433 IT'S TOO RISKY TO BE WITHOUT ANYONE THERE FOR US. 510 00:25:04,433 --> 00:25:06,833 AND RENA CAN'T DO IT ALL. 511 00:25:06,833 --> 00:25:09,800 PLUS, I CAN SEE SHE'S ALREADY STRUGGLING. 512 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:13,467 I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M HAVING SO MUCH TROUBLE BREATHING TODAY. 513 00:25:13,467 --> 00:25:15,600 USUALLY ONCE I WAKE UP, IT CALMS DOWN. 514 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,833 BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NERVES OR WHAT. 515 00:25:18,833 --> 00:25:20,567 -RELAX, RELAX. -I'M ALL RIGHT. 516 00:25:20,567 --> 00:25:22,200 I'M JUST CATCHING MY BREATH. 517 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,733 -ALL RIGHT. -Y'ALL READY? 518 00:25:25,733 --> 00:25:30,233 Lee: ME AND RENA BOTH KNOW THIS COULD ALL BE FOR NOTHING. 519 00:25:30,233 --> 00:25:32,767 BUT THIS IS OUR LAST CHANCE, I KNOW IT. 520 00:25:35,667 --> 00:25:37,267 IF WE DON'T DO THIS, 521 00:25:37,267 --> 00:25:40,267 I DON'T THINK THERE'S GONNA BE TOO MANY TOMORROWS. 522 00:25:40,267 --> 00:25:43,833 ** 523 00:25:43,833 --> 00:25:45,167 LET'S STOP AND GET SOME FOOD, BABY. 524 00:25:45,167 --> 00:25:46,833 I'M STARVING. 525 00:25:46,833 --> 00:25:51,600 ** 526 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,067 I NEED THREE CHICKEN STRIP SANDWICHES, 527 00:25:54,067 --> 00:25:55,400 A NUMBER-ONE WITH THE BACON 528 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:57,400 BUT I WANT MAYONNAISE AND SMOKE SAUCE ON IT. 529 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,533 AND WE NEED AN ORDER OF CHEESESTICKS, TOO. 530 00:25:59,533 --> 00:26:01,100 WOMAN: All righty. Anything else for ya? 531 00:26:01,100 --> 00:26:02,200 -NO. -Okay. 532 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:03,967 It's gonna be $44.01. 533 00:26:03,967 --> 00:26:07,300 ** 534 00:26:07,300 --> 00:26:09,967 Lee: ONE OF MY GOALS SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH RENA 535 00:26:09,967 --> 00:26:13,267 IS TO MAKE OUR RELATIONSHIP OFFICIAL AND MARRY HER. 536 00:26:13,267 --> 00:26:17,333 ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO FIND A PLACE TO PARK. 537 00:26:17,333 --> 00:26:20,933 BUT I DIDN'T WANNA DO IT TILL I COULD GET DOWN ON ONE KNEE. 538 00:26:20,933 --> 00:26:23,433 THERE'S YOUR DRINK. THANK YOU. 539 00:26:23,433 --> 00:26:27,933 I'VE DREAMED OF THAT FUTURE. 540 00:26:27,933 --> 00:26:30,500 BUT NOW I AM SO AFRAID THAT 541 00:26:30,500 --> 00:26:32,767 I AM NOT GOING TO LIVE LONG ENOUGH 542 00:26:32,767 --> 00:26:35,633 TO MARRY THE WOMAN THAT I LOVE, 543 00:26:35,633 --> 00:26:37,833 AND THAT I NO LONGER EVEN HAVE A FUTURE 544 00:26:37,833 --> 00:26:40,200 UNLESS SOMEONE CAN SAVE ME FROM MYSELF. 545 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:45,067 ** 546 00:26:45,067 --> 00:26:47,833 -YEAH. -WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING BY. 547 00:26:47,833 --> 00:26:49,167 IT'S LIKE THEY'VE NEVER SEEN A FAT GUY 548 00:26:49,167 --> 00:26:51,067 SHOVE A HAMBURGER IN HIS FACE. 549 00:26:51,067 --> 00:26:57,667 ** 550 00:26:57,667 --> 00:26:59,667 I HOPE WE FIND A TOWN SOON. 551 00:26:59,667 --> 00:27:02,933 I JUST GOT TO PEE REAL BAD. I DRANK THAT BIG-OLD DRINK. 552 00:27:12,733 --> 00:27:15,367 Lee: WE'VE ONLY BEEN ON THE ROAD FOR A FEW HOURS, 553 00:27:15,367 --> 00:27:18,733 AND IT'S ALREADY STARTING TO GET TOUGH. 554 00:27:18,733 --> 00:27:20,833 AND WHEN YOU'RE A PERSON OF MY SIZE, 555 00:27:20,833 --> 00:27:22,767 YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. 556 00:27:22,767 --> 00:27:24,400 BUT THERE'S NO WAY I COULD EVEN THINK ABOUT 557 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:26,700 WALKING INTO A STORE AND PEEING. 558 00:27:26,700 --> 00:27:30,567 I'M GONNA PULL OVER HERE OUT OF EVERYBODY'S LINE OF VISION. 559 00:27:30,567 --> 00:27:32,833 SO WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT. 560 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,500 Rena: JUST USING THE BATHROOM, 561 00:27:37,500 --> 00:27:40,467 WHAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD TAKE FOR GRANTED, 562 00:27:40,467 --> 00:27:43,433 MOST MEN CAN JUST STAND, WHIP IT OUT ANYWHERE, 563 00:27:43,433 --> 00:27:46,133 AND PEE ANYWHERE. 564 00:27:46,133 --> 00:27:49,667 WITH LEE, HE HAS TO BE LAID DOWN 565 00:27:49,667 --> 00:27:53,767 AND SOMEONE ELSE HAS TO HOLD THE URINAL FOR HIM IN PLACE 566 00:27:53,767 --> 00:27:57,200 JUST FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO PEE. 567 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,233 THAT PERSON, 9 TIMES OUT OF 10, IS ME. 568 00:28:00,233 --> 00:28:02,933 AND WHEN I DO IT, I HAVE TO STAND TO DO IT. 569 00:28:02,933 --> 00:28:07,267 SO THEREFORE, IT EXERTS ME, ALSO. 570 00:28:07,267 --> 00:28:09,867 I'M SORRY, BABY. 571 00:28:09,867 --> 00:28:11,400 ONE OF THESE DAYS, I'LL BE ABLE TO JUST GET OUT 572 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:12,767 AND STAND AND PEE. 573 00:28:12,767 --> 00:28:15,100 ** 574 00:28:15,100 --> 00:28:19,700 AND AFTER I'M DONE, I'M SO EXHAUSTED. 575 00:28:19,700 --> 00:28:22,567 Lee: RENA SACRIFICES HERSELF EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE 576 00:28:22,567 --> 00:28:25,500 MY NEEDS ARE TAKEN CARE OF. 577 00:28:25,500 --> 00:28:27,300 PEOPLE SAY, "WHAT'S YOUR GOAL WEIGHT?" 578 00:28:27,300 --> 00:28:28,433 I DON'T HAVE A GOAL WEIGHT. 579 00:28:28,433 --> 00:28:30,333 MY GOAL WEIGHT'S TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF, 580 00:28:30,333 --> 00:28:33,200 NOT TO HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY HELP ME. 581 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:35,700 -SWEETHEART? -YES? 582 00:28:35,700 --> 00:28:37,333 -DO YOU STILL LOVE ME? -YES. 583 00:28:37,333 --> 00:28:40,067 CAN I HAVE A BAG OF THAT POPCORN BACK THERE? 584 00:28:40,067 --> 00:28:41,167 YES. 585 00:28:41,167 --> 00:28:50,267 ** 586 00:28:50,267 --> 00:28:59,400 ** 587 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:08,567 ** 588 00:29:08,567 --> 00:29:11,533 Lee: WE'RE RUNNING FURTHER BEHIND THAN I WANTED. 589 00:29:11,533 --> 00:29:14,333 SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET TO DR. NOW. 590 00:29:16,867 --> 00:29:18,133 Rena: WE'RE GETTING CLOSE, 591 00:29:18,133 --> 00:29:20,633 AND I'M NERVOUS THAT DR. NOWZARADAN 592 00:29:20,633 --> 00:29:24,300 WON'T ACCEPT ME AND LEE AS PATIENTS, 593 00:29:24,300 --> 00:29:26,233 THAT HE WON'T HELP US. 594 00:29:26,233 --> 00:29:29,267 ** 595 00:29:29,267 --> 00:29:31,733 ME, I'M AFRAID IT'S BECAUSE OF MY HEALTH. 596 00:29:31,733 --> 00:29:34,667 AND WITH LEE, I'M AFRAID IT'S 'CAUSE OF HIS SIZE. 597 00:29:34,667 --> 00:29:37,333 ** 598 00:29:37,333 --> 00:29:39,567 I NEED THIS SURGERY TO LIVE. 599 00:29:39,567 --> 00:29:43,100 I NEED THIS SURGERY TO BE ABLE TO GO ON WITH LIFE, 600 00:29:43,100 --> 00:29:46,800 TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A NORMAL LIFE. 601 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,700 Lee: THIS APPOINTMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US TODAY 602 00:29:49,700 --> 00:29:52,700 BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY MUCH A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. 603 00:29:54,733 --> 00:29:57,733 WHAT DR. NOW TELLS US DETERMINES WHETHER WE HAVE ANY HOPE 604 00:29:57,733 --> 00:29:59,267 FOR OUR FUTURE OR NOT, 605 00:29:59,267 --> 00:30:02,733 SO IF DR. NOW REJECTS US FOR ANY REASON, 606 00:30:02,733 --> 00:30:06,000 THEN WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT THAT OUR LIVES ARE OVER, 607 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:07,600 WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW IT YET. 608 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:09,133 ** 609 00:30:12,767 --> 00:30:17,900 ** 610 00:30:17,900 --> 00:30:20,000 Rena: IT'S BEEN SUCH A LONG RIDE DOWN HERE TO HOUSTON. 611 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,133 AND NOW THAT WE'RE FINALLY HERE, 612 00:30:22,133 --> 00:30:24,233 WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT WHAT WE WEIGH 613 00:30:24,233 --> 00:30:27,800 AND IF DR. NOW CAN HELP US. 614 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:30,300 AND I'M JUST NERVOUS ABOUT ALL OF IT. 615 00:30:30,300 --> 00:30:34,300 ** 616 00:30:34,300 --> 00:30:35,700 Woman: 549. 617 00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:37,367 WOW. 618 00:30:37,367 --> 00:30:40,233 ** 619 00:30:40,233 --> 00:30:43,500 I KNEW I'D STILL BEEN GAINING SOME OVERALL, 620 00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:46,433 BUT THAT'S HIGHER THAN I WAS EXPECTING. 621 00:30:46,433 --> 00:30:48,267 ** 622 00:30:48,267 --> 00:30:51,633 AND I'M REALLY JUST DISAPPOINTED IN MYSELF RIGHT NOW. 623 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:59,367 Lee: I AM NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. 624 00:30:59,367 --> 00:31:02,467 I CAN TELL RENA ISN'T TOO HAPPY ABOUT HER WEIGHT, 625 00:31:02,467 --> 00:31:07,167 BUT I'M WORRIED THAT MINE'S GONNA BE MUCH MORE OF A SHOCK. 626 00:31:07,167 --> 00:31:10,267 I'M JUST HOPING I'M STILL IN THE 600 RANGE. 627 00:31:10,267 --> 00:31:11,633 ** 628 00:31:11,633 --> 00:31:13,567 714. 629 00:31:13,567 --> 00:31:15,633 OH, MY GOD. REALLY? 630 00:31:15,633 --> 00:31:20,067 ** 631 00:31:20,067 --> 00:31:21,567 REALLY HEARTBREAKING TO REALIZE THAT MY WEIGHT 632 00:31:21,567 --> 00:31:23,367 HAD GOTTEN SO OUT OF CONTROL. 633 00:31:23,367 --> 00:31:28,367 ** 634 00:31:28,367 --> 00:31:31,867 I JUST HOPE DR. NOW'S GONNA BE ABLE TO HELP US CHANGE THIS 635 00:31:31,867 --> 00:31:34,433 AND GET OUR LIVES BACK. 636 00:31:34,433 --> 00:31:35,667 -GUESS I'LL SEE YOU LATER. -OKAY. 637 00:31:35,667 --> 00:31:37,333 I'LL BE OUT HERE WAITING FOR YOU ALL. 638 00:31:37,333 --> 00:31:42,300 ** 639 00:31:42,300 --> 00:31:43,333 ME, TOO. 640 00:31:43,333 --> 00:31:46,167 [ KNOCKS ON DOOR ] 641 00:31:46,167 --> 00:31:48,900 HELLO. I'M DR. NOWZARADAN. 642 00:31:48,900 --> 00:31:50,167 I'M LEE. 643 00:31:50,167 --> 00:31:51,567 -NICE TO MEET YOU, LEE. -NICE TO MEET YOU. 644 00:31:51,567 --> 00:31:54,400 -RENA. -RENA, NICE TO MEET YOU. 645 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:56,967 Dr. Nowzaradan: SO, YOU BOTH COME ALL THE WAY FROM MISSOURI. 646 00:31:56,967 --> 00:31:58,300 HOW ARE Y'ALL FEELING? 647 00:31:58,300 --> 00:31:59,767 WELL, WE'RE TIRED, BUT WE'RE HERE. 648 00:31:59,767 --> 00:32:01,800 WELL, I'M GLAD YOU MADE IT OKAY. 649 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:05,067 SO, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR MEDICAL HISTORY 650 00:32:05,067 --> 00:32:06,833 AND YOUR CURRENT SITUATION. 651 00:32:06,833 --> 00:32:11,233 ALL RIGHT. LEE, YOU'RE 714 POUNDS. 652 00:32:11,233 --> 00:32:14,833 AND RENA, YOU ARE 549 POUNDS. 653 00:32:14,833 --> 00:32:17,067 AND YOU BOTH HAVE SIGNIFICANT HEALTH ISSUES 654 00:32:17,067 --> 00:32:18,900 AS A RESULT OF YOUR WEIGHT. 655 00:32:18,900 --> 00:32:20,667 RENA, YOU'RE A DIABETIC, 656 00:32:20,667 --> 00:32:23,067 AND YOU'RE TAKING AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF INSULIN. 