"My 600-lb Life" Tracey's Story

1 00:00:03,500 --> 00:00:06,433 Tracey: I'M NOT LIVING A LIFE. 2 00:00:06,433 --> 00:00:08,633 I FEEL LIKE I'M THIS MONSTER. 3 00:00:08,633 --> 00:00:11,667 ** 4 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:16,533 James: NOT FOR ONE MINUTE 5 00:00:16,533 --> 00:00:19,067 I THOUGHT MY LIFE WOULD END UP LIKE THIS. 6 00:00:19,067 --> 00:00:20,600 OW! MY LEGS! 7 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,933 Ashley: [ Crying ] I'M SO FAR GONE. 8 00:00:23,933 --> 00:00:26,600 Woman: I ABSOLUTELY NEED HELP, 9 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:28,933 OR I AM GONNA DIE. 10 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:35,600 -[ Crying ] I CAN'T DO THIS. -IT'S RIGHT UNDER YOU. 11 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:37,933 -I NEED IT OVER! -SIT DOWN. YOU'RE FINE. 12 00:00:37,933 --> 00:00:39,200 YOU'RE FINE. 13 00:00:43,900 --> 00:00:45,733 Tracey: I FEEL LIKE I LET MY KIDS DOWN. 14 00:00:45,733 --> 00:00:47,400 INSTEAD OF ME TAKING CARE OF THEM, 15 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:49,033 THEY'VE BEEN TAKING CARE OF ME. 16 00:00:49,033 --> 00:00:51,867 IT'S YOU. YOU ARE THE ONE KILLING HIM. 17 00:00:56,067 --> 00:00:58,300 SHE ATE CHOCOLATE. JUST LAST NIGHT, 18 00:00:58,300 --> 00:00:59,733 THREE BOXES OF CHOCOLATES. 19 00:00:59,733 --> 00:01:02,333 I CAN'T FORCE YOU TO MAKE THE CHOICES 20 00:01:02,333 --> 00:01:03,700 THAT WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE. 21 00:01:03,700 --> 00:01:06,700 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 22 00:01:06,700 --> 00:01:09,700 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 23 00:01:09,700 --> 00:01:11,533 ** 24 00:01:11,533 --> 00:01:15,467 Tracey: LIFE WILL ALWAYS BE FULL OF A LOT OF TWISTS AND TURNS, 25 00:01:15,467 --> 00:01:18,133 AND WHEN IT'S A BIG TURN, YOUR BIGGEST STRUGGLE 26 00:01:18,133 --> 00:01:20,767 WILL BE TO EVEN STAY ON THE ROAD. 27 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:28,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 28 00:01:39,433 --> 00:01:43,700 I CAN'T BELIEVE MY LIFE. 29 00:01:43,700 --> 00:01:47,633 THE PAIN OF WAKING UP EACH DAY IS EXCRUCIATING, 30 00:01:49,700 --> 00:01:52,367 AND IT'S MY LEGS THAT HURT THE MOST... 31 00:01:54,933 --> 00:01:58,667 ...BECAUSE MOST OF MY WEIGHT IS IN MY LOWER BODY 32 00:01:58,667 --> 00:02:01,300 AND I DON'T KNOW WHY. 33 00:02:01,300 --> 00:02:05,067 BUT THAT'S WHERE I GAIN. 34 00:02:05,067 --> 00:02:07,867 MY LEGS HAVE LYMPHEDEMA, WHICH IS A CONDITION 35 00:02:07,867 --> 00:02:10,333 WHERE YOUR LYMPHATIC CELLS CLUMP TOGETHER, 36 00:02:10,333 --> 00:02:12,100 AND THEY JUST FORM LARGE MASSES 37 00:02:12,100 --> 00:02:15,633 KIND OF WHERE THEY WANT TO. 38 00:02:15,633 --> 00:02:19,133 AND IT'S MISERABLE, 39 00:02:19,133 --> 00:02:23,267 BECAUSE THE PAIN IS JUST UNBEARABLE. 40 00:02:23,267 --> 00:02:25,367 IT'S LIKE I HAVE THESE TWO HUGE ANCHORS 41 00:02:25,367 --> 00:02:26,667 ATTACHED TO ME 42 00:02:26,667 --> 00:02:29,567 THAT MAKE IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO MOVE. 43 00:02:38,233 --> 00:02:40,300 -ANTHONY! -YEAH? 44 00:02:45,167 --> 00:02:49,667 MY HUSBAND DOES PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING FOR ME. 45 00:02:49,667 --> 00:02:52,100 AND IF HE DIDN'T HELP ME OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING, 46 00:02:52,100 --> 00:02:55,167 THERE'D BE NO WAY I COULD STAND UP ON MY OWN. 47 00:02:55,167 --> 00:02:56,833 -HUH? -GOT THE DOOR. 48 00:02:56,833 --> 00:02:58,733 -OKAY, I GOT IT, I GOT IT. -YEAH? 49 00:02:58,733 --> 00:03:01,067 [ PANTING ] 50 00:03:01,067 --> 00:03:02,833 EVERY TIME I TAKE A STEP, 51 00:03:02,833 --> 00:03:05,133 I'M JUST TRYING NOT TO FALL OVER. 52 00:03:09,133 --> 00:03:11,367 AND WHEN I WALK, IT FEELS LIKE MY LEGS 53 00:03:11,367 --> 00:03:15,400 ARE BEING PULLED OUT OF MY HIP SOCKETS. 54 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,933 AND I HAVE TO GET WHERE I'M GOING QUICKLY AND SIT DOWN, 55 00:03:17,933 --> 00:03:21,333 BECAUSE I CAN'T STAY UP FOR LONG. 56 00:03:21,333 --> 00:03:24,067 IT'S JUST TOO PAINFUL. 57 00:03:24,067 --> 00:03:26,900 I FEEL TRAPPED IN MY BODY BECAUSE SOMEWHERE IN THERE, 58 00:03:26,900 --> 00:03:29,433 THERE'S A NORMAL PERSON. 59 00:03:29,433 --> 00:03:31,467 AND IT MAKES ME SO SAD, 60 00:03:31,467 --> 00:03:34,533 BECAUSE THIS IS NOT HOW ANYONE SHOULD BE LIVING. 61 00:03:38,233 --> 00:03:41,500 I'M NOT LIVING A LIFE, 62 00:03:41,500 --> 00:03:44,667 BECAUSE I CAN'T DO ANYTHING. I CAN'T GO ANYWHERE. 63 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,867 EVEN TRYING TO SHOWER EVERY DAY IS TOO DIFFICULT. 64 00:03:55,267 --> 00:03:58,400 SO I JUST SHOWER EVERY OTHER DAY. 65 00:04:06,100 --> 00:04:08,200 IF I DON'T HAVE TO DO IT, I TRY NOT TO DO IT, 66 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,433 BECAUSE THE PAIN IS JUST UNBEARABLE. 67 00:04:12,533 --> 00:04:14,600 ON DAYS WHEN I CAN GET IN THE SHOWER, 68 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:16,333 I HAVE TO SIT IN THE SHOWER CHAIR. 69 00:04:16,333 --> 00:04:18,633 I CANNOT STAND THERE THE WHOLE TIME. 70 00:04:18,633 --> 00:04:21,733 BUT I AT LEAST TRY TO STAY CLEAN. 71 00:04:21,733 --> 00:04:25,667 AND I CAN USUALLY DO MY TOP PART PRETTY GOOD, 72 00:04:25,667 --> 00:04:27,367 BUT MY LEGS ARE SO LARGE, 73 00:04:27,367 --> 00:04:31,333 AND THERE'S SO MANY CREVICES, IT'S JUST DIFFICULT, 74 00:04:31,333 --> 00:04:33,667 AND THEY'RE TOO HEAVY TO EVEN LIFT. 75 00:04:36,500 --> 00:04:39,200 TAKING A SHOWER TOTALLY WIPES ME OUT. 76 00:04:42,067 --> 00:04:44,733 I CAN ONLY STAY IN THERE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES 77 00:04:44,733 --> 00:04:46,533 BEFORE I GET SO EXHAUSTED, 78 00:04:46,533 --> 00:04:50,667 I FEEL LIKE I'LL PASS OUT. 79 00:04:50,667 --> 00:04:53,100 THAT'S ALL I CAN DO FOR THE DAY. 80 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,800 WHEN I'M SITTING IN THE SHOWER, I LOOK AT MY LEGS AND MY BODY, 81 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:02,467 AND I THINK, "WOW." 82 00:05:02,467 --> 00:05:05,167 YOU KNOW, "HOW DID I GET THIS WAY?" 83 00:05:05,167 --> 00:05:08,700 I FEEL LIKE I'M THIS MONSTER. 