657 00:32:23,067 --> 00:32:24,233 YES. 658 00:32:24,233 --> 00:32:26,733 THE SAME SEEMS TO BE THE CASE FOR LEE, TOO. 659 00:32:26,733 --> 00:32:28,400 AND I SEE YOU'RE ON OXYGEN, 660 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:31,333 SO YOU'RE NO LONGER ABLE TO BREATHE ON YOUR OWN 661 00:32:31,333 --> 00:32:33,100 BECAUSE OF YOUR WEIGHT. 662 00:32:33,100 --> 00:32:35,633 AND LEE, YOU HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. 663 00:32:35,633 --> 00:32:37,100 YOU HAVE SLEEP APNEA. 664 00:32:37,100 --> 00:32:38,433 YOU HAVE GOUT. 665 00:32:38,433 --> 00:32:42,367 YOU HAVE ACID REFLUX, HIGH CHOLESTEROL, DEPRESSION. 666 00:32:42,367 --> 00:32:45,467 THERE IS NOW WAY YOUR BODY IS GOING TO BE ABLE 667 00:32:45,467 --> 00:32:49,667 TO SUSTAIN YOUR WEIGHT FOR MUCH LONGER AT ALL. 668 00:32:49,667 --> 00:32:51,567 YOU NEED TO FULLY UNDERSTAND 669 00:32:51,567 --> 00:32:54,167 HOW CLOSE TO DEATH YOU ARE RIGHT NOW, 670 00:32:54,167 --> 00:32:57,967 AND THAT YOU TWO ARE IN A VERY BAD PLACE. 671 00:32:57,967 --> 00:32:59,400 YOU REALIZE THAT? 672 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:00,933 YES, SIR. 673 00:33:00,933 --> 00:33:02,133 THE REALITY IS, 674 00:33:02,133 --> 00:33:07,067 YOU HAVE BEEN ENABLING EACH OTHER FOR YEARS. 675 00:33:07,067 --> 00:33:10,433 AND, LEE, YOU'RE ALMOST COMPLETELY IMMOBILE NOW. 676 00:33:10,433 --> 00:33:12,133 ARE YOU ABLE TO STAND UP AT ALL? 677 00:33:12,133 --> 00:33:13,500 I'M PRETTY ACTIVE. 678 00:33:13,500 --> 00:33:16,833 I CAN WALK 20, 30 FEET WITH THESE CANES PRETTY GOOD. 679 00:33:16,833 --> 00:33:19,333 IF YOU THINK THAT'S PRETTY ACTIVE, 680 00:33:19,333 --> 00:33:22,300 THEN YOU'RE A LITTLE DELUSIONAL ABOUT THAT. 681 00:33:22,300 --> 00:33:25,133 ** 682 00:33:25,133 --> 00:33:29,600 LEE AND RENA'S BODIES ARE STARTING TO COMPLETELY FAIL, 683 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:31,067 SO MY BIGGEST CONCERN 684 00:33:31,067 --> 00:33:34,733 IS WHETHER THEY CAN STOP ENABLING EACH OTHER IN TIME 685 00:33:34,733 --> 00:33:36,700 TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE 686 00:33:36,700 --> 00:33:38,500 BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. 687 00:33:38,500 --> 00:33:40,733 SO, ARE YOU BOTH HERE TO TELL ME 688 00:33:40,733 --> 00:33:42,933 THAT YOU'RE READY TO MAKE THE CHANGE YOU NEED 689 00:33:42,933 --> 00:33:44,567 TO TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND? 690 00:33:44,567 --> 00:33:46,533 -OH, YEAH. -YES. 691 00:33:46,533 --> 00:33:47,800 Dr. Nowzaradan: ALL RIGHT. 692 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:51,700 THIS HERE IS YOUR NEW 1,200-CALORIE-A-DAY DIET, 693 00:33:51,700 --> 00:33:55,400 AND HIGH-CALORIE FOOD THAT WE'RE GONNA AVOID. 694 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,067 YOU ARE TO EAT ONLY WHAT'S APPROVED 695 00:33:58,067 --> 00:34:00,767 IN THIS HIGH-PROTEIN AND LOW-CARB DIET 696 00:34:00,767 --> 00:34:02,700 AND NOTHING ELSE. 697 00:34:02,700 --> 00:34:06,067 AND I WANT YOU BOTH TO GET UP AND FIND SOMETHING ACTIVE 698 00:34:06,067 --> 00:34:09,633 TO DO EVERY DAY, NO MATTER WHAT. 699 00:34:09,633 --> 00:34:11,233 NEITHER OF YOU WOULD BE ABLE 700 00:34:11,233 --> 00:34:13,900 TO SURVIVE ANY SURGERY RIGHT NOW. 701 00:34:13,900 --> 00:34:17,767 TO CHANGE THAT, YOU BOTH NEED TO LOSE A LOT WEIGHT. 702 00:34:17,767 --> 00:34:20,467 RENA, I WANT YOU TO LOSE 75 POUNDS, 703 00:34:20,467 --> 00:34:23,367 TO GET ALL YOUR MEDICAL ISSUES UNDER CONTROL 704 00:34:23,367 --> 00:34:26,367 SO WE CAN SAFELY DO THE SURGERY. 705 00:34:26,367 --> 00:34:33,100 LEE, I WANT TO LOSE 150 POUNDS AND GET DOWN TO AROUND 560. 706 00:34:33,100 --> 00:34:35,733 STICKING TO THE DIET I'M GIVING YOU 707 00:34:35,733 --> 00:34:37,833 WILL GET YOU TO THESE GOALS. 708 00:34:37,833 --> 00:34:40,067 AND WHEN YOU WALK OUT OF THIS OFFICE, 709 00:34:40,067 --> 00:34:42,533 YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE YOUR OLD WAYS BEHIND, 710 00:34:42,533 --> 00:34:45,533 IF YOU WANT TO LIVE. 711 00:34:45,533 --> 00:34:48,300 THIS REALLY IS A RACE AGAINST TIME. 712 00:34:48,300 --> 00:34:50,633 AND HOPEFULLY, THEY REALIZE THAT ENOUGH 713 00:34:50,633 --> 00:34:53,100 TO MAKE THE CHANGES THEY NEED NOW 714 00:34:53,100 --> 00:34:56,767 OR THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SURVIVE. 715 00:34:56,767 --> 00:34:58,633 I'M GOING TO SEE YOU IN TWO MONTHS, 716 00:34:58,633 --> 00:35:00,467 AND I WANT YOU TO HIT THESE GOALS. 717 00:35:00,467 --> 00:35:01,533 ALL RIGHT. 718 00:35:01,533 --> 00:35:03,767 -ALL RIGHT. -ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 719 00:35:03,767 --> 00:35:08,433 ** 720 00:35:08,433 --> 00:35:10,067 WE GOTTA DO THIS. 721 00:35:10,067 --> 00:35:12,133 I KNOW. 722 00:35:12,133 --> 00:35:14,200 IT'S GONNA BE HARD, REAL HARD. 723 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:16,333 ** 724 00:35:16,333 --> 00:35:17,767 YOU GUYS READY? 725 00:35:17,767 --> 00:35:18,900 -YEAH. -YES. 726 00:35:18,900 --> 00:35:20,433 I AM WORE OUT. 727 00:35:20,433 --> 00:35:21,800 BEYOND READY. 728 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:27,500 ** 729 00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:30,500 Rena: IT WAS HARD TO HEAR EVERYTHING DR. NOW HAD TO SAY 730 00:35:30,500 --> 00:35:32,667 ABOUT HOW CLOSE TO DEATH WE ARE 731 00:35:32,667 --> 00:35:37,067 AND HOW BAD OUR SITUATION REALLY IS. 732 00:35:37,067 --> 00:35:39,067 AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WORSE -- 733 00:35:39,067 --> 00:35:42,067 TO DIE TOO EARLY, OR TO LOSE LEE FIRST. 734 00:35:42,067 --> 00:35:44,500 Lee: IF WE DON'T DO THIS, 735 00:35:44,500 --> 00:35:46,833 WE AIN'T GOT A CHANCE IN HELL. 736 00:35:46,833 --> 00:35:48,667 SO IT'S NOT REALLY A CHOICE. 737 00:35:51,467 --> 00:35:54,967 SO WE HAVE TO FIGHT, AND WE HAVE TO FIGHT TOGETHER. 738 00:35:54,967 --> 00:36:00,600 ** 739 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:06,167 ** 740 00:36:06,167 --> 00:36:08,167 Rena: COMING HOME AFTER SEEING DR. NOW 741 00:36:08,167 --> 00:36:10,500 WAS LIKE TRYING TO START A WHOLE NEW LIFE... 742 00:36:10,500 --> 00:36:13,267 OKAY. 743 00:36:13,267 --> 00:36:16,467 ...BECAUSE OUR WHOLE LIVES HAVE REVOLVED AROUND EATING 744 00:36:16,467 --> 00:36:18,467 UNTIL WE GO BACK TO SLEEP. 745 00:36:18,467 --> 00:36:21,067 SO IT WAS LIKE, "WHAT CAN WE DO?" 746 00:36:21,067 --> 00:36:22,800 ALL RIGHT. 747 00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:26,067 Lee: SO FAR, I'M NOT ABLE TO GET UP AND DO MUCH. 748 00:36:26,067 --> 00:36:28,367 SO RENA AND ME STARTED PLAYING VIDEO GAMES 749 00:36:28,367 --> 00:36:30,100 THAT REQUIRE US TO GET ACTIVE. 750 00:36:30,100 --> 00:36:33,200 ** 751 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:36,133 AT FIRST, I COULD ONLY DO IT FOR A FEW MINUTES. 752 00:36:36,133 --> 00:36:39,200 BUT NOW WE'RE PLAYING WHOLE GAMES AND GETTING COMPETITIVE. 753 00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:41,067 YES. HA! 754 00:36:41,067 --> 00:36:42,733 BUT BY THIS TIME NEXT MONTH, 755 00:36:42,733 --> 00:36:44,733 I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO GET UP AND GET AROUND THE HOUSE 756 00:36:44,733 --> 00:36:46,367 A LITTLE BIT FOR MY EXERCISE. 757 00:36:46,367 --> 00:36:48,200 AND THE SCORE IS... 758 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,800 163 TO 124! 759 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:52,900 I BEAT YOU. 760 00:36:52,900 --> 00:36:54,500 [ LAUGHS ] HOW 'BOUT A REMATCH? 761 00:36:54,500 --> 00:36:56,667 ALL RIGHT. LOVE YOU. 762 00:36:56,667 --> 00:36:58,400 LOVE YOU. 763 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:01,767 BUT THE HARD PART HAS BEEN CUTTING BACK OUR DIET. 764 00:37:01,767 --> 00:37:03,067 ** 765 00:37:03,067 --> 00:37:05,800 Rena: MY BIGGEST FEAR WAS WHEN LEE GETS CRAVINGS 766 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:07,667 AND HE DOESN'T GET WHAT HE WANTS. 767 00:37:07,667 --> 00:37:10,100 HE CAN GET VERY ANGRY. 768 00:37:10,100 --> 00:37:12,067 BUT HE HASN'T BEEN DOING THAT... 769 00:37:12,067 --> 00:37:14,767 ** 770 00:37:14,767 --> 00:37:16,267 ...AND THAT'S BEEN A HUGE RELIEF, 771 00:37:16,267 --> 00:37:18,767 BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER. 772 00:37:18,767 --> 00:37:23,133 ** 773 00:37:23,133 --> 00:37:25,100 Lee: HONEY, WE READY TO DO A LITTLE EXERCISING? 774 00:37:25,100 --> 00:37:28,433 ** 775 00:37:28,433 --> 00:37:31,800 Rena: I FEEL LIKE THIS LAST MONTH AND HALF HAS BEEN GOOD. 776 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:35,867 IT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE, BUT LEE IS ABLE TO DO A WHOLE LOT MORE. 777 00:37:35,867 --> 00:37:40,900 AND I FEEL THAT IT'S EASIER TO HAVE SOMEONE TO DO THIS WITH. 778 00:37:40,900 --> 00:37:42,800 Lee: I'VE BEEN TRYING TO EXERCISE MORE, 779 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,067 GET AROUND MORE, STAY OUT OF BED MORE, 780 00:37:45,067 --> 00:37:49,133 JUST PUSH THROUGH THE PAIN AND KEEP ON KEEPING ON. 781 00:37:49,133 --> 00:37:50,467 AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET UP 782 00:37:50,467 --> 00:37:53,400 AND DO SOME WALKING AROUND THE HOUSE, 783 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:57,400 SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE BOTH MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. 784 00:37:57,400 --> 00:37:58,400 ALL RIGHT, SWEETHEART. 785 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:01,900 YOU READY FOR SOME BREAKFAST? 786 00:38:01,900 --> 00:38:05,600 BUT THE FOOD HAS BEEN A LITTLE HARD, STILL. 787 00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:07,600 AND WE'VE CAVED A FEW TIMES 788 00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:10,300 BECAUSE THE PORTION SIZES ON THE DOCTOR'S PLAN 789 00:38:10,300 --> 00:38:13,433 ARE JUST REALLY SMALL 790 00:38:13,433 --> 00:38:16,433 SO I'M STILL REALLY HUNGRY WHEN I FINISH MY MEAL. 791 00:38:16,433 --> 00:38:18,400 ** 792 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:22,167 BUT I WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT FOR RENA AS WELL AS MYSELF, 793 00:38:22,167 --> 00:38:25,733 SO I HAVE TWO REASONS TO DO IT INSTEAD OF ONE. 794 00:38:25,733 --> 00:38:27,400 SO I'M NOT GIVING IN. 795 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:36,067 ** 796 00:38:36,067 --> 00:38:37,800 Rena: ME AND LEE ARE IN HOUSTON AGAIN 797 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:41,867 TO SEE DR. NOW FOR OUR SECOND APPOINTMENT, 798 00:38:41,867 --> 00:38:44,567 AND I AM ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED. 799 00:38:44,567 --> 00:38:47,567 ** 800 00:38:47,567 --> 00:38:50,767 OH, GOD, IT HURTS. 801 00:38:50,767 --> 00:38:53,967 WE'VE TURNED OUR WORLDS UPSIDE-DOWN TO DO THIS. 802 00:38:53,967 --> 00:38:56,300 ** 803 00:38:56,300 --> 00:38:58,233 LEE AND RENA? 804 00:38:58,233 --> 00:39:00,900 AND AS HARD AS I KNOW WE'VE WORKED, 805 00:39:00,900 --> 00:39:04,800 I'M SO SCARED IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH 806 00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:06,667 BECAUSE IF EITHER OF US FAIL, 807 00:39:06,667 --> 00:39:09,767 THEN WE BOTH WE DO AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. 