84 00:05:08,700 --> 00:05:10,700 YOU NEVER THINK WHEN YOU'RE GROWING UP 85 00:05:10,700 --> 00:05:13,800 THAT THIS IS WHAT YOUR LIFE IS GONNA LOOK LIKE SOMEDAY. 86 00:05:16,067 --> 00:05:20,300 ** 87 00:05:20,300 --> 00:05:23,700 GROWING UP, MY CHILDHOOD WAS VERY ROUGH. 88 00:05:23,700 --> 00:05:28,567 THERE WERE A LOT OF BAD THINGS GOING ON AT HOME. 89 00:05:28,567 --> 00:05:30,700 AND BEING THE OLDEST OF THREE KIDS, 90 00:05:30,700 --> 00:05:32,100 I FELT LIKE IT WAS MY JOB 91 00:05:32,100 --> 00:05:34,600 TO PROTECT MY TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS. 92 00:05:36,967 --> 00:05:39,733 MY DAD WAS AN ABUSIVE ALCOHOLIC, 93 00:05:39,733 --> 00:05:42,267 TO PUT IT NICELY. 94 00:05:42,267 --> 00:05:46,167 AND WHEN HE GOT REALLY DRUNK, HE'D HIT MY MOM. 95 00:05:46,167 --> 00:05:49,600 AND WHEN MY MOM GOT FRUSTRATED, SHE'D HIT ME. 96 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:55,367 I HAD TO GO TO SCHOOL LIKE FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT TIMES 97 00:05:55,367 --> 00:05:59,767 WITH BLACK EYES, ALL OF THEM THAT I RECEIVED FROM MY MOTHER. 98 00:06:02,533 --> 00:06:06,400 AND TO MAKE IT WORSE, WE HAD A MALE BABYSITTER 99 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,467 WHO'D WATCH US EVERY NOW AND THEN, 100 00:06:08,467 --> 00:06:11,900 AND WHEN HE DID, HE WOULD MOLEST ME. 101 00:06:15,100 --> 00:06:19,533 THAT STARTED WHEN I WAS 3, 3 1/2 YEARS OLD 102 00:06:19,533 --> 00:06:22,233 TILL I WAS LIKE 6 YEARS OLD. 103 00:06:22,233 --> 00:06:24,300 AND HE WOULD TELL ME THINGS LIKE, 104 00:06:24,300 --> 00:06:27,367 "YOU CAN'T TELL YOUR MOMMY AND DADDY THAT I DO THIS, 105 00:06:27,367 --> 00:06:28,700 BECAUSE IF YOU DO, 106 00:06:28,700 --> 00:06:31,700 I'M GONNA KILL YOUR BABY BROTHER." 107 00:06:31,700 --> 00:06:35,633 SO I NEVER DID. 108 00:06:35,633 --> 00:06:36,900 AND IT WAS AROUND THAT TIME 109 00:06:36,900 --> 00:06:40,200 WHEN I REMEMBER GOING TO FOOD TO FEEL SAFE, 110 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,667 BECAUSE WHEN I ATE SOMETHING THAT TASTED REALLY GOOD, 111 00:06:43,667 --> 00:06:46,467 I COULD ESCAPE. 112 00:06:46,467 --> 00:06:49,867 SO I STARTED GAINING WEIGHT AROUND THE AGE OF 6 OR 7, 113 00:06:49,867 --> 00:06:52,667 AND I WEIGHED ABOUT 70 POUNDS THEN. 114 00:06:54,900 --> 00:06:57,367 AND OVER TIME, THINGS GOT BETTER, 115 00:06:57,367 --> 00:07:00,233 BECAUSE WHEN I WAS 11, ME AND MY BROTHERS 116 00:07:00,233 --> 00:07:04,367 STARTED SPENDING A LOT MORE TIME AT MY GRANDMA'S. 117 00:07:04,367 --> 00:07:06,300 WE WERE STILL LIVING WITH OUR PARENTS, 118 00:07:06,300 --> 00:07:08,333 BUT THEY WERE JUST NEVER THERE. 119 00:07:11,367 --> 00:07:13,400 BUT MY EATING DIDN'T SLOW DOWN, 120 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,367 BECAUSE MY GRANDMA LOVED TO FEED US 121 00:07:15,367 --> 00:07:17,567 AND GIVE US EVERY KIND OF SWEETS, 122 00:07:17,567 --> 00:07:20,333 SO I WAS AROUND 170 POUNDS. 123 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,067 AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE, I DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL 124 00:07:27,067 --> 00:07:28,600 WITH MY DAD'S DRINKING 125 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,900 OR MY DAD AND MY MOM FIGHTING. 126 00:07:31,900 --> 00:07:34,267 BUT THINGS IN OUR HOUSE WERE MORE VIOLENT. 127 00:07:34,267 --> 00:07:37,667 THERE WAS TIMES THAT WINDOWS GOT BROKE OUT AT OUR HOUSE, 128 00:07:37,667 --> 00:07:39,567 AND SHOTGUNS WERE BROUGHT OUT, 129 00:07:39,567 --> 00:07:42,100 AND MY MOM AND ME AND MY BROTHERS 130 00:07:42,100 --> 00:07:45,600 WOULD RUN OUT THE HOUSE FOR OUR LIVES. 131 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:48,233 Karen: TRACEY DIDN'T HAVE A VERY STABLE CHILDHOOD. 132 00:07:48,233 --> 00:07:52,100 IT WOULD PROBABLY BE VERY SCARY AT TIMES. 133 00:07:52,100 --> 00:07:56,633 THERE WAS A LOT OF ABUSE BETWEEN HER FATHER AND MYSELF, 134 00:07:56,633 --> 00:07:59,067 SO IT WAS A LOT OF EMOTIONAL UPHEAVAL 135 00:07:59,067 --> 00:08:01,300 IN HER LIFE THAT JUST CAUSES HER TO EAT 136 00:08:01,300 --> 00:08:06,067 WITHOUT REALLY REALIZING HOW MUCH SHE'S EATING. 137 00:08:06,067 --> 00:08:09,133 Tracey: FOOD WAS WHAT MADE ME FEEL SAFE. 138 00:08:09,133 --> 00:08:11,300 WHEN I ATE, I WASN'T WORRYING. 139 00:08:11,300 --> 00:08:13,067 SO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH, 140 00:08:13,067 --> 00:08:16,367 MY WEIGHT GOT UP ALL THE WAY TO THE 200s. 141 00:08:18,633 --> 00:08:20,633 AND I PUT ON ANOTHER 50 POUNDS 142 00:08:20,633 --> 00:08:22,567 BY THE TIME I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. 143 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:32,833 SO I GOT UP TO LIKE 270 POUNDS BY THE TIME I GRADUATED. 144 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:37,167 BUT I STARTED SEEING SOMEONE, 145 00:08:37,167 --> 00:08:39,067 AND I GOT PREGNANT WHEN I WAS 20. 146 00:08:39,067 --> 00:08:41,567 AND MY MOM KICKED ME OUT, BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T THINK 147 00:08:41,567 --> 00:08:44,500 I WAS GONNA BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE BABY LIKE I NEEDED. 148 00:08:44,500 --> 00:08:48,533 SO I MOVED IN WITH MY GRANDMOTHER. 149 00:08:48,533 --> 00:08:51,900 I HAD MY FIRST CHILD WHEN I WAS 21 YEARS OLD, 150 00:08:51,900 --> 00:08:54,567 AND I GAINED ABOUT 70 POUNDS 151 00:08:54,567 --> 00:08:56,567 WHEN I WAS PREGNANT WITH BRANDON. 152 00:08:59,500 --> 00:09:02,567 WHEN I WAS 23, I GOT PREGNANT AGAIN. 