808 00:39:09,767 --> 00:39:13,100 SO, ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING IS RIDING ON THE NUMBERS 809 00:39:13,100 --> 00:39:14,333 WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE. 810 00:39:14,333 --> 00:39:15,933 ** 811 00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:28,733 ** 812 00:39:28,733 --> 00:39:30,567 Rena: LEE AND ME ARE AT OUR SECOND APPOINTMENT 813 00:39:30,567 --> 00:39:32,600 WITH DR. NOW, 814 00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:36,467 AND THERE'S SO MUCH RIDING ON US HITTING OUR GOALS TODAY. 815 00:39:36,467 --> 00:39:39,300 THE DOC WANTED ME TO LOSE AT LEAST 75 POUNDS 816 00:39:39,300 --> 00:39:43,667 OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS AND GET DOWN TO 474, 817 00:39:43,667 --> 00:39:46,833 SO I'M MUST PRAYING THAT I'VE GOTTEN DOWN TO THAT. 818 00:39:46,833 --> 00:39:52,633 ** 819 00:39:52,633 --> 00:39:55,167 PART OF ME IS HAPPY TO SEE SUCH A LOSS, 820 00:39:55,167 --> 00:39:56,500 BUT I'M DISAPPOINTED 821 00:39:56,500 --> 00:39:59,833 BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS I WAS SUPPOSED TO LOSE. 822 00:39:59,833 --> 00:40:01,800 OH, GOD. 823 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:04,667 Lee: IT'S THE MOMENT OF TRUTH FOR ME. 824 00:40:04,667 --> 00:40:06,833 I'M SUPPOSED TO HAVE LOST 150 POUNDS 825 00:40:06,833 --> 00:40:10,333 TO GET DOWN TO 564 TODAY. 826 00:40:10,333 --> 00:40:13,733 AND I'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO HIT THAT GOAL. 827 00:40:13,733 --> 00:40:16,333 ** 828 00:40:16,333 --> 00:40:17,867 ALL RIGHT, GOOD JOB. 829 00:40:17,867 --> 00:40:19,100 AWESOME. 830 00:40:19,100 --> 00:40:20,600 I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT, 831 00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:24,100 BUT IT'S STILL 50 POUNDS AWAY FROM DR. NOW'S GOAL. 832 00:40:24,100 --> 00:40:26,900 SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT RIGHT NOW. 833 00:40:26,900 --> 00:40:29,767 ** 834 00:40:29,767 --> 00:40:31,600 BUT I'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF ISSUES WITH PAIN, 835 00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:36,133 AND I'M WORRIED SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY STOMACH. 836 00:40:36,133 --> 00:40:38,467 BUT, HOPEFULLY, THE DOCTOR CAN HELP ME. 837 00:40:38,467 --> 00:40:41,433 I DON'T FEEL GOOD AT ALL. 838 00:40:41,433 --> 00:40:42,767 ** 839 00:40:42,767 --> 00:40:43,967 [ KNOCKS ON DOOR ] 840 00:40:43,967 --> 00:40:45,967 COME IN. 841 00:40:45,967 --> 00:40:46,967 -HELLO. -HELLO. 842 00:40:46,967 --> 00:40:49,067 -HI. -HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING? 843 00:40:49,067 --> 00:40:50,367 ALL RIGHT. 844 00:40:50,367 --> 00:40:52,767 GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH. 845 00:40:52,767 --> 00:40:55,500 SO, LET'S SEE HOW MUCH YOU'VE LOST. 846 00:40:55,500 --> 00:40:58,967 RENA, YOU MADE IT DOWN TO 507 POUNDS. 847 00:40:58,967 --> 00:41:00,167 -RIGHT. -YEAH. 848 00:41:00,167 --> 00:41:04,567 AND LEE, YOU'RE DOWN TO 619 POUNDS. 849 00:41:04,567 --> 00:41:06,600 SO I'M ENCOURAGED BY YOUR PROGRESS, 850 00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:09,933 BUT IT'S TOO LITTLE WEIGHT LOSS TO BRING THE RISK FACTOR 851 00:41:09,933 --> 00:41:12,933 FOR SURGERY TO AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL. 852 00:41:12,933 --> 00:41:15,433 SO YOU BOTH ARE STILL NOT READY 853 00:41:15,433 --> 00:41:18,900 FOR ANY KIND OF WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 854 00:41:18,900 --> 00:41:21,067 BUT WITH THE PROGRESS THAT YOU'VE MADE, 855 00:41:21,067 --> 00:41:22,700 YOU SHOULD NOTICE SOME DIFFERENCE 856 00:41:22,700 --> 00:41:26,267 IN HOW YOU'RE FEELING AND IN YOUR MOBILITY. 857 00:41:26,267 --> 00:41:28,133 ARE YOU BOTH FEELING ANY BETTER? 858 00:41:28,133 --> 00:41:30,900 -NO, I'M HAVING A LOT OF PAIN. -WHAT'S GOING ON? 859 00:41:30,900 --> 00:41:33,600 MY STOMACH -- RIGHT HERE THROUGH TO MY SIDE, 860 00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:37,067 AND BACK -- IT'S JUST REALLY PAINFUL. 861 00:41:37,067 --> 00:41:38,367 HOW BAD IS THE PAIN? 862 00:41:38,367 --> 00:41:40,100 ANY TIME I MOVE OR WALK OR STRAIN, 863 00:41:40,100 --> 00:41:44,633 IT PULLS AND JUST REALLY BURNS AND HURTS, 864 00:41:44,633 --> 00:41:46,333 AND IT JUST KILLS ME. 865 00:41:46,333 --> 00:41:47,900 I CAN'T GET ANY RELIEF. 866 00:41:47,900 --> 00:41:50,467 WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL ME ABOUT THIS? 867 00:41:50,467 --> 00:41:52,067 I FIGURED I'D SEE YOU. 868 00:41:52,067 --> 00:41:53,733 SO YOU LET IT GET WORSE 869 00:41:53,733 --> 00:41:57,067 UNTIL IT'S CAUSING YOU SEVERE PAIN NOW, 870 00:41:57,067 --> 00:42:00,233 AND THIS MAY BE AN EMERGENCY ISSUE. 871 00:42:00,233 --> 00:42:02,400 ONE LITTLE THING CAN KILL YOU. 872 00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:05,933 SO RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO ADMIT YOU TO HOSPITAL IMMEDIATELY 873 00:42:05,933 --> 00:42:10,733 TO DO AN ENDOSCOPY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. 874 00:42:10,733 --> 00:42:14,200 Dr. Nowzaradan: LEE AND RENA SHOULD HAVE MADE MORE PROGRESS. 875 00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:17,700 BUT MY CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS LEE'S STOMACH PAIN 876 00:42:17,700 --> 00:42:20,833 AND THAT THE CAUSE IS GALL STONES, 877 00:42:20,833 --> 00:42:23,733 WHICH CAN BECOME A DEADLY SITUATION 878 00:42:23,733 --> 00:42:25,800 IF THEY'RE NOT TREATED. 879 00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:27,100 IF THEY GET TOO BAD, 880 00:42:27,100 --> 00:42:29,067 THERE'LL BE NOTHING WE CAN DO FOR LEE 881 00:42:29,067 --> 00:42:32,833 BECAUSE HE WON'T BE ABLE TO SURVIVE SURGERY. 882 00:42:32,833 --> 00:42:37,100 OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS WHAT YOU BOTH NEED TO DO LATER. 883 00:42:37,100 --> 00:42:40,233 BUT RIGHT NOW, I WANNA GET YOU TO THE HOSPITAL, LEE, 884 00:42:40,233 --> 00:42:42,400 AND FIND OUT WHAT'S CAUSING YOU PAIN. 885 00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:46,600 AND, HOPEFULLY, THIS IS NOT AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. 886 00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:47,700 OKAY. 887 00:42:47,700 --> 00:42:53,233 ** 888 00:42:53,233 --> 00:42:54,867 IT'S JUST SCARY. 889 00:42:59,067 --> 00:43:01,467 YOU READY TO GO? 890 00:43:01,467 --> 00:43:03,200 I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL. 891 00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:06,667 ** 892 00:43:06,667 --> 00:43:08,367 OH, OH! 893 00:43:08,367 --> 00:43:10,400 EASY. 894 00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,100 [ GROANS ] 895 00:43:12,100 --> 00:43:14,900 ** 896 00:43:14,900 --> 00:43:19,067 Lee: I CAN'T BELIEVE I LET THIS HAPPEN. 897 00:43:19,067 --> 00:43:21,200 I GUESS I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW DANGEROUS THINGS 898 00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:24,433 COULD BE FOR ME NOW. 899 00:43:24,433 --> 00:43:30,667 ** 900 00:43:30,667 --> 00:43:32,367 I'M JUST PRAYING THAT EVERYTHING IS 901 00:43:32,367 --> 00:43:36,067 GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT. 902 00:43:36,067 --> 00:43:38,700 Rena: I CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT HIM, 903 00:43:38,700 --> 00:43:41,700 SO HE HAS TO BE OKAY. 904 00:43:41,700 --> 00:43:43,533 ** 905 00:43:43,533 --> 00:43:45,800 I JUST CAN'T LOSE HIM. 906 00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:49,900 ** 907 00:43:49,900 --> 00:43:51,633 ** 908 00:43:52,067 --> 00:43:55,133 WE CAN ONLY PUT LEE UNDER VERY BRIEFLY 909 00:43:55,133 --> 00:43:58,367 BECAUSE HE WOULD NOT SURVIVE LONG-TERM SEDATION. 910 00:44:02,367 --> 00:44:05,567 AND OUR OPTIONS ARE LIMITED IF THERE ARE 911 00:44:05,567 --> 00:44:07,700 ANY SIGNIFICANT HEALTH ISSUES 912 00:44:07,700 --> 00:44:10,100 WITH LEE RIGHT NOW. 913 00:44:14,067 --> 00:44:18,100 SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THERE MAY NOT BE ANYTHING 914 00:44:18,100 --> 00:44:20,133 WE CAN DO TO SAVE HIM. 915 00:44:26,233 --> 00:44:36,067 ** 916 00:44:36,067 --> 00:44:38,633 Dr. Nowzaradan: YESTERDAY, I RUSHED LEE TO THE HOSPITAL 917 00:44:38,633 --> 00:44:42,133 AND DID AN ENDOSCOPY AS WELL AS SOME OTHER TESTS 918 00:44:42,133 --> 00:44:46,300 TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS CAUSING HIS SEVERE STOMACH PAIN, 919 00:44:46,300 --> 00:44:49,267 AND IT LOOKS TO BE GALL STONES. 920 00:44:49,267 --> 00:44:53,867 BUT LEE IS LUCKY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE NOT ADVANCED 921 00:44:53,867 --> 00:44:58,867 TO ANY SORT OF INFECTION OR ATTACK IN HIS BODY. 922 00:44:58,867 --> 00:45:01,933 BUT THAT WILL INEVITABLY BE THE OUTCOME 923 00:45:01,933 --> 00:45:04,267 IF WE DON'T TREAT THEM. 924 00:45:04,267 --> 00:45:08,067 HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL REMAINS THAT HIS BODY 925 00:45:08,067 --> 00:45:11,933 IS IN EXTREMELY POOR CONDITION MEDICALLY, 926 00:45:11,933 --> 00:45:15,567 AND THERE IS NO TELLING WHAT ISSUES HE CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY 927 00:45:15,567 --> 00:45:17,867 THAT WILL END HIS LIFE. 928 00:45:17,867 --> 00:45:22,067 SO HE AND RENA BOTH NEED TO KEEP LOSING WEIGHT 929 00:45:22,067 --> 00:45:25,767 SO WE CAN ADDRESS THE ISSUES BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. 930 00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:32,867 HOW ARE YOU FEELING, LEE? YOU READY TO GO HOME? 931 00:45:32,867 --> 00:45:34,467 -YES. -ALL RIGHT. 932 00:45:34,467 --> 00:45:36,567 WE'LL GET YOU ALL ON THE ROAD NOW, 933 00:45:36,567 --> 00:45:39,767 BUT I WANT TO SEE YOU BOTH BACK HERE IN ONE MONTH. 934 00:45:39,767 --> 00:45:40,967 OKAY. 935 00:45:40,967 --> 00:45:43,700 AND I WANT YOU TO HIT THE WEIGHT-LOSS GOALS 936 00:45:43,700 --> 00:45:46,600 THAT I GAVE YOU BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET YOU 937 00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:49,767 TO A MUCH HEALTHIER PLACE IMMEDIATELY. 938 00:45:49,767 --> 00:45:53,067 AND YOU BOTH HAVE NO MORE TIME TO WASTE. 939 00:45:53,067 --> 00:45:54,733 DO YOU UNDERSTAND? 940 00:45:54,733 --> 00:45:56,367 YEAH. 941 00:45:56,367 --> 00:45:58,867 OKAY, SEE YOU ALL SOON. 942 00:45:58,867 --> 00:46:00,267 THANK YOU, DR. NOW. 943 00:46:00,267 --> 00:46:02,800 YOU'RE WELCOME. 944 00:46:05,633 --> 00:46:08,200 Rena: I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT NEITHER OF US GOT QUALIFIED 945 00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:11,733 FOR THE SURGERY THIS TIME. 946 00:46:11,733 --> 00:46:13,367 BUT WITH WHAT LEE'S GOING THROUGH 947 00:46:13,367 --> 00:46:16,400 AND WHAT THE DOCTOR'S SAYING, 948 00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:18,267 I KNOW THIS NEXT MONTH IS GONNA BE 949 00:46:18,267 --> 00:46:20,500 EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE LAST TWO... 950 00:46:23,533 --> 00:46:26,933 BECAUSE THIS LIKELY OUR LAST CHANCE. 951 00:46:29,300 --> 00:46:36,067 ** 952 00:46:36,067 --> 00:46:38,067 Lee: I GOT YOU SOME BOXES SWEETHEART. 953 00:46:41,100 --> 00:46:42,967 AFTER GETTING HOME, ME AND LEE TALKED, 954 00:46:42,967 --> 00:46:46,167 AND WE KNOW WE CAN'T KEEP DOING THIS TRIP BACK AND FORTH. 955 00:46:46,167 --> 00:46:48,700 IT'S TOO HARD ON US. 956 00:46:48,700 --> 00:46:52,567 SO WE'RE MAKING THE MOVE, AND WE'RE PACKING UP 957 00:46:52,567 --> 00:46:56,100 AND SAYING GOODBYE TO OUR FAMILY HERE. 958 00:46:56,100 --> 00:46:58,533 I HATE PACKING AND MOVING. 959 00:46:58,533 --> 00:47:00,200 IT'S A LOT OF WORK. 960 00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:04,400 I WISH I COULD SNAP MY FINGER, AND WE'RE THERE, AND IT'S DONE. 961 00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:09,600 THE ONLY PERSON WE'LL HAVE BESIDES EACH OTHER IS DAVID, 962 00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:12,067 BECAUSE HE'S COMING TO TEXAS WITH US 963 00:47:12,067 --> 00:47:15,833 FOR THE WHOLE YEAR TO TWO YEARS, HOWEVER LONG WE'RE THERE. 964 00:47:18,767 --> 00:47:22,967 BUT I'M JUST A BUNDLE OF EMOTIONS RIGHT NOW. 965 00:47:22,967 --> 00:47:27,067 I FEEL SCARED, OVERWHELMED, 966 00:47:27,067 --> 00:47:30,867 BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS WE'VE EVER DONE. 967 00:47:30,867 --> 00:47:33,267 NEED SOME HUGS. I LOVE YOU, BABY. 968 00:47:33,267 --> 00:47:36,367 I'M GONNA MISS YOU. 969 00:47:36,367 --> 00:47:37,800 LET ME GET A HUG. 970 00:47:39,967 --> 00:47:43,067 I JUST HOPE IT WON'T HAVE BEEN FOR NOTHING. 971 00:47:47,367 --> 00:47:54,200 ** 972 00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:57,133 WELL, THIS CHICKEN'S ABOUT READY, GUYS. 973 00:47:57,133 --> 00:47:59,800 Lee: MOVING TO HOUSTON IS THE FIRST BIG STEP IN OUR JOURNEY 974 00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:03,200 TO CHANGE OUR LIVES. 975 00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:05,567 AND ME AND RENA ARE STICKING TO OUR DIET 976 00:48:05,567 --> 00:48:09,400 AND EXERCISE EXACTLY LIKE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO, 977 00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:12,533 INCLUDING OUR PORTION SIZES. 978 00:48:12,533 --> 00:48:15,467 I AM GONNA KEEP LOSING WEIGHT UNTIL DR. NOW SAYS 979 00:48:15,467 --> 00:48:16,700 "YOU ARE APPROVED FOR THE SURGERY," 980 00:48:16,700 --> 00:48:19,467 NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES. 981 00:48:19,467 --> 00:48:22,100 BECAUSE I WANT TO LIVE A LONGER LIFE. 982 00:48:22,100 --> 00:48:24,433 RENA HAS LOST HER WHOLE FAMILY, 983 00:48:24,433 --> 00:48:26,833 AND I DON'T WANT HER TO LOSE ME, TOO. 984 00:48:30,067 --> 00:48:32,200 Rena: WE KNOW EVEN MORE THIS TIME 985 00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:36,567 HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO DO THIS, 986 00:48:36,567 --> 00:48:42,733 AND I'M NOT LETTING LEE GET IN A SITUATION LIKE HE WAS AGAIN. 987 00:48:42,733 --> 00:48:45,067 I WANT BOTH OF US TO GET SURGERY, 988 00:48:45,067 --> 00:48:49,367 BUT I DEFINITELY WANT HIM TO GET APPROVED 989 00:48:49,367 --> 00:48:53,133 BECAUSE I FEEL HE HAS LESS TIME THAN ME. 990 00:48:53,133 --> 00:48:56,100 BUT I KNOW I DON'T HAVE MUCH LONGER, EITHER, 991 00:48:56,100 --> 00:49:00,600 BECAUSE I CAN FEEL HOW SICK AND RUNDOWN I'M GETTING. 992 00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:04,333 SO NO MATTER WHAT, WE CAN'T FAIL AT THIS. 993 00:49:09,633 --> 00:49:13,133 ** 994 00:49:13,133 --> 00:49:15,600 IT'S BEEN A REALLY HARD MONTH, MOVING HERE 995 00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:18,467 AND WORKING TO LOSE MORE WEIGHT. 996 00:49:18,467 --> 00:49:21,500 I JUST HOPE IT'S ALL ABOUT TO PAY OFF, 997 00:49:21,500 --> 00:49:25,367 BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE MY BODY'S BREAKING DOWN LIKE LEE'S, 998 00:49:25,367 --> 00:49:28,067 AND I FEEL TERRIBLE RIGHT NOW. 999 00:49:29,067 --> 00:49:31,067 LEE AND RENA? 1000 00:49:31,067 --> 00:49:36,900 DR. NOW TOLD ME TO LOSE ANOTHER 25 POUNDS THIS PAST MONTH. 1001 00:49:36,900 --> 00:49:41,100 SO THAT MEANS I NEED TO BE JUST BELOW 482 TODAY. 1002 00:49:46,233 --> 00:49:48,600 AWESOME. GOOD JOB, BABY. 1003 00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:51,667 I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT. 1004 00:49:51,667 --> 00:49:53,600 ALL RIGHT. 1005 00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:56,533 I'M NERVOUS, BECAUSE I NEED TO HAVE LOST 1006 00:49:56,533 --> 00:50:00,933 ANOTHER 50 POUNDS TO GET BELOW 569 TODAY. 1007 00:50:00,933 --> 00:50:04,667 BUT I'M HOPING I JUST BLEW PAST THAT NUMBER AND LOST EVEN MORE. 1008 00:50:07,333 --> 00:50:09,067 WOW. 1009 00:50:09,067 --> 00:50:11,700 AWESOME. 1010 00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:15,867 I'M FEELING GOOD ABOUT MY PROGRESS. 1011 00:50:15,867 --> 00:50:20,600 IT MAKES ME PROUD OF MYSELF THAT I WORKED EXTRA HARD, 1012 00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:22,533 SO THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON THAT ME AND RENA 1013 00:50:22,533 --> 00:50:25,667 DON'T GET APPROVED FOR SURGERY TODAY. 1014 00:50:25,667 --> 00:50:29,300 [ KNOCK ON DOOR ] YEAH, COME ON IN. 1015 00:50:29,300 --> 00:50:31,033 -HELLO. -HELLO. 1016 00:50:31,033 --> 00:50:32,367 HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING? 1017 00:50:32,367 --> 00:50:33,733 -DOING ALL RIGHT. -GOOD. 1018 00:50:33,733 --> 00:50:37,600 ALL RIGHT. SO, LEE, HOW'S YOUR STOMACH PAIN? 1019 00:50:37,600 --> 00:50:39,333 IT HURTS FROM HERE ALL THE WAY THROUGH MY BACK, 1020 00:50:39,333 --> 00:50:41,600 BUT THE PAIN MEDICINE HELPS A LOT. 1021 00:50:41,600 --> 00:50:42,967 WELL, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT. 1022 00:50:42,967 --> 00:50:46,500 BUT LET'S SEE WHERE BOTH OF YOUR WEIGHT LOSS IS AT. 1023 00:50:46,500 --> 00:50:52,467 RENA, YOU LOST 31 POUNDS WITH A TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS OF 73 POUNDS. 1024 00:50:52,467 --> 00:50:55,333 AND, LEE, YOU LOST 47 POUNDS. 1025 00:50:55,333 --> 00:50:58,067 THAT'S 142 POUNDS SO FAR, HUH? 1026 00:50:58,067 --> 00:50:58,967 YEAH. 1027 00:50:58,967 --> 00:51:01,100 SO, CONGRATULATIONS, 1028 00:51:01,100 --> 00:51:03,500 YOU BOTH ARE APPROVED FOR WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 1029 00:51:03,500 --> 00:51:07,733 WE'LL RUN SOME TESTS TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO ISSUES, 1030 00:51:07,733 --> 00:51:10,633 BUT YOU'VE BOTH DONE WELL AND I'M PROUD OF YOU. 1031 00:51:10,633 --> 00:51:11,900 YEP. 1032 00:51:11,900 --> 00:51:14,100 AND I'LL BET YOU BOTH ALREADY FEELING BETTER 1033 00:51:14,100 --> 00:51:16,267 WITH ALL THAT WEIGHT OFF OF YOU. 1034 00:51:16,267 --> 00:51:17,467 Rena: I'M FEELING REALLY GOOD. 1035 00:51:17,467 --> 00:51:21,600 I'VE BEEN ABLE TO STAND AND WALK MORE, ACTUALLY. 1036 00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:23,767 BUT I'VE BEEN FEELING REALLY SICK FOR ABOUT A WEEK, 1037 00:51:23,767 --> 00:51:25,233 MAYBE A LITTLE LONGER. 1038 00:51:25,233 --> 00:51:26,467 WHAT'S GOING ON? 1039 00:51:26,467 --> 00:51:28,767 I'VE GOT SOME KIND OF PAIN IN MY CHEST, 1040 00:51:28,767 --> 00:51:33,733 AND IT FEELS LIKE SOMEBODY'S JUST PULLING MY CHEST APART. 1041 00:51:33,733 --> 00:51:37,500 AND THEN I STARTED COUGHING STUFF UP YESTERDAY, 1042 00:51:37,500 --> 00:51:39,933 AND IT STARTED OUT BEING CLEAR, 1043 00:51:39,933 --> 00:51:41,967 AND THEN LAST NIGHT IT STARTED HAVING 1044 00:51:41,967 --> 00:51:44,067 A LITTLE BIT OF BLOOD SHOW IN IT. 1045 00:51:44,067 --> 00:51:48,133 AND WHEN I STARTED SEEING THE BLOOD, I REALLY GOT WORRIED. 1046 00:51:48,133 --> 00:51:51,167 ALL RIGHT, LET ME CHECK AND SEE 1047 00:51:51,167 --> 00:51:54,300 WHAT YOUR BREATHING SOUNDS LIKE. 1048 00:51:54,300 --> 00:51:58,067 NOW BREATHE NORMAL, JUST NORMAL. 1049 00:51:58,067 --> 00:52:02,067 I'M NOT SURE WHAT MORE I CAN DO TO GET LEE AND RENA 1050 00:52:02,067 --> 00:52:04,100 TO UNDERSTAND HOW DANGEROUS IT IS 1051 00:52:04,100 --> 00:52:08,400 FOR THEM TO IGNORE ANY ISSUE WITH THEIR BODY RIGHT NOW... 1052 00:52:08,400 --> 00:52:11,767 ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA GET SOME CHEST X-RAYS, 1053 00:52:11,767 --> 00:52:14,067 AND I'LL BE BACK AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, OKAY? 1054 00:52:14,067 --> 00:52:15,967 OKAY. 1055 00:52:17,600 --> 00:52:20,833 Dr. Nowzaradan: ...ESPECIALLY RENA, BECAUSE I THINK 1056 00:52:20,833 --> 00:52:26,833 HER PHYSICAL CONDITION IS MUCH WORSE OFF THAN LEE'S. 1057 00:52:26,833 --> 00:52:30,067 AND HER BODY IS STARTING TO PALE ALREADY. 1058 00:52:35,067 --> 00:52:37,933 [ KNOCK ON DOOR ] 1059 00:52:37,933 --> 00:52:38,967 ALL RIGHT. 1060 00:52:38,967 --> 00:52:41,133 I JUST LOOKED AT YOUR CHEST X-RAY, 1061 00:52:41,133 --> 00:52:44,100 AND YOU DO HAVE PNEUMONIA IN THE RIGHT LUNG, 1062 00:52:44,100 --> 00:52:47,167 SO WE NEED TO SEND YOU TO THE HOSPITAL, OKAY? 1063 00:52:47,167 --> 00:52:50,233 WE NEED TO START TREATING YOU FOR THIS IMMEDIATELY 1064 00:52:50,233 --> 00:52:51,700 SO THAT YOUR CONDITION 1065 00:52:51,700 --> 00:52:55,133 DOESN'T START TO DETERIORATE ANY FURTHER. 1066 00:52:55,133 --> 00:52:59,067 AND YOU NEED TO BE SEPARATED AND QUARANTINED FROM LEE, 1067 00:52:59,067 --> 00:53:03,467 BECAUSE HE CAN'T AFFORD TO GET SICK RIGHT NOW AT ALL, OKAY? 1068 00:53:03,467 --> 00:53:04,667 ALL RIGHT. 1069 00:53:04,667 --> 00:53:06,167 RENA, I'LL SEE YOU IN THE HOSPITAL, OKAY? 1070 00:53:06,167 --> 00:53:09,333 -THANK YOU. -ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 1071 00:53:09,333 --> 00:53:13,233 SO, RENA IS ONLY GOING TO NEED TO RECOVER. 1072 00:53:13,233 --> 00:53:17,100 BUT WE'LL NEED TO MAKE SURE SHE'S NO LONGER CONTAGIOUS 1073 00:53:17,100 --> 00:53:19,200 BEFORE SHE GOES HOME. 1074 00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:20,567 AND THIS, UNFORTUNATELY, 1075 00:53:20,567 --> 00:53:24,667 MEANS THAT BOTH THEIR SURGERIES ARE DELAYED 1076 00:53:24,667 --> 00:53:28,067 BECAUSE NOW THE PRIORITY IS MAKING SURE 1077 00:53:28,067 --> 00:53:30,767 RENA EVEN SURVIVES TO GET IT. 1078 00:53:38,733 --> 00:53:46,267 ** 1079 00:53:59,067 --> 00:54:02,767 Rena: THE TREATMENT HERE HAS HELPING ME GET BETTER. 1080 00:54:02,767 --> 00:54:07,067 IT'S JUST HARD BEING AWAY FROM LEE. 1081 00:54:07,067 --> 00:54:12,667 SINCE I'VE KNOWN HIM, WE REALLY HAVEN'T SPENT ANY TIME APART 1082 00:54:12,667 --> 00:54:16,800 SO THIS IS ALL SO MUCH HARDER THAN I EVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, 1083 00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:18,833 AND UNTIL YOU GET SURGERY, 1084 00:54:18,833 --> 00:54:21,967 YOU DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF IT IS GOING TO PAY OFF. 1085 00:54:21,967 --> 00:54:25,100 SO HOPEFULLY AFTER LEE HAS HIS SURGERY, 1086 00:54:25,100 --> 00:54:27,300 I'LL BE ABLE TO GET MINE, 1087 00:54:27,300 --> 00:54:31,433 AND WE CAN BOTH START THE LIFE WE'VE DREAMED OF FOR SO LONG. 1088 00:54:38,433 --> 00:54:41,467 ** 1089 00:54:55,533 --> 00:55:02,233 ** 1090 00:55:02,233 --> 00:55:06,367 Lee: I'M VERY NERVOUS, TERRIFIED, 1091 00:55:06,367 --> 00:55:08,833 AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY 1092 00:55:08,833 --> 00:55:13,267 THAT I MAY NOT WAKE UP. 1093 00:55:13,267 --> 00:55:16,067 BUT IT'S A CHANCE I'M WILLING TO TAKE, 1094 00:55:16,067 --> 00:55:18,367 BECAUSE IF I DON'T DO THIS, 1095 00:55:18,367 --> 00:55:21,800 I COULD FALL BACK AND EAT MYSELF TO DEATH. 