153 00:09:02,567 --> 00:09:05,500 AND I REMEMBER GOING TO MY VERY LAST DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT, 154 00:09:05,500 --> 00:09:07,167 'CAUSE IT WAS A WEEK BEFORE SHE WAS DUE, 155 00:09:07,167 --> 00:09:09,900 AND THEM TELLING ME, 156 00:09:09,900 --> 00:09:12,267 "TRACEY, WE CAN'T FIND THE BABY'S HEARTBEAT." 157 00:09:12,267 --> 00:09:16,067 AND I WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL TO HAVE A C-SECTION, 158 00:09:16,067 --> 00:09:18,067 AND SHE WAS STILLBORN. 159 00:09:18,067 --> 00:09:20,833 I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THEY INDUCED MY LABOR, 160 00:09:20,833 --> 00:09:23,533 BUT THEY SAID FROM HER BEING DEAD 161 00:09:23,533 --> 00:09:25,100 FOR LIKE FOUR OR FIVE DAYS, 162 00:09:25,100 --> 00:09:29,100 IT, LIKE, POISONED MY BODY, AND I ALMOST DIED. 163 00:09:29,100 --> 00:09:31,600 THEY GAVE ME MY LAST RITES. THEY HAD TO SHOCK ME. 164 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:33,167 YOU KNOW, I WENT UNCONSCIOUS. 165 00:09:33,167 --> 00:09:34,833 I HAD NO HEARTBEAT FOR THREE MINUTES. 166 00:09:34,833 --> 00:09:37,867 ALL I KNOW IS I WOKE UP FOUR DAYS LATER IN I.C.U. 167 00:09:40,300 --> 00:09:42,867 AND I ATE A LOT DURING THAT TIME. 168 00:09:42,867 --> 00:09:46,567 SO, ONCE AGAIN, FOOD WAS THERE FOR ME 169 00:09:46,567 --> 00:09:49,900 TO HELP TAKE THE PAIN AND TO DEAL WITH LIFE. 170 00:09:53,300 --> 00:09:57,067 AND WHEN IT CAME TIME TO DELIVER MY SECOND CHILD, TIERRA, 171 00:09:57,067 --> 00:09:59,233 I NEARLY DIED DURING THE BIRTH. 172 00:10:01,500 --> 00:10:03,667 AND THEN WHEN I GAVE BIRTH TO MY SON RYAN, 173 00:10:03,667 --> 00:10:05,633 I HAD TO BE BEDRIDDEN, 174 00:10:05,633 --> 00:10:07,867 SO IT WAS ANOTHER HARD PREGNANCY 175 00:10:07,867 --> 00:10:11,700 WHERE I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING BUT STAY IN BED AND EAT. 176 00:10:11,700 --> 00:10:14,467 AND I WAS WELL OVER 400 POUNDS BY THAT TIME. 177 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:20,000 BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO BE A PARENT THAT WASN'T INVOLVED, 178 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:21,800 LIKE MY PARENTS, 179 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:26,467 AND I STARTED GOING TO ALL THE EVENTS AT SCHOOL. 180 00:10:26,467 --> 00:10:29,300 AND I GOT MARRIED TO MY BOYFRIEND AT THE SAME TIME, 181 00:10:29,300 --> 00:10:32,400 AND WE WERE A GOOD FAMILY. 182 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:35,233 Ryan: I WAS CLOSE TO MY MOM. SHE WAS A GOOD MOM. 183 00:10:35,233 --> 00:10:37,567 SHE ALWAYS DID WHAT SHE HAD TO DO 184 00:10:37,567 --> 00:10:40,967 TO GET US WHAT WE NEEDED AND MORE. 185 00:10:40,967 --> 00:10:45,200 IN MY OLD SCHOOL, SHE WOULD ALWAYS COME IN, VOLUNTEER. 186 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:48,200 WHEN I WAS AROUND 13 YEARS OLD, 187 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:52,200 SHE STARTED NOT BEING ABLE TO DO AS MUCH AS SHE USED TO. 188 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,233 Tracey: THAT'S WHEN I STARTED TO DEVELOP LYMPHEDEMA, 189 00:10:55,233 --> 00:10:58,000 AND I NOTICED MY LEGS STARTING TO SWELL 190 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:02,067 AND THEN GET MORE AND MORE DEFORMED. 191 00:11:02,067 --> 00:11:05,333 AND WHEN I WAS 38, I GOT A CELLULITIS INFECTION, 192 00:11:05,333 --> 00:11:08,300 AND I BECAME BEDRIDDEN AGAIN. 193 00:11:08,300 --> 00:11:13,267 AND THEN I GOT TO 500 AND THEN JUST KEPT GAINING. 194 00:11:13,267 --> 00:11:15,667 THEY EVENTUALLY PUT ME IN A NURSING HOME, 195 00:11:15,667 --> 00:11:19,067 BECAUSE I JUST COULDN'T STAY IN A HOSPITAL ANY LONGER, 196 00:11:19,067 --> 00:11:22,367 AND ALL I DID WAS JUST SIT AND EAT. 197 00:11:22,367 --> 00:11:25,267 AND THINGS AT HOME JUST FELL APART. 198 00:11:25,267 --> 00:11:27,133 MY HUSBAND HAD LOST HIS JOB 199 00:11:27,133 --> 00:11:30,067 AND STARTED TO GET VIOLENT WITH THE KIDS. 200 00:11:30,067 --> 00:11:31,967 AND THEN I FOUND OUT HE CHEATED ON ME, 201 00:11:31,967 --> 00:11:34,833 SO I WENT AND FILED FOR A DIVORCE 202 00:11:34,833 --> 00:11:37,800 THE DAY AFTER I FOUND OUT HE CHEATED. 203 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:41,367 ** 204 00:11:41,367 --> 00:11:43,367 BUT WHILE I WAS STAYING IN THE NURSING HOME, 205 00:11:43,367 --> 00:11:44,867 I MET ANTHONY ONLINE, 206 00:11:44,867 --> 00:11:48,467 AND WE JUST HAD A CONNECTION. 207 00:11:48,467 --> 00:11:51,633 I NEVER REALLY HAD A PROBLEM WITH TRACEY'S WEIGHT. 208 00:11:51,633 --> 00:11:55,400 IT WAS THE INSIDE THAT ATTRACTED ME TO TRACEY, 209 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,567 'CAUSE SHE ACCEPTED ME FOR ME. 210 00:11:58,567 --> 00:12:01,200 AND I HAVE A PASSION FOR TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE, 211 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:04,967 SO WHAT REALLY ATTRACTED ME OUTSIDE OF HER GOOD PERSONALITY 212 00:12:04,967 --> 00:12:09,200 WAS THE NEED -- SOMEONE TO NEED ME THERE. 213 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,767 Tracey: WHEN I WAS ABLE TO FINALLY LEAVE THE NURSING HOME 214 00:12:11,767 --> 00:12:13,600 A FEW YEARS AGO, HE TOLD ME -- 215 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:15,233 HE WAS LIKE, "WELL, WHEN YOU GET OUT, 216 00:12:15,233 --> 00:12:19,200 I WANT TO COME HELP YOU." 217 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,633 SO WE GOT MARRIED, AND NOW ANTHONY'S THE ONE 218 00:12:22,633 --> 00:12:25,267 WHO HAS TO HELP ME TAKE CARE OF MYSELF. 219 00:12:25,267 --> 00:12:28,433 IF I DIDN'T HAVE MY HUSBAND, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO. 220 00:12:28,433 --> 00:12:30,467 I CAN'T EVEN GET BACK INTO BED ON MY OWN, 221 00:12:30,467 --> 00:12:33,900 BECAUSE MY LEGS ARE JUST TOO HEAVY FOR ME TO LIFT. 222 00:12:33,900 --> 00:12:37,933 -TELL ME WHEN YOU'RE READY. -I'M READY. 223 00:12:37,933 --> 00:12:39,667 UP. [ GRUNTS ] 224 00:12:42,133 --> 00:12:43,333 MM-HMM. 225 00:12:43,333 --> 00:12:46,600 SO RIGHT NOW, I'M PROBABLY OVER 600 POUNDS 226 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:51,900 AND CONDEMNED TO LIVE IN THIS BED ALMOST ALL DAY LONG. 227 00:12:51,900 --> 00:12:54,567 I HAVE CUTS AND SORES ON MY LEGS, 228 00:12:54,567 --> 00:12:56,567 AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS CLEAN 229 00:12:56,567 --> 00:12:57,967 SO I DON'T GET MORE INFECTIONS 230 00:12:57,967 --> 00:13:01,233 AND WIND UP BACK IN THE HOSPITAL. 231 00:13:01,233 --> 00:13:03,767 I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS SINCE I WAS 29. 232 00:13:03,767 --> 00:13:06,233 LIKE, I'VE LOST ALREADY ALL OF MY 30s 233 00:13:06,233 --> 00:13:08,067 AND HALF MY 40s 234 00:13:08,067 --> 00:13:12,100 TO THIS DISEASE THAT'S TAKEN OVER MY BODY. 235 00:13:12,100 --> 00:13:13,533 WHAT DID YOU WANT TO EAT? 236 00:13:13,533 --> 00:13:16,200 I WANT EGGS AND BACON. 237 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:18,767 EGGS AND BACON. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT. 238 00:13:18,767 --> 00:13:21,267 -THANK YOU. -ALL RIGHT. 239 00:13:21,267 --> 00:13:23,067 I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR MY HUSBAND, 240 00:13:23,067 --> 00:13:25,733 BECAUSE HE'S MY CARETAKER. 241 00:13:27,833 --> 00:13:31,500 HE COOKS FOR ME AND DOES ALL THE SHOPPING 242 00:13:31,500 --> 00:13:33,200 AND BRINGS ME FOOD. 243 00:13:35,467 --> 00:13:38,500 -THANKS. -YEAH. 244 00:13:38,500 --> 00:13:42,667 EATING IS ONE OF THE ONLY THINGS I STILL GET TO DO THAT I ENJOY. 245 00:13:45,533 --> 00:13:49,267 IT'S WHAT I LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY DAY, ALL DAY. 246 00:13:51,567 --> 00:13:54,767 I HAVE NO CLUE HOW MANY CALORIES I EAT IN A DAY. 247 00:13:54,767 --> 00:13:57,367 PROBABLY WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY HIGHER 248 00:13:57,367 --> 00:13:59,067 THAN WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. 249 00:13:59,067 --> 00:14:01,900 BUT IT'S HARD TO STOP EATING, BECAUSE IT TASTES SO GOOD. 250 00:14:01,900 --> 00:14:03,767 -THANK YOU. -YEAH. 251 00:14:03,767 --> 00:14:06,067 DRINK YOUR JUICE. SINCE WE'VE BEEN MARRIED, 252 00:14:06,067 --> 00:14:08,700 I'VE BEEN HER PRIMARY CARETAKER. 253 00:14:08,700 --> 00:14:11,067 I COOK, I CLEAN, 254 00:14:11,067 --> 00:14:13,567 AND I DO BASICALLY EVERYTHING 255 00:14:13,567 --> 00:14:15,933 THAT TRACEY NEEDS IN THE HOUSEHOLD. 256 00:14:18,467 --> 00:14:21,767 IN THE PAST, TRACEY USED TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE WITH ME, 257 00:14:21,767 --> 00:14:23,300 BUT LATELY, SHE HAS GOTTEN WORSE, 258 00:14:23,300 --> 00:14:25,200 SO SHE DOESN'T GO ANYMORE. 259 00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:32,867 SHE MAKES THE GROCERY LIST, AND I DO THE SHOPPING. 260 00:14:32,867 --> 00:14:36,067 I THINK I DO ENABLE TRACEY A LOT, 261 00:14:36,067 --> 00:14:39,700 'CAUSE I GIVE IN TO WHAT SHE WANTS. 262 00:14:39,700 --> 00:14:42,533 FOODS THAT WE MUST HAVE AROUND IN THE HOUSE 263 00:14:42,533 --> 00:14:46,633 IS, LIKE, ALL THE JUNK FOOD, LIKE BROWNIES, DOUGHNUTS, 264 00:14:46,633 --> 00:14:50,467 CHOCOLATE CAKE, ICE CREAM. 265 00:14:50,467 --> 00:14:52,433 IF I DON'T GET WHAT TRACEY WANTS, 266 00:14:52,433 --> 00:14:54,167 SHE LETS ME KNOW. [ CHUCKLES ] 267 00:14:54,167 --> 00:14:56,300 SHE LETS ME KNOW I DIDN'T GET EVERYTHING, 268 00:14:56,300 --> 00:15:00,467 AND I'M GOING BACK TO THE STORE. 269 00:15:00,467 --> 00:15:02,933 I BELIEVE THAT TRACEY IS IN DENIAL 270 00:15:02,933 --> 00:15:06,800 ABOUT HOW MUCH SHE EATS. 271 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:09,633 IT MAKES ME WORRY ABOUT HER A WHOLE LOT. 272 00:15:12,933 --> 00:15:16,333 Tracey: I USUALLY ONLY GET UP ONCE DURING THE DAY TO TAKE A SHOWER. 273 00:15:19,300 --> 00:15:21,533 BUT ON DAYS WHEN MY MOM AND KIDS COME OVER 274 00:15:21,533 --> 00:15:23,067 TO HAVE DINNER WITH US, 275 00:15:23,067 --> 00:15:25,400 I TRY TO GET UP TO BE WITH THEM. 276 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:27,567 -OKAY. -OKAY. 277 00:15:27,567 --> 00:15:29,767 MOVING AROUND THE HOUSE IS VERY HARD, 278 00:15:29,767 --> 00:15:32,500 BUT I WANT TO HAVE A SIT-DOWN DINNER WITH MY HUSBAND 279 00:15:32,500 --> 00:15:34,433 AND MY THREE KIDS AND MY GRANDKIDS, 280 00:15:34,433 --> 00:15:37,667 AND SO I TRY TO GET UP TO BE WITH THEM. 281 00:15:39,633 --> 00:15:41,767 BUT I NEVER TAKE A SHOWER 282 00:15:41,767 --> 00:15:45,900 AND TRY TO MAKE DINNER IN THE SAME DAY. 283 00:15:45,900 --> 00:15:48,767 SO I JUST HOPE I'M NOT PUSHING MYSELF TOO HARD. 284 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,600 KNOCK, KNOCK! WHAT YOU DOING UP? 285 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:57,233 ATTEMPTING TO COOK IN THIS HOT HEAT. 286 00:15:57,233 --> 00:15:59,067 I WOULD PICK THE HOTTEST DAY. 287 00:16:01,533 --> 00:16:04,833 TRACEY USED TO DO EVERYTHING WITH HER KIDS, 288 00:16:04,833 --> 00:16:08,467 BUT NOW, JUST FOR HER TO GET UP OUT OF HER BED 289 00:16:08,467 --> 00:16:11,333 PHYSICALLY IS PUTTING SUCH A MAJOR STRAIN 290 00:16:11,333 --> 00:16:13,233 ON HER BODY ORGANS. 291 00:16:13,233 --> 00:16:16,733 I DON'T THINK THEY CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP LASTING. 292 00:16:16,733 --> 00:16:20,833 WELL, YOUR FACE IS GETTING RED. MAYBE PUT SOME COLD WATER ON IT. 293 00:16:20,833 --> 00:16:24,067 Tracey: IT'S JUST SO HOT THAT IF I STAY OUT THERE ANY LONGER, 294 00:16:24,067 --> 00:16:26,500 I'M GONNA END UP ON THE FLOOR. 295 00:16:26,500 --> 00:16:28,800 [ GRUNTS ] 296 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,333 I JUST CAN'T DO IT. 297 00:16:31,333 --> 00:16:33,533 SO I LAY DOWN. 298 00:16:33,533 --> 00:16:35,067 Ryan: GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD. 299 00:16:35,067 --> 00:16:37,133 [ GRUNTING, PANTING ] 300 00:16:39,100 --> 00:16:41,067 OH, GOD. 301 00:16:41,067 --> 00:16:43,300 [ GRUNTS ] 302 00:16:43,300 --> 00:16:45,200 Ryan: WE SEE HER GETTING WORSE AND WORSE. 