1096 00:55:21,800 --> 00:55:25,267 SO I'M RISKING MY LIFE TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE. 1097 00:55:29,067 --> 00:55:33,400 Dr. Nowzaradan: TODAY WE'RE DOING A GASTRIC BYPASS ON LEE, 1098 00:55:33,400 --> 00:55:36,933 AND IT'LL ALSO RECTIFY HIS ISSUES WITH HIS GALLBLADDER 1099 00:55:36,933 --> 00:55:40,433 DOING THIS PROCEDURE. 1100 00:55:40,433 --> 00:55:46,400 HE LOST ENOUGH WEIGHT FOR HIS BODY TO EVEN TOLERATE SURGERY. 1101 00:55:46,400 --> 00:55:50,400 BUT THIS IS STILL A VERY HIGH-RISK OPERATION FOR HIM. 1102 00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:53,300 CAN WE TURN THE ROOM LIGHT OFF? 1103 00:55:53,300 --> 00:55:57,267 ANY NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE A SMALL ISSUE 1104 00:55:57,267 --> 00:56:00,667 DURING SURGERY COULD LEAD TO HIS BODY SHUTTING DOWN 1105 00:56:00,667 --> 00:56:03,867 OR HIM GOING INTO CARDIAC ARREST, 1106 00:56:03,867 --> 00:56:06,100 AND IF IT GETS TO THAT POINT 1107 00:56:06,100 --> 00:56:09,400 WE LIKELY WON'T BE ABLE TO PULL HIM BACK. 1108 00:56:09,400 --> 00:56:13,533 SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE CATCH ANYTHING BEFORE IT HAPPENS. 1109 00:56:16,667 --> 00:56:18,500 Rena: HE'S BEEN IN THERE FOR A WHILE, 1110 00:56:18,500 --> 00:56:23,400 AND THE LONGER IT TAKES THE MORE NERVOUS I GET. 1111 00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:25,333 LEE MEANS THE WORLD TO ME, 1112 00:56:25,333 --> 00:56:29,900 AND HE'S THE ONLY PERSON I HAVE LEFT IN MY LIFE. 1113 00:56:29,900 --> 00:56:32,200 IF SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN TO LEE, 1114 00:56:32,200 --> 00:56:34,500 I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD GO ON. 1115 00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:42,167 Dr. Nowzaradan: GASTRIC BYPASS IS AN OPERATION THAT -- 1116 00:56:42,167 --> 00:56:45,133 WE REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE STOMACH BY 90%, 1117 00:56:45,133 --> 00:56:49,100 AND LEAVE A SMALL PORTION OF THE STOMACH. 1118 00:56:49,100 --> 00:56:52,733 WE ALSO RE-ROUTE THE CONNECTION TO THE SMALL INTESTINE 1119 00:56:52,733 --> 00:56:55,100 TO THAT PORTION OF STOMACH. 1120 00:56:55,100 --> 00:56:56,933 THIS LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF FOOD 1121 00:56:56,933 --> 00:56:59,733 THAT THE PATIENT CAN EAT AT ONE TIME 1122 00:56:59,733 --> 00:57:02,200 AND CHANGES THE PATIENT'S METABOLISM 1123 00:57:02,200 --> 00:57:05,467 SO THEY FEEL LESS HUNGRY. 1124 00:57:05,467 --> 00:57:07,833 ALL RIGHT, LOOKS GOOD. 1125 00:57:07,833 --> 00:57:11,167 TURN THE LIGHT ON. 1126 00:57:11,167 --> 00:57:14,267 ALL RIGHT. WE'RE DONE. 1127 00:57:14,267 --> 00:57:18,300 ALL RIGHT. LEE'S SURGERY WENT VERY WELL. 1128 00:57:18,300 --> 00:57:22,933 NOT ONLY WERE WE ABLE TO GIVE HIM THE FULL GASTRIC BYPASS, 1129 00:57:22,933 --> 00:57:27,067 WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO REMOVE HIS GALLBLADDER. 1130 00:57:27,067 --> 00:57:29,967 THAT ALONE SHOULD HELP HIM FEEL A LOT BETTER. 1131 00:57:31,933 --> 00:57:35,700 AND IN A FEW DAYS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEND HIM HOME, 1132 00:57:35,700 --> 00:57:38,167 AND ONCE HE FULLY RECOVERS 1133 00:57:38,167 --> 00:57:41,733 WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO RENA'S WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY, 1134 00:57:41,733 --> 00:57:45,900 AND THEN THEY BOTH CAN CONTINUE MAKING PROGRESS TOGETHER. 1135 00:57:52,333 --> 00:58:00,867 ** 1136 00:58:00,867 --> 00:58:02,667 ** 1137 00:58:02,667 --> 00:58:06,767 Rena: LEE'S BEEN HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL FOR ABOUT A MONTH, 1138 00:58:06,767 --> 00:58:10,133 AND HE'S BEEN OFF HIS LIQUID DIET, AND HE'S FULLY RECOVERED. 1139 00:58:12,400 --> 00:58:14,967 SO I'VE BEEN MAKING HIM START TO DO THINGS FOR HIMSELF 1140 00:58:14,967 --> 00:58:18,233 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG WHILE 1141 00:58:18,233 --> 00:58:22,900 BECAUSE I'M INTENT ON GETTING MY SURGERY NOW. 1142 00:58:22,900 --> 00:58:26,467 SO HE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF ME, 1143 00:58:26,467 --> 00:58:29,067 AND HE HAS NO CHOICE ABOUT IT. 1144 00:58:29,067 --> 00:58:31,300 OKAY. 1145 00:58:31,300 --> 00:58:34,633 BUT I KNOW IT'S BEEN HARD FOR LEE TO TRY TO CLEAN HIMSELF 1146 00:58:34,633 --> 00:58:36,833 AND USE THE BATHROOM ON HIS OWN. 1147 00:58:43,067 --> 00:58:47,567 I GOT TO GET THE STENCH AND THE FILTH OFF ME ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. 1148 00:58:47,567 --> 00:58:48,900 A MONTH AND TWO AGO, 1149 00:58:48,900 --> 00:58:51,067 I WOULDN'T HAVE NEVER EVEN BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS. 1150 00:58:51,067 --> 00:58:53,867 I HAD TO HAVE THE WHEELCHAIR FOR EVERYTHING. 1151 00:58:56,433 --> 00:58:58,167 OH, MY GOD. 1152 00:58:58,167 --> 00:59:00,467 I FEEL LIKE I'VE RAN A MARATHON. 1153 00:59:00,467 --> 00:59:02,067 I KNOW. 1154 00:59:02,067 --> 00:59:04,400 I'M PROUD OF LEE FOR TRYING, BUT WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT 1155 00:59:04,400 --> 00:59:07,833 IS HOW HE'S FALLING BACK INTO HIS OLD EATING HABITS. 1156 00:59:13,200 --> 00:59:15,967 NOW THAT LEE'S HAD SURGERY, IT'S LIKE HE'S STOPPED 1157 00:59:15,967 --> 00:59:19,300 TRYING TO STICK TO THE DIET, 1158 00:59:19,300 --> 00:59:21,767 AND THAT'S WORRYING ME. 1159 00:59:21,767 --> 00:59:25,333 I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY HE'S DOING THIS NOW. 1160 00:59:25,333 --> 00:59:27,367 AND HIS TEMPER HAS BEEN COMING BACK 1161 00:59:27,367 --> 00:59:29,133 WHEN HE'S CRAVING SOMETHING. 1162 00:59:31,233 --> 00:59:33,067 Lee: I KNOW RENA HASN'T BEEN TOO HAPPY 1163 00:59:33,067 --> 00:59:35,600 WHEN I MAKE POOR FOOD CHOICES. 1164 00:59:35,600 --> 00:59:38,233 BUT NOW THAT I HAD THE SURGERY, 1165 00:59:38,233 --> 00:59:40,667 I THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE AWAY ALL THE CRAVINGS FOR THE FOOD 1166 00:59:40,667 --> 00:59:42,067 THAT I SHOULDN'T EAT. 1167 00:59:42,067 --> 00:59:46,067 BUT IT HASN'T, SO I NEED HER TO LET UP A LITTLE 1168 00:59:46,067 --> 00:59:51,367 AND TO GET OFF MY BACK, BECAUSE THIS ISN'T EASY. 1169 00:59:51,367 --> 00:59:53,067 REALLY START DOING THE BEST WE CAN... 1170 00:59:53,067 --> 00:59:54,933 -I KNOW. -...AND NOT JUST SAY THAT. 1171 00:59:54,933 --> 00:59:56,333 I KNOW. 1172 00:59:56,333 --> 00:59:58,800 I KNOW I FELL BACK, AND I KNOW THAT I'VE MESSED UP, 1173 00:59:58,800 --> 01:00:01,833 BUT THE WHOLE OVERWHELMING OF THE MOVE 1174 01:00:01,833 --> 01:00:04,167 AND THE NOT HAVING MY NOR-- 1175 01:00:04,167 --> 01:00:06,367 I WENT THROUGH THAT, TOO. 1176 01:00:06,367 --> 01:00:07,533 I KNOW. 1177 01:00:07,533 --> 01:00:10,833 THAT'S WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. 1178 01:00:10,833 --> 01:00:13,733 WILL YOU ADMIT THAT WE'RE NOT DOING AS WELL HERE 1179 01:00:13,733 --> 01:00:15,433 AS WE SHOULD DO? 1180 01:00:15,433 --> 01:00:16,600 WE AREN'T. 1181 01:00:16,600 --> 01:00:18,300 BUT I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST EATING. 1182 01:00:18,300 --> 01:00:19,833 I KNOW. NO, WE'RE NOT. 1183 01:00:19,833 --> 01:00:22,400 I'M TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING. 1184 01:00:28,700 --> 01:00:33,433 ** 1185 01:00:37,333 --> 01:00:41,800 ** 1186 01:00:41,800 --> 01:00:44,900 Rena: THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY HARD MONTH 1187 01:00:44,900 --> 01:00:49,233 BECAUSE THINGS HAVE BEEN HARDER BETWEEN ME AND LEE, 1188 01:00:49,233 --> 01:00:53,167 AND IT'S STARTING TO FEEL LIKE ALL WE DO IS FIGHT. 1189 01:00:53,167 --> 01:00:57,933 HE'S STILL BEEN OVEREATING AND DOING THINGS HE SHOULDN'T, 1190 01:00:57,933 --> 01:00:59,800 AND HE'S EVEN STARTING TO TELL ME 1191 01:00:59,800 --> 01:01:03,833 THAT I SHOULDN'T GET SURGERY, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY. 1192 01:01:03,833 --> 01:01:06,333 WE'VE MISSED OUR LAST APPOINTMENT WITH DR. NOW 1193 01:01:06,333 --> 01:01:08,767 BECAUSE LEE DIDN'T WANT TO GO 1194 01:01:08,767 --> 01:01:10,500 BECAUSE HE KNOWS HE'S OVEREATING, 1195 01:01:10,500 --> 01:01:13,067 BUT IT WAS COMPLETELY SELFISH OF HIM 1196 01:01:13,067 --> 01:01:17,067 BECAUSE IT'S MY TURN TO GET WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 1197 01:01:17,067 --> 01:01:20,900 THINGS ARE EVEN WORSE THAN EVER. 1198 01:01:20,900 --> 01:01:22,667 Rena: EVERY MORNING YOU START A FIGHT. 1199 01:01:22,667 --> 01:01:24,500 I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU CAN'T BACK OFF. 1200 01:01:24,500 --> 01:01:26,367 YOU JUST KEEP PUSHING MY BUTTONS. 1201 01:01:26,367 --> 01:01:30,500 BUT THAT DOESN'T GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO MISTREAT SOMEBODY. 1202 01:01:30,500 --> 01:01:35,100 THE ONLY TIME YOU ARE EVER NICE TO ME OR TALK TO ME LIKE A HUMAN 1203 01:01:35,100 --> 01:01:36,867 IS WHEN YOU NEED OR WANT SOMETHING. 1204 01:01:36,867 --> 01:01:38,067 YEAH. WHAT AM I THE REST OF THE TIME? 1205 01:01:38,067 --> 01:01:40,067 YOU CALL ME AN "F'ING B" OR A "C" -- 1206 01:01:40,067 --> 01:01:41,467 WHEN YOU START CALLING ME NAMES. 1207 01:01:41,467 --> 01:01:43,133 -NO, I DON'T. -YEAH. 1208 01:01:43,133 --> 01:01:44,367 -YOU'RE ALWAYS -- -LAST NIGHT, YOU SAT THERE -- 1209 01:01:44,367 --> 01:01:48,067 RENA, YOU CALL ME A LIAR MORE THAN YOU CALL ME "LEE." 1210 01:01:48,067 --> 01:01:49,233 NO, I DON'T. 1211 01:01:49,233 --> 01:01:50,800 EVERYTHING THAT GOES WRONG YOU TAKE OUT ON ME. 1212 01:01:50,800 --> 01:01:53,833 -NO, I DON'T. -CONSTANTLY TAKE OUT ON ME. 1213 01:01:53,833 --> 01:01:55,533 I AM NOT PHYSICAL WITH YOU. 1214 01:01:55,533 --> 01:01:57,233 NO, YOU DRIVE ME THERE. 1215 01:01:57,233 --> 01:02:02,133 THERE IS NOTHING TO DRIVE A PERSON TO PSYCHICAL... 1216 01:02:02,133 --> 01:02:03,800 ABUSE. 1217 01:02:03,800 --> 01:02:06,867 YOU CONSTANTLY PUT ME DOWN, TELL ME I'M LOW. 1218 01:02:06,867 --> 01:02:08,667 I TELL YOU THAT? 1219 01:02:08,667 --> 01:02:10,067 YEAH. 1220 01:02:10,067 --> 01:02:14,967 LEE, YOU TELL ME ON A DAILY BASIS HOW WORTHLESS I AM. 1221 01:02:18,267 --> 01:02:20,400 RENA, I'VE SAID ALL ALONG I'VE GOT A PROBLEM. 1222 01:02:20,400 --> 01:02:21,967 YOU HAVE LOTS OF PROBLEMS. 1223 01:02:21,967 --> 01:02:27,367 YOU HAVE AN ANGER PROBLEM, YOU HAVE A VIOLENT PROBLEM. 1224 01:02:27,367 --> 01:02:30,933 YOU'RE HEAD HAS A PROBLEM. 1225 01:02:30,933 --> 01:02:35,067 DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE -- IT AIN'T GONNA WORK. 1226 01:02:35,067 --> 01:02:37,700 I DO NOT DESIRE TO BE WITH YOU. 1227 01:02:37,700 --> 01:02:41,667 WE ARE NEVER EVER GOING TO SEE EYE-TO-EYE, NO MATTER WHAT. 1228 01:02:43,833 --> 01:02:47,700 BEEN WITH HIM 11 YEARS, AND HE'S NEVER BEEN VIOLENT. 1229 01:02:47,700 --> 01:02:53,067 IT'S LIKE HE'S JUST CHANGED INTO THIS PERSON 1230 01:02:53,067 --> 01:02:57,100 THAT'S SO MEAN AND SO HATEFUL. 1231 01:02:57,100 --> 01:02:58,433 Lee: OUR LIVES ARE CHANGING. 1232 01:02:58,433 --> 01:03:00,500 WE'VE BECOME TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 1233 01:03:00,500 --> 01:03:02,533 I'M NOT THE MAN THAT'S STUCK IN THE BED 1234 01:03:02,533 --> 01:03:04,233 NO MORE THAT SHE TAKES CARE OF. 1235 01:03:04,233 --> 01:03:06,367 NOW I WANT TO BE MY OWN PERSON. 