303 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,367 AND, YOU KNOW, HER LEGS KEEP GETTING BIGGER. 304 00:16:47,367 --> 00:16:48,767 AND IT'S HARDER FOR HER TO WALK. 305 00:16:48,767 --> 00:16:52,433 SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THOUGHTS GOING THROUGH OUR MIND, 306 00:16:52,433 --> 00:16:54,733 LIKE, YOU KNOW, SHE COULD DIE ONE OF THESE DAYS, 307 00:16:54,733 --> 00:16:57,433 AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD DO. 308 00:17:01,367 --> 00:17:02,900 Tracey: I FEEL LIKE I LET MY KIDS DOWN, 309 00:17:02,900 --> 00:17:06,067 BECAUSE INSTEAD OF ME TAKING CARE OF THEM, 310 00:17:06,067 --> 00:17:07,333 THEY'VE BEEN TAKING CARE OF ME 311 00:17:07,333 --> 00:17:10,967 SINCE THEY WERE IN SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE. 312 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:15,800 OH, THIS IS WHAT I'M GONNA DO. 313 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:19,700 I'M GONNA MAKE HER A PLATE. Y'ALL CAN GO AHEAD AND EAT. 314 00:17:19,700 --> 00:17:23,933 -NO! -YOU WANT TO EAT? 315 00:17:23,933 --> 00:17:28,467 Tracey: I KNOW MY BODY IS GETTING TO A BREAKING POINT. 316 00:17:28,467 --> 00:17:30,200 AND I'VE GOTTEN SO BIG 317 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:34,133 THAT I AM COMPLETELY MISSING OUT ON LIFE. 318 00:17:34,133 --> 00:17:35,867 -IT'S HOT. -IT'S OKAY. 319 00:17:35,867 --> 00:17:37,800 -IT'S HOT. -IT'S ALL RIGHT, MOM. 320 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:39,833 HERE. 321 00:17:39,833 --> 00:17:42,667 MY FAMILY IS OUT IN THE KITCHEN, EATING. 322 00:17:42,667 --> 00:17:45,867 I WISH I COULD BE OUT THERE WITH THEM. 323 00:17:45,867 --> 00:17:48,533 THIS IS LIKE THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME 324 00:17:48,533 --> 00:17:50,500 THAT I'VE HAD EVEN ALL THREE OF MY KIDS 325 00:17:50,500 --> 00:17:52,933 SITTING TOGETHER, EATING DINNER. 326 00:17:52,933 --> 00:17:56,433 BUT I'M NOT GONNA RISK WALKING BACK OUT THERE. 327 00:17:56,433 --> 00:17:59,567 [ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ] 328 00:17:59,567 --> 00:18:01,133 THIS IS A LOT OF FOOD. 329 00:18:01,133 --> 00:18:02,800 NO, NO, NOT REALLY. 330 00:18:09,067 --> 00:18:12,767 I'M JUST SLOWLY EATING MYSELF TO DEATH, AND I CAN'T STOP. 331 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:21,067 AND I KNOW I'M CHOOSING FOOD OVER MY FAMILY RIGHT NOW, 332 00:18:21,067 --> 00:18:23,067 AND THAT BREAKS MY HEART. 333 00:18:26,267 --> 00:18:29,267 I KNOW I HAVE A PURPOSE IN LIFE 334 00:18:29,267 --> 00:18:32,267 OTHER THAN JUST BEING THIS WOMAN 335 00:18:32,267 --> 00:18:36,100 TRAPPED IN THIS SHELL. 336 00:18:36,100 --> 00:18:39,367 [ Crying ] I MISSED A WHOLE LOT WITH MY KIDS. 337 00:18:39,367 --> 00:18:41,200 THE WORST THING IS... 338 00:18:43,667 --> 00:18:46,267 ...NOW I HAVE MY GRANDKIDS. 339 00:18:46,267 --> 00:18:48,533 I JUST WANT TO BE A GRANDMA TO THEM. 340 00:18:48,533 --> 00:18:50,333 WANT TO GET YOUR MOOSE? 341 00:18:50,333 --> 00:18:51,700 COME HERE. 342 00:18:51,700 --> 00:18:55,500 THERE'S PLENTY OF TIMES THAT WE WAKE UP, 343 00:18:55,500 --> 00:18:58,267 AND I DON'T KNOW IF TRACEY'S STILL BREATHING OR NOT. 344 00:18:58,267 --> 00:19:01,067 SO IT'S VERY SCARY. IT'S VERY SCARY. 345 00:19:01,067 --> 00:19:02,600 -BYE, BABY. -BYE, MOM. 346 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:03,833 -BYE. -LOVE YOU. 347 00:19:03,833 --> 00:19:06,600 LOVE YOU, TOO. 348 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:10,933 I KNOW MY BODY CAN'T GO ON MUCH LONGER LIKE THIS, 349 00:19:10,933 --> 00:19:13,067 BUT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME 350 00:19:13,067 --> 00:19:15,967 BEFORE I GO TO BED AND JUST DON'T WAKE UP. 351 00:19:37,467 --> 00:19:39,867 Tracey: I KNOW I HAVE TO GET HELP WITH MY WEIGHT, 352 00:19:39,867 --> 00:19:43,067 AND I HAVE TO DO IT NOW, 353 00:19:43,067 --> 00:19:44,800 ESPECIALLY FOR MY LEGS 354 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:48,367 AND MY LYMPHEDEMA. 355 00:19:48,367 --> 00:19:53,700 BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FIND A DOCTOR TO HELP ME AT ALL. 356 00:19:53,700 --> 00:19:56,567 SO I'M REALLY HOPING DR. NOWZARADAN CAN HELP ME, 357 00:19:56,567 --> 00:19:59,633 BECAUSE HE MAY BE MY ONLY HELP AT THIS POINT. 358 00:19:59,633 --> 00:20:02,567 WE SET AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE HIM IN A FEW DAYS, 359 00:20:02,567 --> 00:20:06,133 AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE JOURNEY THERE TODAY. 360 00:20:06,133 --> 00:20:08,200 I'VE PUT THIS MUCH STRESS ON MY BODY 361 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,133 AND LET IT GET THIS OUT OF CONTROL 362 00:20:10,133 --> 00:20:13,400 THAT I DEFINITELY NEED SOME KIND OF HELP. 363 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,033 ** 364 00:20:16,033 --> 00:20:20,833 FOR ME, IT TAKES A LOT OUT OF ME JUST TO WALK A FEW STEPS. 365 00:20:20,833 --> 00:20:23,767 I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER I WILL EVEN BE ABLE TO STAND UP. 366 00:20:23,767 --> 00:20:26,933 AND IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN IN A CAR, 367 00:20:26,933 --> 00:20:28,633 AND NOW I'M GOING TO BE IN ONE 368 00:20:28,633 --> 00:20:32,367 FOR AT LEAST 20 HOURS. 369 00:20:32,367 --> 00:20:34,600 SO I'M REALLY NERVOUS, 370 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:40,300 BUT I KNOW I CAN'T KEEP GOING ON LIKE THIS FOR MUCH LONGER. 