1236 01:03:06,367 --> 01:03:08,400 AND, PERSONALLY, I DON'T WANT DAVID HERE. 1237 01:03:08,400 --> 01:03:10,967 I'VE TOLD HIM TO LEAVE SO MANY TIMES 1238 01:03:10,967 --> 01:03:13,533 BECAUSE HE STANDS UP FOR HER, THEY TAKE UP FOR EACH OTHER. 1239 01:03:13,533 --> 01:03:15,467 SOMETIMES I WONDER IF SOMETHING'S GOING ON. 1240 01:03:15,467 --> 01:03:16,967 I DON'T KNOW. 1241 01:03:16,967 --> 01:03:19,500 THAT'S A LOT OF OUR PROBLEM, TOO. 1242 01:03:22,700 --> 01:03:27,633 Rena: I CAN CONTINUE ON MY JOURNEY, CONTINUE WITH MY WEIGHT LOSS 1243 01:03:27,633 --> 01:03:31,333 AND DO WHAT I GOT TO DO TO FINISH MY JOURNEY, 1244 01:03:31,333 --> 01:03:33,400 EVEN IF IT'S BY MYSELF. 1245 01:03:42,633 --> 01:03:44,833 I'VE BEEN REALLY DISCOURAGED LATELY 1246 01:03:44,833 --> 01:03:48,700 BECAUSE WE'RE STILL FIGHTING A LOT. 1247 01:03:48,700 --> 01:03:52,067 AND IT'S MAKING IT SO DIFFICULT, 1248 01:03:52,067 --> 01:03:55,533 SO I'VE BEEN JUST FOCUSING WHAT I NEED TO DO TO TRY 1249 01:03:55,533 --> 01:03:59,500 AND GET APPROVED FOR SURGERY TODAY. 1250 01:03:59,500 --> 01:04:01,200 LEE AND RENA. 1251 01:04:01,200 --> 01:04:03,300 HELLO. 1252 01:04:03,300 --> 01:04:05,467 Lee: IT'S BEEN HARD SINCE MY SURGERY, 1253 01:04:05,467 --> 01:04:09,367 BUT I FEEL LIKE I'M STILL MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. 1254 01:04:09,367 --> 01:04:13,500 WHEN I LEFT THE HOSPITAL, I WAS DOWN TO 546, 1255 01:04:13,500 --> 01:04:15,267 AND DR. NOW TOLD ME I SHOULD EASILY 1256 01:04:15,267 --> 01:04:17,500 LOSE 20 POUNDS A MONTH. 1257 01:04:17,500 --> 01:04:20,333 SO I SHOULD BE AT OR BELOW 500 POUNDS. 1258 01:04:25,300 --> 01:04:27,833 WOW. 1259 01:04:31,733 --> 01:04:33,967 I THOUGHT I'D BE FURTHER ALONG. 1260 01:04:36,333 --> 01:04:38,300 YEAH. IT'LL BE BETTER. 1261 01:04:38,300 --> 01:04:42,067 I GOT TO START MAKING BETTER FOOD CHOICES. 1262 01:04:42,067 --> 01:04:44,400 BUT YOU CAN ONLY EAT SO MUCH YOGURT. 1263 01:04:44,400 --> 01:04:46,433 IT GETS OLD. 1264 01:04:46,433 --> 01:04:48,967 WELL, YOU'RE IN FRONT OF THE JUDGE NEXT. 1265 01:04:48,967 --> 01:04:51,167 Rena: I HAD ALREADY HIT MY WEIGHT-LOSS GOAL, 1266 01:04:51,167 --> 01:04:52,600 BUT DR. NOW TOLD ME 1267 01:04:52,600 --> 01:04:55,767 THAT I'VE HAD TO KEEP MAKING PROGRESS. 1268 01:04:55,767 --> 01:05:00,800 I WAS DOWN TO 476 AT OUR LAST APPOINTMENT. 1269 01:05:00,800 --> 01:05:06,133 I'M HOPING TO HAVE LOST 20 TO 30 POUNDS AND BE AROUND 450. 1270 01:05:09,067 --> 01:05:10,433 AWESOME. 1271 01:05:10,433 --> 01:05:12,400 OH, WOW! 1272 01:05:12,400 --> 01:05:18,367 ** 1273 01:05:18,367 --> 01:05:21,733 NOW THAT I AM RECOVERED FROM THE PNEUMONIA, 1274 01:05:21,733 --> 01:05:25,233 I HOPE THAT DR. NOW SAYS THAT HE'S PROUD 1275 01:05:25,233 --> 01:05:27,133 OF THE PROGRESS THAT I'VE MADE 1276 01:05:27,133 --> 01:05:30,833 AND THAT I AM APPROVED FOR GASTRIC BYPASS. 1277 01:05:33,600 --> 01:05:36,200 [ KNOCK ON DOOR ] 1278 01:05:36,200 --> 01:05:38,367 -HELLO. -HELLO, DR. NOW. 1279 01:05:38,367 --> 01:05:40,067 HOW YOU ALL DOING? 1280 01:05:40,067 --> 01:05:41,700 Lee: SURVIVING. 1281 01:05:41,700 --> 01:05:43,500 SURVIVING, HUH? 1282 01:05:43,500 --> 01:05:47,067 SO, IS THAT WHY YOU'VE MISSED YOUR LAST APPOINTMENT? 1283 01:05:47,067 --> 01:05:48,333 UM... 1284 01:05:48,333 --> 01:05:51,467 OKAY, YOU JUST HAD YOUR BYPASS ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, 1285 01:05:51,467 --> 01:05:56,433 AND WHEN YOU LEFT THE HOSPITAL YOU WERE DOWN TO 546, 1286 01:05:56,433 --> 01:06:00,367 SO YOU LOST ONLY 9 POUNDS TO THIS DAY. 1287 01:06:00,367 --> 01:06:04,567 BUT RENA HAS LOST ALMOST 50 POUNDS AT THE SAME TIME, 1288 01:06:04,567 --> 01:06:07,833 AND SHE HASN'T EVEN HAD HER BYPASS YET. 1289 01:06:07,833 --> 01:06:10,267 WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON WITH YOU? 1290 01:06:10,267 --> 01:06:12,200 I GUESS I'M EATING THE WRONG THINGS. [ CHUCKLES ] 1291 01:06:12,200 --> 01:06:14,300 AND YOU THINK IT'S FUNNY? 1292 01:06:14,300 --> 01:06:17,233 YOU HAD A GASTRIC BYPASS... 1293 01:06:17,233 --> 01:06:19,667 -I HAD A GASTRIC BYPASS, YES. -...TO LOSE WEIGHT... 1294 01:06:19,667 --> 01:06:20,667 TO LOSE WEIGHT. 1295 01:06:20,667 --> 01:06:22,300 ...AND YOU'RE NOT LOSING WEIGHT. 1296 01:06:22,300 --> 01:06:24,700 I DON'T EAT A THIRD 1297 01:06:24,700 --> 01:06:25,767 WHAT I ATE BEFORE I HAD THAT SURGERY. 1298 01:06:25,767 --> 01:06:27,233 NO, JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION, OKAY? 1299 01:06:27,233 --> 01:06:28,933 WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT -- -YOU'RE ASKING ME QUESTIONS 1300 01:06:28,933 --> 01:06:30,967 THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND NO MORE THAN YOU UNDERSTAND. 1301 01:06:30,967 --> 01:06:32,400 WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? 1302 01:06:32,400 --> 01:06:35,300 YOU'RE CHOOSING TO OVEREAT, AND YOU THINK IT'S OKAY? 1303 01:06:35,300 --> 01:06:37,067 NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S OKAY AT ALL. 1304 01:06:37,067 --> 01:06:39,400 SO WHAT IS GOING ON? 1305 01:06:39,400 --> 01:06:42,267 I GUESS I'M NOT EATING THE RIGHT THINGS. I MEAN -- 1306 01:06:42,267 --> 01:06:44,467 WE GAVE YOU THE INSTRUCTION 1307 01:06:44,467 --> 01:06:46,967 THAT YOU NEED TO FOLLOW, AND YOU'RE NOT FOLLOWING. 1308 01:06:46,967 --> 01:06:49,833 YOU PLAYED YOUR CARDS RIGHT UNTIL YOU GOT THE SURGERY, 1309 01:06:49,833 --> 01:06:51,833 AND YOU'RE PLAYING THIS KIND OF GAME, 1310 01:06:51,833 --> 01:06:53,800 AND YOU THINK THAT'S OKAY? 1311 01:06:53,800 --> 01:06:54,967 HOW IN THE WORLD IS SOMEBODY -- 1312 01:06:54,967 --> 01:06:56,267 I DON'T SEE HOW I'M PLAYING ANY GAME. 1313 01:06:56,267 --> 01:06:58,167 I THROW UP CONSTANTLY. 1314 01:06:58,167 --> 01:07:00,433 I EAT WHAT I CAN KEEP DOWN. 1315 01:07:00,433 --> 01:07:01,867 THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. 1316 01:07:01,867 --> 01:07:04,633 YOU THROW UP CONSTANTLY BECAUSE THE SURGERY 1317 01:07:04,633 --> 01:07:07,400 FORCES YOU TO WHEN YOU OVEREAT NOW. 1318 01:07:07,400 --> 01:07:10,533 I THINK MY PROBLEM IS I'M HOLDING A LOT OF FLUID. 1319 01:07:10,533 --> 01:07:12,067 I CAN'T HARDLY PEE. 1320 01:07:12,067 --> 01:07:13,300 REALLY? 1321 01:07:13,300 --> 01:07:16,967 I DON'T -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT -- I MEAN... 1322 01:07:16,967 --> 01:07:18,733 WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW? 1323 01:07:18,733 --> 01:07:20,333 YEAH. 1324 01:07:20,333 --> 01:07:21,567 AND YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE NOT EATING, AND YOU'RE GETTING -- 1325 01:07:21,567 --> 01:07:23,200 I DON'T WANT TO GET MALNOURISHED, EITHER. 1326 01:07:23,200 --> 01:07:25,767 DO YOU LOOK LIKE YOU ARE MALNOURISHED? 1327 01:07:25,767 --> 01:07:28,733 YOU'RE OVEREATING, AND WHATEVER YOU'RE OVEREATING 1328 01:07:28,733 --> 01:07:30,567 YOU'RE THROWING UP. 1329 01:07:30,567 --> 01:07:33,533 IT MEANS THE SURGERY IS WORKING TO HOLD YOU BACK 1330 01:07:33,533 --> 01:07:35,467 WHEN YOU MAKE BAD CHOICES, 1331 01:07:35,467 --> 01:07:38,333 AND IT'S THE ONLY REASON THAT YOU DIDN'T GAIN 1332 01:07:38,333 --> 01:07:41,467 100 POUNDS THESE PAST 2 MONTHS. 1333 01:07:41,467 --> 01:07:43,100 DO YOU NOT WANT ME TO EAT AT ALL? 1334 01:07:43,100 --> 01:07:45,667 YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING AT ALL. 1335 01:07:45,667 --> 01:07:49,700 YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN A TOOL TO HELP YOU CHANGE YOUR LIFE. 1336 01:07:49,700 --> 01:07:51,533 NOW THAT YOU'VE HAD THE SURGERY, 1337 01:07:51,533 --> 01:07:53,733 THE PHYSICAL DRIVE TO EAT IS GONE, 1338 01:07:53,733 --> 01:07:57,633 SO YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHAT IS DRIVING YOU TO EAT. 1339 01:07:57,633 --> 01:08:01,167 THAT'S THE HARD PART, AND YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT, 1340 01:08:01,167 --> 01:08:04,567 AND YOU'RE RUNNING FROM IT AND SELF-DESTRUCTING. 1341 01:08:04,567 --> 01:08:07,267 I'M DONE WITH THIS CONVERSATION. GO TO HER. 1342 01:08:07,267 --> 01:08:09,267 NO, NO, NO. WE GOT TO -- WE GOT TO FINISH WITH YOU. 1343 01:08:09,267 --> 01:08:10,700 NO, WE'RE NOT FINISHING WITH ME. 1344 01:08:10,700 --> 01:08:11,867 YOU'RE MAKING ME MAD. I'M LEAVING. 1345 01:08:11,867 --> 01:08:12,800 AND YOU'LL SIT DOWN RIGHT THERE. LEE, LEE! 1346 01:08:12,800 --> 01:08:14,533 YOU'LL SIT DOWN... 1347 01:08:14,533 --> 01:08:15,967 NO, I'M -- 1348 01:08:15,967 --> 01:08:17,467 LEE, SIT DOWN. 1349 01:08:17,467 --> 01:08:18,800 -OKAY. -LET GO OF ME, RENA. 1350 01:08:18,800 --> 01:08:21,367 ALL RIGHT, THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. 1351 01:08:21,367 --> 01:08:23,633 [BLEEP] YOU. 1352 01:08:26,300 --> 01:08:30,067 LEE'S BEHAVIOR RIGHT NOW IS VERY ALARMING, 1353 01:08:30,067 --> 01:08:33,567 BUT HE'S STARTING TO REALIZE SOME OF THE ISSUES 1354 01:08:33,567 --> 01:08:36,067 THAT HAVE BEEN DRIVING HIM TO EAT, 1355 01:08:36,067 --> 01:08:40,967 AND IF LEE CHOOSES TO AVOID THOSE ISSUES AND RUN RIGHT NOW, 1356 01:08:40,967 --> 01:08:44,200 THEN HE'S GOING TO CONTINUE ON THE SAME PATH 1357 01:08:44,200 --> 01:08:49,167 THAT HE WAS WHERE HE'S NOT GOING TO SURVIVE ANOTHER YEAR. 1358 01:08:49,167 --> 01:08:52,967 RENA, YOU STAYED ON TRACK DESPITE HOW LEE'S BEHAVING, 1359 01:08:52,967 --> 01:08:54,633 AND I'M PROUD OF YOU FOR THAT. 1360 01:08:54,633 --> 01:08:57,633 SO YOU SHOULD BE READY FOR WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 1361 01:08:57,633 --> 01:09:01,133 HOWEVER, LEE IS CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT 1362 01:09:01,133 --> 01:09:03,900 THAT YOU CAN'T SUCCEED IN LONG TERM. 1363 01:09:03,900 --> 01:09:07,433 NO ONE CAN DO THIS WITHOUT SUPPORT, NO ONE, 1364 01:09:07,433 --> 01:09:09,367 AND IF I GIVE YOU SURGERY NOW 1365 01:09:09,367 --> 01:09:12,067 WITHOUT ADDRESSING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH LEE, 1366 01:09:12,067 --> 01:09:14,067 I WILL BE SETTING YOU UP FOR FAILURE. 1367 01:09:14,067 --> 01:09:17,067 SO I'M GOING TO SEND YOU BOTH TO THERAPY, 1368 01:09:17,067 --> 01:09:19,733 AND I WANT YOU TO CONVINCE LEE TO GO. 1369 01:09:19,733 --> 01:09:23,533 IF HE STARTS TO GET BACK ON TRACK AND I'M CONFIDENT 1370 01:09:23,533 --> 01:09:25,700 YOU'LL HAVE THE SUPPORT YOU NEED AT HOME, 1371 01:09:25,700 --> 01:09:28,067 THEN I'LL APPROVE YOU FOR SURGERY. 1372 01:09:28,067 --> 01:09:29,133 -OKAY. -ALL RIGHT. 1373 01:09:29,133 --> 01:09:30,900 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 1374 01:09:30,900 --> 01:09:33,433 -NO. -OKAY, I'LL SEE YOU SOON. 1375 01:09:33,433 --> 01:09:38,067 ** 1376 01:09:38,067 --> 01:09:41,333 Rena: I'M SO UPSET WITH LEE RIGHT NOW, 1377 01:09:41,333 --> 01:09:46,233 BECAUSE, ONCE AGAIN, HIS ISSUES ARE TAKING PRIORITY OVER MINE, 1378 01:09:46,233 --> 01:09:48,800 AND I'M WORRIED I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE UP 1379 01:09:48,800 --> 01:09:51,700 ON OUR RELATIONSHIP. 1380 01:09:51,700 --> 01:09:54,967 BECAUSE IF LEE WANTS TO MESS UP HIS LIFE AND HIS CHANCE, 1381 01:09:54,967 --> 01:09:56,800 I CAN'T LET IT DESTROY MINE. 1382 01:10:03,667 --> 01:10:12,867 ** 1383 01:10:12,867 --> 01:10:14,833 Rena: TODAY, ME AND LEE ARE HEADED TO TALK 1384 01:10:14,833 --> 01:10:18,867 TO A THERAPIST THAT DR. NOW'S SENDING US TO. 1385 01:10:18,867 --> 01:10:21,233 HE WANTS US TO WORK ON OUR RELATIONSHIP, 1386 01:10:21,233 --> 01:10:23,667 AND HE'S CONCERNED IF WE DON'T THAT 1387 01:10:23,667 --> 01:10:27,733 I WON'T HAVE THE SUPPORT I NEED. 1388 01:10:27,733 --> 01:10:30,300 SO HE'S NOT WILLING TO GIVE ME WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY 1389 01:10:30,300 --> 01:10:32,867 UNTIL HE FEELS LIKE THAT'S ADDRESSED. 1390 01:10:35,633 --> 01:10:37,433 Lee: THESE LAST FEW MONTHS I FELT LIKE RENA 1391 01:10:37,433 --> 01:10:40,600 HASN'T BEEN THERE TO SUPPORT ME, 1392 01:10:40,600 --> 01:10:43,367 SO I'M REALLY UPSET AT HER. 1393 01:10:43,367 --> 01:10:45,100 AND I'M NOT SURE TALKING TO A THERAPIST 1394 01:10:45,100 --> 01:10:49,500 WILL CHANGE ANY OF THAT. 1395 01:10:49,500 --> 01:10:51,767 -HELLO. -HI. 1396 01:10:51,767 --> 01:10:53,733 I'M LOLA. IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU. 1397 01:10:53,733 --> 01:10:56,167 SO GLAD YOU ALL COULD COME TODAY. 1398 01:10:59,100 --> 01:11:03,633 SO, WHAT'S BEEN THE STRUGGLE SINCE GETTING HERE TO TEXAS. 1399 01:11:03,633 --> 01:11:06,567 SINCE THIS JOURNEY HAS STARTED, 1400 01:11:06,567 --> 01:11:10,167 HE HAS CHANGED AND BECOME A DIFFERENT PERSON. 1401 01:11:10,167 --> 01:11:14,067 AND HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT PERSON? 1402 01:11:14,067 --> 01:11:16,767 I DON'T LIKE IT. I DON'T LIKE HIM. 1403 01:11:16,767 --> 01:11:19,167 IS THAT DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO HEAR, LEE? 1404 01:11:19,167 --> 01:11:21,667 I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF PERSON SHE WANTS ME TO BE. 1405 01:11:21,667 --> 01:11:24,800 I WANT YOU TO COMMUNICATE WITH ME. 1406 01:11:24,800 --> 01:11:26,400 I WILL CONVERSATE WITH YOU... 1407 01:11:26,400 --> 01:11:27,833 I WANT YOU TO -- 1408 01:11:27,833 --> 01:11:29,233 ...IF YOU DON'T TURN AROUND AND TELL ME 1409 01:11:29,233 --> 01:11:31,400 I'M NOT PAYING ATTENTION. -THAT'S PART OF -- 1410 01:11:31,400 --> 01:11:32,933 WHEN I SAY SOMETHING, CALL ME A LIAR. 1411 01:11:32,933 --> 01:11:34,200 THAT'S PART OF CONVERSATING. 1412 01:11:34,200 --> 01:11:35,833 HEAR HER -- HEAR HER OUT. 1413 01:11:35,833 --> 01:11:36,933 OKAY. 1414 01:11:36,933 --> 01:11:38,833 BUT THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T COMMUNICATE, 1415 01:11:38,833 --> 01:11:40,967 BECAUSE HE EITHER OVER-TALKS ME, 1416 01:11:40,967 --> 01:11:44,667 INTERRUPTS ME, OR WON'T LET ME FINISH. 1417 01:11:44,667 --> 01:11:46,300 WHAT I AM SEEING IS THAT 1418 01:11:46,300 --> 01:11:49,067 WHEN RENA STARTS TO EXPRESS HERSELF... 1419 01:11:49,067 --> 01:11:51,433 YES. ...AND SHE'S EXPRESSING EMOTIONS 1420 01:11:51,433 --> 01:11:56,367 RELATED TO HOW SHE EXPERIENCES YOU, 1421 01:11:56,367 --> 01:11:58,567 YOU KIND OF FLARE UP. 1422 01:11:58,567 --> 01:12:01,400 SO, AT WHAT POINT DID YOU ALL START TALKING 1423 01:12:01,400 --> 01:12:03,067 TO EACH OTHER IN THIS WAY? 1424 01:12:03,067 --> 01:12:04,500 OH, WE HAD SOME PRETTY GOOD FIGHTS. 1425 01:12:04,500 --> 01:12:06,200 HE BECAME VIOLENT. 1426 01:12:06,200 --> 01:12:07,867 -PHYSICALLY? -PHYSICALLY VIOLENT, YEAH. 1427 01:12:07,867 --> 01:12:09,833 AND HE HAS NEVER BEEN LIKE THAT. 1428 01:12:09,833 --> 01:12:11,233 THERE'S ONLY BEEN A COUPLE INCIDENTS. 1429 01:12:11,233 --> 01:12:13,867 IT AIN'T LIKE I HIT HER EVERYDAY, BUT -- 1430 01:12:13,867 --> 01:12:15,867 BUT, LEE, IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO MINIMIZE -- 1431 01:12:15,867 --> 01:12:17,533 YOU GOT TO REALIZE WHAT SHE HAS DONE TO ME, 1432 01:12:17,533 --> 01:12:22,533 YOU KNOW, THE VERBAL, YOU KNOW, SCREAMING AND THE... 1433 01:12:22,533 --> 01:12:23,900 SO, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE TWO OF YOU -- 1434 01:12:23,900 --> 01:12:27,567 I HAVE NEVER CUSSED YOU, CALLED YOU NAMES LIKE YOU DO ME. 1435 01:12:27,567 --> 01:12:30,333 YOU CUSS ME, YOU CALL ME NAMES, 1436 01:12:30,333 --> 01:12:34,300 YOU CONSTANTLY ARE PUTTING ME DOWN. 1437 01:12:34,300 --> 01:12:36,500 AND SO LET ME ASK THIS -- 1438 01:12:36,500 --> 01:12:40,100 WHEN YOU BEGAN THIS RELATIONSHIP WHAT'D YOU EXPECT? 1439 01:12:40,100 --> 01:12:43,067 THE ONE MAIN REASON I AM TRYING THERAPY 1440 01:12:43,067 --> 01:12:44,967 AND TRYING TO MAKE THIS WORK 1441 01:12:44,967 --> 01:12:48,200 IS BECAUSE I KNOW THE FIRST 10 YEARS 1442 01:12:48,200 --> 01:12:51,233 THAT ME AND HIM WERE TOGETHER, HE WAS NEVER ABUSIVE. 1443 01:12:51,233 --> 01:12:54,400 -OKAY. -THAT'S NOT WHO HE WAS. 1444 01:12:54,400 --> 01:12:57,867 I'VE NEVER PUNCHED HER, NEVER SLAPPED HER... 1445 01:12:57,867 --> 01:12:59,833 -[ CHUCKLES ] -...ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 1446 01:12:59,833 --> 01:13:01,400 UNFORTUNATELY, LEE -- 1447 01:13:01,400 --> 01:13:02,933 SHE RAN AT ME WITH HER FIST UP. 1448 01:13:02,933 --> 01:13:05,133 I GRABBED HER BY HER HANDS, AND I KICKED HER 1449 01:13:05,133 --> 01:13:07,067 BECAUSE SHE WAS GONNA HIT ME. 1450 01:13:07,067 --> 01:13:08,533 I WAS HOLDING HIS HANDS. 1451 01:13:08,533 --> 01:13:13,333 UNFORTUNATELY, PHYSICAL ABUSE IS ALWAYS, ALWAYS WRONG. 1452 01:13:13,333 --> 01:13:15,533 I KNOW THIS, BUT IT AIN'T LIKE I DOUBLED MY FISTS 1453 01:13:15,533 --> 01:13:16,833 AND KNOCKED THE PISS OUT OF HER. 1454 01:13:16,833 --> 01:13:18,967 WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO REALIZE IS 1455 01:13:18,967 --> 01:13:22,167 THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS PROGRESSIVE. 1456 01:13:22,167 --> 01:13:24,767 IF SOMEONE YELLS AT YOU... 1457 01:13:24,767 --> 01:13:27,067 -YEAH. -...THEY'LL SMACK YOU. 1458 01:13:27,067 --> 01:13:30,700 IF SOMEONE SMACKS YOU, THEY'LL KICK YOU. 1459 01:13:30,700 --> 01:13:34,533 IF SOMEONE KICKS YOU, THEY'LL STOMP YOU. 1460 01:13:34,533 --> 01:13:37,200 IF SOME WILL STOMP YOU, 1461 01:13:37,200 --> 01:13:40,333 THEY WILL KILL YOU. PEOPLE DIE. 1462 01:13:40,333 --> 01:13:42,500 ...AND WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER ALL THIS TIME, 1463 01:13:42,500 --> 01:13:44,767 AND HE HAD NEVER BEEN ABUSIVE, EVER. 1464 01:13:44,767 --> 01:13:46,867 YOU'VE NEVER BEEN IN MY FACE LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN LATELY. 1465 01:13:46,867 --> 01:13:50,067 IN THE TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN IN THIS ROOM TOGETHER, GUYS -- 1466 01:13:50,067 --> 01:13:53,100 I MEAN, THERE'S TIMES, RENA, YOU GET SO BAD YOU WON'T STOP. 1467 01:13:53,100 --> 01:13:55,367 -IN THE TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN -- -WHEN YOU WAS IN -- 1468 01:13:55,367 --> 01:13:56,900 EXCUSE ME, GUYS. 1469 01:13:56,900 --> 01:13:59,733 I NEED YOU GUYS TO GET THE SEVERITY OF THIS. 1470 01:13:59,733 --> 01:14:03,067 IN THE TIME THAT WE'VE SAT IN THIS ROOM TOGETHER, 1471 01:14:03,067 --> 01:14:04,533 THERE HAVE BEEN WOMEN... 1472 01:14:04,533 --> 01:14:06,067 HE GETS ANGRY -- 1473 01:14:06,067 --> 01:14:10,067 ...MEN AND CHILDREN THAT HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES 1474 01:14:10,067 --> 01:14:13,067 WITHIN THE MINUTES THAT WE'VE BEEN SITTING IN THIS ROOM 1475 01:14:13,067 --> 01:14:17,067 TOGETHER FROM FAMILY VIOLENCE. 1476 01:14:17,067 --> 01:14:18,833 IT'S A REAL ISSUE. 1477 01:14:18,833 --> 01:14:21,267 AND, LEE, WHAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND 1478 01:14:21,267 --> 01:14:24,933 IS THE SURGERY REMOVED YOUR DRUG OF CHOICE AS AN OPTION, 1479 01:14:24,933 --> 01:14:27,767 AND THAT WITHDRAWAL IS BRINGING AN ANGER ISSUE 1480 01:14:27,767 --> 01:14:30,300 TO THE SURFACE THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH 1481 01:14:30,300 --> 01:14:34,233 AND THAT YOU NEED TO GET UNDER CONTROL. 1482 01:14:34,233 --> 01:14:38,300 ANGER IS THE MANIFESTATION OF UNMET NEEDS, 1483 01:14:38,300 --> 01:14:40,667 DESIRES, AND EMOTIONS, 1484 01:14:40,667 --> 01:14:44,833 AND THE ONLY WAY TO BREAK PATTERNS OF ABUSE 1485 01:14:44,833 --> 01:14:49,133 ARE TO DEVELOP NEW AND HEALTHY COPING SKILLS, 1486 01:14:49,133 --> 01:14:53,633 AND YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO WALK AWAY 1487 01:14:53,633 --> 01:14:56,300 FROM UNHEALTHY CONFRONTATION. 1488 01:14:56,300 --> 01:15:01,067 AND IF YOU FIND THAT YOU CAN'T ABSTAIN FROM ACTING OUT IN ANGER 1489 01:15:01,067 --> 01:15:04,700 AND GETTING PHYSICAL WITH HER, YOU LEAVE THE RELATIONSHIP, 1490 01:15:04,700 --> 01:15:08,567 BECAUSE IT'S A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH FOR THE BOTH OF YOU. 1491 01:15:08,567 --> 01:15:10,933 I SEE WHAT I'M DOING WRONG. 1492 01:15:10,933 --> 01:15:12,133 YEAH. 1493 01:15:12,133 --> 01:15:15,900 AND NOW I FEEL I KNOW THAT I NEED TO CHANGE, 1494 01:15:15,900 --> 01:15:19,067 AND I'M VERY SORRY FOR THE WAY I'VE TREATED YOU, RENA, 1495 01:15:19,067 --> 01:15:21,200 AND I'M GONNA DO MY BEST TO DO BETTER. 1496 01:15:23,200 --> 01:15:25,133 I LOVE YOU. 1497 01:15:25,133 --> 01:15:28,600 LET'S JUST TRY TO WORK THROUGH THIS. 1498 01:15:28,600 --> 01:15:32,433 RENA, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT HIM REALLY STERNLY, 1499 01:15:32,433 --> 01:15:33,833 AND I WANT YOU TO TELL HIM 1500 01:15:33,833 --> 01:15:37,500 HOW IF HE EVER LAYS A HAND ON YOU AGAIN, 1501 01:15:37,500 --> 01:15:40,500 THAT'S IT, NO DISCUSSION, YOU'RE OUT OF THERE. 1502 01:15:40,500 --> 01:15:43,633 LEE, IF YOU EVER TOUCH ME AGAIN... 1503 01:15:43,633 --> 01:15:47,400 -YEAH. -...PHYSICALLY, I AM GONE. 1504 01:15:47,400 --> 01:15:50,567 I WILL LEAVE, AND I WILL GO BACK HOME. 1505 01:15:50,567 --> 01:15:53,433 -OKAY. -AND THAT'S A PROMISE. 1506 01:15:53,433 --> 01:15:55,400 I ACCEPT THAT. 1507 01:15:55,400 --> 01:15:59,267 SO, GUYS, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 1508 01:15:59,267 --> 01:16:00,800 HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. -YOU, TOO. 1509 01:16:00,800 --> 01:16:03,333 ALL RIGHT. 1510 01:16:03,333 --> 01:16:04,433 CARE TO GIVE ME A LITTLE HAND, BABY? 1511 01:16:04,433 --> 01:16:06,067 OH, YEAH, I KNOW. 1512 01:16:06,067 --> 01:16:09,900 Rena: I FEEL LIKE THAT WENT AS WELL AS IT POSSIBLY COULD. 1513 01:16:09,900 --> 01:16:12,667 I THINK HE ACTUALLY LISTENED TO WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY, 1514 01:16:12,667 --> 01:16:16,267 AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK ON OUR RELATIONSHIP 1515 01:16:16,267 --> 01:16:19,300 AND MAYBE EVEN REKINDLE WHAT'S BEEN BROKE 1516 01:16:19,300 --> 01:16:21,800 AND LEARN TO LOVE EACH OTHER AGAIN. 1517 01:16:40,300 --> 01:16:42,833 Dr. Nowzaradan: OVER THE PAST MONTH, LEE HAS BEEN WORKING... 1518 01:16:42,833 --> 01:16:45,900 THE NEED TO DEAL WITH SOME ISSUES, 1519 01:16:45,900 --> 01:16:48,600 AND I FEEL HE HAS MADE ENOUGH PROGRESS 1520 01:16:48,600 --> 01:16:51,267 TO WHERE RENA WILL HAVE ENOUGH OF THE SUPPORT 1521 01:16:51,267 --> 01:16:55,900 THAT SHE NEEDS TO SAFELY GO THROUGH SURGERY AND RECOVERY. 1522 01:16:55,900 --> 01:16:59,500 BUT IN THE OFF CHANCE THIS IS ALL JUST ANOTHER ACT 1523 01:16:59,500 --> 01:17:01,900 FROM LEE RIGHT NOW, 1524 01:17:01,900 --> 01:17:04,867 WE ARE STANDING READY TO INTERVENE 1525 01:17:04,867 --> 01:17:08,067 AND REMOVE RENA FROM HER ENVIRONMENT 1526 01:17:08,067 --> 01:17:12,567 IF LEE STARTS TO FALL BACK INTO HIS OLD BEHAVIOR. 