371 00:20:40,300 --> 00:20:43,467 AND I CAN'T EVEN FIT IN A NORMAL SEAT ANYMORE, 372 00:20:43,467 --> 00:20:46,367 SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO RIDE IN THE BACK, 373 00:20:46,367 --> 00:20:51,533 AND I'M A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT BEING UNCOMFORTABLE FOR SO LONG. 374 00:20:51,533 --> 00:20:53,767 Anthony: TRACEY REALLY NEEDS THIS, 375 00:20:53,767 --> 00:20:55,533 SO WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE THIS RISK, 376 00:20:55,533 --> 00:20:58,667 THIS CHANCE OF GOING WAY DOWN THERE AND BEING REJECTED, 377 00:20:58,667 --> 00:21:02,067 JUST TO KNOW IF IT MEANS THAT WE COULD GET OUR LIFE BACK. 378 00:21:02,067 --> 00:21:04,233 Tracey: OH, DAMN IT. THIS IS NOT GOOD. 379 00:21:04,233 --> 00:21:05,600 EVERY DAY THAT PASSES, 380 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,067 MY LYMPHEDEMA GETS WORSE AND WORSE. 381 00:21:08,067 --> 00:21:09,467 OH [BLEEP] 382 00:21:12,067 --> 00:21:13,100 HERE. 383 00:21:13,100 --> 00:21:16,167 I HAVE TO TRY AND DO THIS, 384 00:21:16,167 --> 00:21:18,633 AND I'M REALLY GLAD MY MOM IS GOING WITH US 385 00:21:18,633 --> 00:21:21,300 SO WE HAVE AN EXTRA SET OF HANDS TO HELP. 386 00:21:23,967 --> 00:21:26,800 -READY? -ALL RIGHT, WE GOT IT. 387 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,833 ** 388 00:21:35,500 --> 00:21:37,067 IT'S REALLY HARD SITTING BACK HERE 389 00:21:37,067 --> 00:21:39,367 WITH NO PLACE TO REALLY LEAN BACK 390 00:21:39,367 --> 00:21:43,067 OR LET MY LEGS STRETCH, 391 00:21:43,067 --> 00:21:45,667 AND THEY'RE STARTING TO HURT REALLY BAD. 392 00:21:45,667 --> 00:21:48,700 ** 393 00:21:51,467 --> 00:21:53,333 ANTHONY, I NEED TO STRETCH. 394 00:21:53,333 --> 00:21:56,067 Anthony: OKAY. 395 00:22:01,067 --> 00:22:02,667 ALL RIGHT, GET THIS LEG OUT. 396 00:22:02,667 --> 00:22:04,767 WHEN MY LEGS START TO REALLY HURT, 397 00:22:04,767 --> 00:22:07,667 ANTHONY HAS TO RUB THEM AND HELP ME MOVE THEM AROUND, 398 00:22:07,667 --> 00:22:10,500 BECAUSE I CAN'T JUST GET UP AND WALK. 399 00:22:10,500 --> 00:22:11,833 Anthony: YOU WANT TO TRY TO STAND UP? 400 00:22:11,833 --> 00:22:14,533 NO, 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE TOO HARD FOR ME TO GET BACK IN HERE, 401 00:22:14,533 --> 00:22:16,967 'CAUSE THIS IS UP REALLY HIGH. I CAN FEEL THAT ALREADY. 402 00:22:16,967 --> 00:22:19,133 ALL RIGHT, YOU WANT ME TO STROKE YOUR LEGS? 403 00:22:19,133 --> 00:22:20,300 YEAH. 404 00:22:20,300 --> 00:22:23,067 OHH! 405 00:22:23,067 --> 00:22:24,800 [ GRUNTS ] 406 00:22:27,133 --> 00:22:31,767 BUT THEY CAN GET SO SORE THAT THE PAIN IS JUST EXCRUCIATING. 407 00:22:31,767 --> 00:22:35,167 OOH. THIS HELPED, JUST MOVING THEM. 408 00:22:35,167 --> 00:22:39,167 BUT IT'S HURTING AGAIN, SO I'M GONNA GET THEM BACK IN. 409 00:22:39,167 --> 00:22:40,433 -AAH! DAMN! -I KNOW. 410 00:22:40,433 --> 00:22:42,367 -I HEARD THAT CRACK, TOO. -[ GROANING ] 411 00:22:42,367 --> 00:22:44,800 THIS IS A LOT HARDER THAN I THOUGHT. 412 00:22:57,467 --> 00:22:59,700 I WANTED TO JUST DRIVE STRAIGHT THERE 413 00:22:59,700 --> 00:23:02,300 TO GET THERE AS FAST AS I CAN, 414 00:23:02,300 --> 00:23:04,200 BUT I NEED TO STOP SOMEWHERE 415 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:08,567 AND GET INTO A BED AND GET SOMETHING TO EAT. 416 00:23:08,567 --> 00:23:11,067 WE'VE BEEN ON THE ROAD FOR ABOUT EIGHT HOURS, 417 00:23:11,067 --> 00:23:13,733 AND WE'VE MADE IT TO LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. 418 00:23:16,533 --> 00:23:19,733 I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO BE 419 00:23:19,733 --> 00:23:22,333 THIS BAD AND THIS ROUGH, 420 00:23:22,333 --> 00:23:25,800 TRYING TO SIT BACK THERE AND STAY IN THE CAR THIS LONG. 421 00:23:28,100 --> 00:23:30,233 THIS IS HURTING MY FEET. I KNOW THAT. 422 00:23:33,067 --> 00:23:36,400 AND I'M IN SO MUCH PAIN RIGHT NOW, I NEED A BREAK. 423 00:23:41,933 --> 00:23:45,067 I'M HUNGRY RIGHT NOW, SO ANTHONY WENT 424 00:23:45,067 --> 00:23:48,600 TO GO GET US SOMETHING FOR DINNER. 425 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:49,833 I HAVEN'T REALLY EATEN ALL DAY, 426 00:23:49,833 --> 00:23:51,233 'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO THROW UP, 427 00:23:51,233 --> 00:23:53,100 AND I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO USE THE BATHROOM, 428 00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:54,733 SO I JUST DIDN'T EAT. 429 00:23:54,733 --> 00:23:57,500 THEM PEOPLE DID NOT WASH THEIR HANDS AT ALL. 430 00:24:04,700 --> 00:24:07,367 -GO. -OH [BLEEP] 431 00:24:07,367 --> 00:24:08,833 OH. 432 00:24:08,833 --> 00:24:11,367 -OKAY, HOLD THAT A SECOND. -UP TO THE TOP. 433 00:24:11,367 --> 00:24:15,300 I DON'T REGRET TAKING THIS TRIP, BECAUSE I STILL NEED TO 434 00:24:15,300 --> 00:24:18,300 AND WANT TO GO SEE THE DOCTOR IN HOUSTON, 435 00:24:18,300 --> 00:24:21,733 BUT THIS IS A LOT HARDER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. 436 00:24:23,700 --> 00:24:28,167 ** 437 00:24:28,167 --> 00:24:30,067 MY BODY IS OVERWHELMED, 438 00:24:30,067 --> 00:24:33,533 AND IT'S HURTING ON EVERY PART OF IT RIGHT NOW. 439 00:24:33,533 --> 00:24:37,067 I FEEL VERY MISERABLE, DRAINED. 440 00:24:41,267 --> 00:24:42,700 MY STUFF'S GOOD. 441 00:24:42,700 --> 00:24:44,300 MAYBE IT'S JUST 'CAUSE I'M SO HUNGRY, 442 00:24:44,300 --> 00:24:46,133 BUT IT'S GOOD. 443 00:24:48,333 --> 00:24:51,067 FOOD ALWAYS MAKES ME FEEL BETTER. 444 00:24:51,067 --> 00:24:54,533 AND RIGHT NOW, I JUST NEED TO REST 445 00:24:54,533 --> 00:24:56,733 AND HAVE SOMETHING THAT TASTES GOOD 446 00:24:56,733 --> 00:25:00,600 TO TAKE MY MIND OFF THE PAIN. 447 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,100 TOMORROW, WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN HOURS TO GO, 448 00:25:03,100 --> 00:25:06,600 AND I'M GONNA PUSH MYSELF TO GET THERE. 