1527 01:17:17,167 --> 01:17:19,533 TODAY, I'M GOING TO BE PERFORMING 1528 01:17:19,533 --> 01:17:23,600 A GASTRIC SLEEVE OPERATION ON RENA. 1529 01:17:23,600 --> 01:17:27,700 EVEN THOUGH RENA HAS MADE A GOOD AMOUNT OF PROGRESS, 1530 01:17:27,700 --> 01:17:31,833 HER BODY IS IN EXTREMELY POOR CONDITION. 1531 01:17:31,833 --> 01:17:34,433 TURN THE LIGHT OFF. 1532 01:17:34,433 --> 01:17:39,433 SO THIS OPERATION WILL KEEP HER UNDER ANESTHESIA FOR LESS TIME, 1533 01:17:39,433 --> 01:17:41,400 MAKING IT LESS RISKY. 1534 01:17:43,933 --> 01:17:47,967 BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SLEEVE AND GASTRIC BYPASS 1535 01:17:47,967 --> 01:17:52,767 IS THAT WITH A SLEEVE WE DON'T BYPASS ANY PART OF THE STOMACH. 1536 01:17:52,767 --> 01:17:56,100 WE JUST REDUCE THE SIZE OF IT BY TAKING OUT 70% 1537 01:17:56,100 --> 01:18:01,467 TO 80% OF THE STOMACH AND LEAVE IN A SMALL, SKINNY TUBE. 1538 01:18:04,200 --> 01:18:07,633 IT'S A LONG STOMACH. 1539 01:18:07,633 --> 01:18:10,167 IN A SHORT TIME, THE SLEEVE CAN BE JUST 1540 01:18:10,167 --> 01:18:13,100 AS EFFECTIVE AS A FULL BYPASS, 1541 01:18:13,100 --> 01:18:17,167 BECAUSE THE PATIENT'S FOOD INTAKE IS PHYSICALLY LIMITED. 1542 01:18:17,167 --> 01:18:21,133 SO THIS IS GOING TO HELP RENA TO STAY ON TRACK EASIER, 1543 01:18:21,133 --> 01:18:24,500 SO SHE CAN START TO DEAL WITH HER EMOTIONAL ISSUES 1544 01:18:24,500 --> 01:18:27,433 THAT HAVE BEEN DRIVING HER TO EAT, TOO. 1545 01:18:27,433 --> 01:18:30,600 ALL RIGHT, WE'RE DONE. 1546 01:18:30,600 --> 01:18:33,500 ALL RIGHT. RENA'S SURGERY WENT VERY WELL. 1547 01:18:38,067 --> 01:18:39,400 SHE HAD BIG... 1548 01:18:39,400 --> 01:18:43,500 WE GOT FIXED, AND THE SLEEVE WILL WORK VERY WELL FOR HER. 1549 01:18:45,633 --> 01:18:48,967 SHE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO HOME IN A FEW DAYS, 1550 01:18:48,967 --> 01:18:52,333 BUT WE CAN'T ALLOW RENA TO UNDERGO ANY ABUSE 1551 01:18:52,333 --> 01:18:54,467 WHILE SHE RECOVERS. 1552 01:18:54,467 --> 01:18:58,267 AND IF LEE SO MUCH AS THREATENS TO HIT RENA, 1553 01:18:58,267 --> 01:19:00,300 THEN WE WILL HAVE TO INTERVENE 1554 01:19:00,300 --> 01:19:02,867 AND TO SEPARATE THEM TO KEEP HER SAFE 1555 01:19:02,867 --> 01:19:07,900 AND ALLOW HER TO RECOVER WITHOUT ANY LIFE-THREATENING INCIDENTS. 1556 01:19:07,900 --> 01:19:10,767 SO WE'LL STAND READY JUST IN CASE THINGS 1557 01:19:10,767 --> 01:19:13,267 AREN'T AS THEY SEEM WITH LEE. 1558 01:19:13,267 --> 01:19:14,933 BUT HOPEFULLY IT WON'T COME TO THAT. 1559 01:19:21,467 --> 01:19:24,933 ** 1560 01:19:29,700 --> 01:19:31,900 Lee: TODAY I'M GONNA GO TO THE FLOWER SHOP 1561 01:19:31,900 --> 01:19:35,667 AND TRY TO PICK OUT SOME NICE FLOWERS FOR RENA -- 1562 01:19:35,667 --> 01:19:36,933 'CAUSE IT'S HER BIRTHDAY -- 1563 01:19:36,933 --> 01:19:40,267 AND TRY TO FIND SOMETHING THAT SHE REALLY LIKES 1564 01:19:40,267 --> 01:19:43,067 AND TRY TO SURPRISE HER. 1565 01:19:43,067 --> 01:19:45,900 SHE'S BEEN HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL FOR A MONTH NOW, 1566 01:19:45,900 --> 01:19:48,633 AND I'VE BEEN A BIG EFFORT TO BE THERE FOR HER 1567 01:19:48,633 --> 01:19:51,633 AND SUPPORT HER AND TAKE CARE OF HER, 1568 01:19:51,633 --> 01:19:55,500 AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A REALLY GOOD PACE RIGHT NOW. 1569 01:19:55,500 --> 01:19:58,067 IN FACT, NOW THAT WE'RE LOSING SO MUCH WEIGHT, 1570 01:19:58,067 --> 01:20:02,333 WE'RE FINALLY ABLE TO DO SOMETHING WE NEVER HAVE BEFORE. 1571 01:20:02,333 --> 01:20:06,033 WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 10 YEARS -- OR 11 YEARS, 1572 01:20:06,033 --> 01:20:09,200 AND WE HAD NEVER HAD INTERCOURSE BEFORE, BUT NOW IT'S POSSIBLE 1573 01:20:09,200 --> 01:20:12,900 'CAUSE WE'LL LOST 350 POUNDS TOGETHER. 1574 01:20:12,900 --> 01:20:14,867 I WANT TO MARRY RENA, AND I NEVER THOUGHT 1575 01:20:14,867 --> 01:20:17,400 I'D HAVE THE CHANCE TO ACTUALLY DO THAT. 1576 01:20:17,400 --> 01:20:20,033 SO I'M GOING TO KEEP WORKING TO MAKE THAT REALITY 1577 01:20:20,033 --> 01:20:24,200 FOR BOTH OF US. 1578 01:20:24,200 --> 01:20:26,600 AND I'M NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO SCREW THAT UP 1579 01:20:26,600 --> 01:20:29,033 FROM HERE ON OUT. 1580 01:20:29,033 --> 01:20:29,967 HOW ARE YOU TODAY? 1581 01:20:29,967 --> 01:20:32,133 GOOD, HOW ARE YOU? 1582 01:20:32,133 --> 01:20:34,033 I'M LOOKING FOR SOME CARNATIONS. 1583 01:20:34,033 --> 01:20:36,567 ALL RIGHT. WHAT KIND OF CARNATIONS? 1584 01:20:36,567 --> 01:20:38,000 MAYBE -- CAN I SEE WHAT YOU HAVE? 1585 01:20:38,000 --> 01:20:40,533 SURE. 1586 01:20:42,733 --> 01:20:44,567 WOW, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL! 1587 01:20:44,567 --> 01:20:46,267 WHAT WOULD IT BE FOR, LIKE, A BOUQUET, 1588 01:20:46,267 --> 01:20:49,367 WITH THAT MONKEY, OF DIFFERENT COLORS PUT TOGETHER? 1589 01:20:49,367 --> 01:20:51,800 WOULD YOU DO THAT FOR ME? -SURE, NO PROBLEM. 1590 01:20:51,800 --> 01:20:55,567 I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SURPRISE RENA WITH FLOWERS. 1591 01:20:55,567 --> 01:20:57,833 THIS IS A SYMBOL OF MY LOVE, 1592 01:20:57,833 --> 01:21:00,067 IT'S A SYMBOL OF WHAT I HAVE TO GIVE, 1593 01:21:00,067 --> 01:21:03,700 AND I HOPE SHE SEES THAT. 1594 01:21:03,700 --> 01:21:08,500 I LOVE RENA WITH ALL MY HEART, AND I WANT HER TO KNOW THAT -- 1595 01:21:08,500 --> 01:21:10,167 JUST CAN'T SEE MYSELF SPENDING THE REST OF MY LIFE 1596 01:21:10,167 --> 01:21:11,933 WITH NO ONE ELSE. 1597 01:21:11,933 --> 01:21:15,767 * HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU * 1598 01:21:15,767 --> 01:21:19,400 -CAREFUL. -* HAPPY BIRTHDAY * 1599 01:21:19,400 --> 01:21:21,500 * DEAR RE-NAY-NAY * 1600 01:21:21,500 --> 01:21:26,333 -OH, MY GOSH. -* HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU * 1601 01:21:26,333 --> 01:21:29,300 WOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1602 01:21:29,300 --> 01:21:31,833 THEY'RE MY FAVORITE. 1603 01:21:33,833 --> 01:21:35,900 I NAMED HIM ERNIE. 1604 01:21:37,733 --> 01:21:39,700 A MONKEY. 1605 01:21:41,967 --> 01:21:43,100 YOU LIKE HIM? 1606 01:21:43,100 --> 01:21:45,100 YEAH. 1607 01:21:45,100 --> 01:21:48,300 THANK YOU. 1608 01:21:48,300 --> 01:21:50,733 GOT SOMETHING ELSE -- WE AIN'T DONE YET. 1609 01:21:50,733 --> 01:22:00,600 ** 1610 01:22:00,600 --> 01:22:02,667 "ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, I CELEBRATE THE UNIQUE 1611 01:22:02,667 --> 01:22:05,067 AND SPECIAL PERSON YOU ARE 1612 01:22:05,067 --> 01:22:07,367 AND ALL THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT YOU, 1613 01:22:07,367 --> 01:22:10,800 AND I REALIZE, ONCE AGAIN, HOW VERY MUCH YOU MEAN TO ME. 1614 01:22:10,800 --> 01:22:12,267 HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 1615 01:22:12,267 --> 01:22:15,067 LOVE YOU, LEE." 1616 01:22:15,067 --> 01:22:17,067 [ SNIFFLES ] THANK YOU. 1617 01:22:17,067 --> 01:22:19,100 YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. 1618 01:22:19,100 --> 01:22:21,100 IT MEANT VERY MUCH TO ME -- 1619 01:22:21,100 --> 01:22:27,600 FOR LEE TO BE ABLE TO GO DO IT HIS SELF, IT MEANT A LOT. 1620 01:22:27,600 --> 01:22:31,467 I'VE BEEN REALLY ENCOURAGED BY THESE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS 1621 01:22:31,467 --> 01:22:33,467 BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER 1622 01:22:33,467 --> 01:22:36,600 INSTEAD OF AGAINST EACH OTHER. 1623 01:22:36,600 --> 01:22:39,733 SO I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR HOW THINGS ARE RIGHT NOW 1624 01:22:39,733 --> 01:22:43,467 AND FOR HOW HARD LEE HAS BEEN TRYING TO IMPROVE HIMSELF. 1625 01:22:50,100 --> 01:22:54,467 OKAY, LEE, IT LOOKS YOU'RE DOWN TO 441, 1626 01:22:54,467 --> 01:22:58,500 AND THAT'S TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS OF 273 POUNDS. 1627 01:22:58,500 --> 01:22:59,500 GREAT. 1628 01:22:59,500 --> 01:23:02,967 AND, RENA, YOU'RE DOWN TO 306, 1629 01:23:02,967 --> 01:23:06,933 AND THAT IS TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS OF 243 POUNDS. 1630 01:23:06,933 --> 01:23:08,400 THAT'S EXCELLENT. 1631 01:23:08,400 --> 01:23:12,800 A FEW MONTHS AGO, I WASN'T SURE IF LEE WAS GOING TO BE ABLE 1632 01:23:12,800 --> 01:23:14,767 TO GET BACK ON TRACK 1633 01:23:14,767 --> 01:23:18,133 AND WHAT THE EFFECT OF THAT WOULD BE ON RENA. 1634 01:23:18,133 --> 01:23:22,133 BUT THEY'RE BOTH DOING WELL, AND I'M VERY OPTIMISTIC 1635 01:23:22,133 --> 01:23:24,533 ABOUT THEIR LONG-TERM PROGRESS. 1636 01:23:24,533 --> 01:23:26,700 SO, HOW DO YOU FEEL, RENA? 1637 01:23:26,700 --> 01:23:30,233 I'M VERY, VERY BLESSED TO BE WHERE I'M AT, 1638 01:23:30,233 --> 01:23:32,233 BUT I'M NOT WHERE I WANT TO BE YET. 1639 01:23:32,233 --> 01:23:34,100 I'M GONNA KEEP GOING. 1640 01:23:34,100 --> 01:23:36,067 AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET THERE. 1641 01:23:36,067 --> 01:23:38,333 I'M PROUD OF YOU BOTH. 1642 01:23:38,333 --> 01:23:40,300 BOTH OF THEM ARE GETTING CLOSE 1643 01:23:40,300 --> 01:23:43,267 TO NEEDING EXCESS-SKIN REMOVAL, 1644 01:23:43,267 --> 01:23:47,433 AND IF THEY'RE BOTH READY IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, 1645 01:23:47,433 --> 01:23:51,167 I THINK LEE WILL AGREE THAT RENA SHOULD GO FIRST. 1646 01:24:09,267 --> 01:24:12,333 Rena: I KNOW I STILL NEED TO LOSE A GOOD AMOUNT OF WEIGHT, 1647 01:24:12,333 --> 01:24:14,733 BUT I'M STARTING TO LIKE THE WAY I LOOK. 1648 01:24:17,367 --> 01:24:21,200 AND THAT'S BIG PROGRESS FOR ME. 1649 01:24:21,200 --> 01:24:22,667 AND AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, 1650 01:24:22,667 --> 01:24:27,633 I WOULDN'T EVEN BE ABLE TO TRY ON CLOTHES AT A STORE. 1651 01:24:27,633 --> 01:24:32,900 IT'S VERY EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO TRY SMALLER THINGS ON, 1652 01:24:32,900 --> 01:24:38,233 TO BE ABLE TO COME IN A REGULAR STORE AND DO THIS. 1653 01:24:38,233 --> 01:24:44,800 ** 1654 01:24:44,800 --> 01:24:46,767 IT USED TO BE I WOULD GET UP, 1655 01:24:46,767 --> 01:24:48,767 AND I DIDN'T CARE WHAT I LOOKED LIKE 1656 01:24:48,767 --> 01:24:51,067 BECAUSE I HAD TO TAKE CARE OF LEE, 1657 01:24:51,067 --> 01:24:55,400 AND THEN I FELT REPULSIVE SO I DIDN'T EVEN TRY. 1658 01:24:55,400 --> 01:24:58,300 AND NOW I LOVE GETTING READY FOR THE DAY. 1659 01:24:58,300 --> 01:25:02,500 SO MY WORLD, LEE'S WORLD, AND OUR RELATIONSHIP -- 1660 01:25:02,500 --> 01:25:04,900 THEY'VE ALL CHANGED FOR THE BETTER. 1661 01:25:07,233 --> 01:25:11,067 Lee: I LOOK AT RENA, AND I JUST LOVE HER SO MUCH. 1662 01:25:11,067 --> 01:25:15,200 SO ONCE WE HIT OUR GOAL WEIGHTS, I'M GOING TO PROPOSE TO HER. 1663 01:25:15,200 --> 01:25:18,733 AND THE THOUGHT OF BEING ABLE TO DO THAT IS WHAT'S DRIVING ME 1664 01:25:18,733 --> 01:25:22,067 RIGHT NOW TO DO BETTER AND BE BETTER, 1665 01:25:22,067 --> 01:25:25,933 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT SHE DESERVES. 1666 01:25:25,933 --> 01:25:28,667 Rena: WE BOTH DREAMED OF A NEW LIFE, 1667 01:25:28,667 --> 01:25:30,667 AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, 1668 01:25:30,667 --> 01:25:32,600 WE CAN FINALLY SEE THAT LIFE AHEAD OF US.