449 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,567 AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT HOW HARD 450 00:25:08,567 --> 00:25:11,733 AND PAINFUL IT'S GOING TO BE. 451 00:25:11,733 --> 00:25:14,567 BUT WHATEVER IT TAKES, I HAVE TO DO THIS. 452 00:25:16,900 --> 00:25:19,933 ** 453 00:25:24,100 --> 00:25:28,567 TODAY IS THE DAY WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT TO HOUSTON, 454 00:25:28,567 --> 00:25:32,233 AND I FEEL READY TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD. 455 00:25:32,233 --> 00:25:33,800 BUT I'M STILL NOT LOOKING FORWARD 456 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:35,600 TO HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA HURT. 457 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:38,367 Anthony: I'M READY FOR YOU. 458 00:25:38,367 --> 00:25:41,567 TRACEY HAS BEEN IN TREMENDOUS PAIN. 459 00:25:41,567 --> 00:25:44,667 SEEING MY WIFE IN PAIN IS UNDESCRIBABLE. 460 00:25:48,267 --> 00:25:49,833 SO I REALLY WANT TO MEET THE DOCTOR 461 00:25:49,833 --> 00:25:52,967 MORE THAN EVER RIGHT NOW AND SEE IF HE CAN'T HELP US. 462 00:25:52,967 --> 00:25:54,600 Tracey: OH [BLEEP] 463 00:25:56,567 --> 00:25:58,800 THIS HAS BEEN A VERY LONG TRIP, 464 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:00,633 SO I JUST WANT TO START DRIVING 465 00:26:00,633 --> 00:26:02,567 AND TRY AND GET THERE. 466 00:26:08,367 --> 00:26:11,133 AND MY WHOLE BODY HURTS. 467 00:26:13,733 --> 00:26:15,600 SO, TO DO ANOTHER DAY OF DRIVING 468 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,167 IS JUST MAKING ME FEEL ANXIOUS. 469 00:26:18,167 --> 00:26:19,767 I'M, LIKE, KIND OF WONDERING, LIKE, 470 00:26:19,767 --> 00:26:23,233 "OKAY, AM I GOING TO MAKE IT TO SEE THE DOCTOR BY TOMORROW?" 471 00:26:23,233 --> 00:26:26,100 BUT HOPEFULLY, THE PAIN WILL BE WORTH IT. 472 00:26:28,633 --> 00:26:30,900 WE'RE ALMOST TO HOUSTON. 473 00:26:33,433 --> 00:26:36,133 AND I'M STARTING TO GET BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH, 474 00:26:36,133 --> 00:26:38,067 BECAUSE AS WE GET CLOSER, 475 00:26:38,067 --> 00:26:40,467 I KNOW I'M GONNA SEE THE DOCTOR SOON, 476 00:26:40,467 --> 00:26:43,967 AND I'M REALLY NERVOUS TO FIND OUT WHAT HE'S GONNA SAY. 477 00:26:47,267 --> 00:26:49,767 THIS DRIVE HAS BEEN SO INCREDIBLY HARD, 478 00:26:49,767 --> 00:26:52,333 AND I'M SO GLAD TO FINALLY BE HERE. 479 00:26:58,067 --> 00:27:01,267 -IS THE ROOM CLOSE? -NO. 480 00:27:01,267 --> 00:27:03,400 OKAY. 481 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:07,300 LET'S SEE IF I CAN MAKE THIS JOURNEY. 482 00:27:07,300 --> 00:27:11,067 RIGHT NOW, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING INTO A BED 483 00:27:11,067 --> 00:27:14,300 SO I CAN REST 484 00:27:14,300 --> 00:27:17,400 AND THEN GO SEE DR. NOWZARADAN IN THE MORNING. 485 00:27:19,333 --> 00:27:22,267 I'M TIRED OF LIVING LIKE THIS. 486 00:27:22,267 --> 00:27:24,200 I NEED SOMEONE TO HELP ME, 487 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:28,700 AND I'M SCARED THAT DR. NOW ISN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO. 488 00:27:28,700 --> 00:27:32,200 BUT I KNOW HE'S MY LAST HOPE. 489 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:35,200 IF HE CAN'T HELP ME, NO ONE CAN. 490 00:27:38,067 --> 00:27:41,067 ** 491 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:50,967 I'M HEADED TO DR. NOW'S OFFICE FOR MY FIRST APPOINTMENT, 492 00:27:50,967 --> 00:27:54,067 AND I'M DEFINITELY NERVOUS. 493 00:27:54,067 --> 00:27:55,667 I'M FEELING BUTTERFLIES, 494 00:27:55,667 --> 00:27:58,967 BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS IS MY LAST OPPORTUNITY 495 00:27:58,967 --> 00:28:01,500 TO GET SOME HELP. 496 00:28:01,500 --> 00:28:05,667 IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT THIS APPOINTMENT GOES WELL, 497 00:28:05,667 --> 00:28:10,133 BECAUSE I'VE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO GETTING OUT HERE. 498 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,367 Woman: MS. MATTHEWS? 499 00:28:14,367 --> 00:28:17,733 IT'S ABOUT TO BE THE MOMENT OF TRUTH 500 00:28:17,733 --> 00:28:19,633 WHERE I MEET DR. NOWZARADAN, 501 00:28:19,633 --> 00:28:22,333 AND HE TELLS ME IF HE CAN HELP ME. 502 00:28:22,333 --> 00:28:25,900 AND I'M EXTREMELY NERVOUS TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH I WEIGH, 503 00:28:25,900 --> 00:28:28,233 BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYTHING IS RIDING 504 00:28:28,233 --> 00:28:29,933 ON WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN. 505 00:28:29,933 --> 00:28:31,367 OKAY. 506 00:28:44,367 --> 00:28:46,300 OKAY. 507 00:28:46,300 --> 00:28:48,433 I'M REALLY AFRAID, 508 00:28:48,433 --> 00:28:50,667 BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYTHING IS RIDING 509 00:28:50,667 --> 00:28:52,667 ON HOW MUCH I WEIGH RIGHT NOW. 510 00:28:55,633 --> 00:28:57,233 OH, DAMN. 511 00:29:00,067 --> 00:29:03,100 I WAS REALLY HOPING I WAS UNDER 600. 512 00:29:06,533 --> 00:29:09,833 SO IT'S DEFINITELY LIKE SMACK IN THE FACE. 513 00:29:09,833 --> 00:29:12,867 ** 514 00:29:14,833 --> 00:29:18,200 BUT I'VE GOTTEN THAT BIG, 515 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,433 AND IT'S HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE, BUT I JUST HOPE DR. NOW 516 00:29:21,433 --> 00:29:23,900 CAN HELP ME TURN ALL THIS AROUND. 517 00:29:27,633 --> 00:29:30,067 THIS IS MY CHANCE TO GET SOME HELP. 518 00:29:30,067 --> 00:29:32,300 [ KNOCK ON DOOR ] 519 00:29:32,300 --> 00:29:34,133 -HELLO. -HELLO. 520 00:29:34,133 --> 00:29:37,833 I'M DR. NOWZARADAN. AND YOU ARE TRACEY, HUH? 521 00:29:37,833 --> 00:29:39,800 -YES, SIR. -ALL RIGHT. 522 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,600 -WHERE ARE YOU COMING FROM? -OHIO. 523 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:45,867 SO, TELL ME ABOUT YOUR EATING HABITS. 524 00:29:45,867 --> 00:29:48,433 MY DIET IS PROBABLY BAD. 525 00:29:48,433 --> 00:29:50,067 EVEN THOUGH WE PRETTY MUCH ONLY EAT 526 00:29:50,067 --> 00:29:53,333 TWO OR THREE TIMES A DAY, THEY'RE HUGE PORTIONS, 527 00:29:53,333 --> 00:29:55,967 AND IT'S A LOT OF PASTA 528 00:29:55,967 --> 00:29:58,633 AND FATTENING STUFF. 529 00:29:58,633 --> 00:30:00,600 AND WHO BRINGS THE FOOD FOR YOU? 530 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:02,900 I USUALLY HAVE MY HUSBAND DO THE GROCERY SHOPPING. 531 00:30:02,900 --> 00:30:04,933 I GIVE HIM A LIST, AND HE USUALLY BRINGS BACK 532 00:30:04,933 --> 00:30:06,333 WHAT'S ON THE LIST. 533 00:30:06,333 --> 00:30:09,633 OKAY. SO, THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE NOW. 534 00:30:09,633 --> 00:30:11,567 YOU DON'T MAKE THE LIST ANYMORE, 535 00:30:11,567 --> 00:30:13,800 AND HE DOESN'T BRING IT TO YOU. 536 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:16,100 -I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A NEW LIST. -MM-HMM. 537 00:30:16,100 --> 00:30:18,967 YOU'RE GONNA STICK TO THAT, ANTHONY. 538 00:30:18,967 --> 00:30:21,400 OKAY. WITH HOW SWOLLEN YOUR LEGS ARE, 539 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:25,133 IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE SEVERE LYMPHEDEMA IN THERE. 540 00:30:25,133 --> 00:30:27,400 WHEN DID YOU DEVELOP THIS LYMPHEDEMA? 541 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,400 I STARTED NOTICING IT LIKE 2001. 542 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,433 I JUST STARTED GETTING THESE CLUMPS IN MY LEGS. 543 00:30:33,433 --> 00:30:34,533 OKAY. 544 00:30:34,533 --> 00:30:37,500 TRACEY SEEMS TO BE A VERY UNIQUE CASE, 545 00:30:37,500 --> 00:30:40,600 BECAUSE SHE HAS DEVELOPED SUCH SEVERE LYMPHEDEMA, 546 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:44,533 AND HER EXCESSIVE WEIGHT GAIN IS THE CAUSE OF THIS. 547 00:30:44,533 --> 00:30:47,500 HER UPPER BODY SEEMS TO BE SOMEWHAT NORMAL, 548 00:30:47,500 --> 00:30:50,500 BUT RIGHT NOW, THE FLUID AND THE SWELLING IN HER LEGS 549 00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:54,300 MAY WEIGH AS MUCH AS 300 TO 400 POUNDS. 550 00:30:54,300 --> 00:30:57,067 THIS IS A SEVERE CONDITION SHE HAS, 551 00:30:57,067 --> 00:30:58,933 AND IF IT GETS ANY WORSE, 552 00:30:58,933 --> 00:31:03,533 HER OVERALL HEALTH WILL START DETERIORATING RAPIDLY, 553 00:31:03,533 --> 00:31:07,300 AND SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE ALIVE IN A FEW YEARS. 554 00:31:07,300 --> 00:31:09,167 YOUR LYMPHEDEMA IS SO SEVERE 555 00:31:09,167 --> 00:31:12,133 BECAUSE OF YOUR LIFETIME OF WEIGHT GAIN. 556 00:31:12,133 --> 00:31:16,100 SO THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS TO GET YOUR WEIGHT DOWN. 557 00:31:16,100 --> 00:31:17,900 -MM-HMM. -AND THE FIRST STEP 558 00:31:17,900 --> 00:31:20,400 WILL BE CORRECT YOUR EATING HABIT. 559 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,700 -OKAY. -OKAY? SO I'M GOING TO PUT YOU 560 00:31:22,700 --> 00:31:24,733 ON A HIGH-PROTEIN, LOW-CARB, 561 00:31:24,733 --> 00:31:27,267 1,200-CALORIE-A-DAY DIET, 562 00:31:27,267 --> 00:31:29,133 STARTING NOW, OKAY? 563 00:31:29,133 --> 00:31:32,633 SO YOU EAT THREE TIMES A DAY, NO SNACKING IN BETWEEN. 564 00:31:32,633 --> 00:31:33,633 OKAY. 565 00:31:33,633 --> 00:31:35,933 SO, I WANT YOU TO LOSE 50 POUNDS 566 00:31:35,933 --> 00:31:37,733 -OVER THE NEXT MONTH. -OKAY. 567 00:31:37,733 --> 00:31:41,100 AT THIS POINT, YOU'RE NOT A CANDIDATE FOR SURGERY. 568 00:31:41,100 --> 00:31:42,667 -OKAY. -BUT IF WE CORRECT 569 00:31:42,667 --> 00:31:44,100 YOUR EATING HABIT 570 00:31:44,100 --> 00:31:47,733 AND GET YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, 571 00:31:47,733 --> 00:31:50,367 THEN YOU CAN BE A CANDIDATE FOR SURGERY. 572 00:31:50,367 --> 00:31:51,867 -FINE. -ALL RIGHT? 573 00:31:51,867 --> 00:31:55,667 -THANK YOU. -OKAY. 574 00:31:55,667 --> 00:31:57,500 IT MAY TAKE SEVERAL SURGERIES 575 00:31:57,500 --> 00:32:00,700 TO FIX THE DAMAGE DONE TO TRACEY'S BODY, 576 00:32:00,700 --> 00:32:05,133 SO THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A QUICK AND EASY PROCESS. 577 00:32:05,133 --> 00:32:06,433 BUT WE NEED TO START 578 00:32:06,433 --> 00:32:09,067 BY GETTING HER WEIGHT GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION 579 00:32:09,067 --> 00:32:10,867 AND THEN DEVELOP A GAME PLAN 580 00:32:10,867 --> 00:32:14,300 ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS ALL OF HER ISSUES, 581 00:32:14,300 --> 00:32:17,867 BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FIX THIS AS FAST AS WE CAN. 582 00:32:19,833 --> 00:32:23,600 Tracey: THIS IS DEFINITELY GONNA BE A BIG CHANGE, A BIG CHALLENGE. 583 00:32:26,733 --> 00:32:30,433 BUT I KNOW I HAVE TO DO THIS, 584 00:32:30,433 --> 00:32:34,233 BECAUSE I'M NOT READY TO GIVE UP, 585 00:32:34,233 --> 00:32:36,633 AND I DON'T WANT TO DIE LIKE THIS. 586 00:32:38,700 --> 00:32:42,867 NO MATTER HOW DIFFICULT IT IS OR HOW MUCH I STRUGGLE... 587 00:32:42,867 --> 00:32:44,633 OH, COME ON, BABY. 588 00:32:44,633 --> 00:32:48,600 ...I HAVE TO TRY AS HARD AS I CAN. 589 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:51,267 MY LIFE DEPENDS ON IT. 590 00:32:51,267 --> 00:32:54,300 ** 591 00:33:03,867 --> 00:33:07,900 AFTER I GOT HOME FROM SEEING THE DOCTOR, MY LEGS FLARED UP, 592 00:33:07,900 --> 00:33:10,200 AND I GOT A CELLULITIS INFECTION, 593 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:13,133 WHICH CAN BECOME DEADLY. 594 00:33:13,133 --> 00:33:15,367 IT'S A BACTERIA INFECTION OF THE SKIN 595 00:33:15,367 --> 00:33:17,533 THAT CAN SPREAD THROUGH MY LYMPH NODES. 596 00:33:17,533 --> 00:33:20,200 SO I'VE BEEN ON A LOT OF MEDICINE TO ADDRESS IT, 597 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:24,433 AND I'VE BEEN STUCK RECOVERING IN THIS BED. 598 00:33:24,433 --> 00:33:26,233 HEY, ANTHONY, 599 00:33:26,233 --> 00:33:29,700 CAN YOU BRING ME SOME CHICKEN BROTH OR SOMETHING? 600 00:33:29,700 --> 00:33:33,800 I JUST CAN'T MOVE MUCH RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I FEEL AWFUL. 601 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:40,067 AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO STICK TO THE DIET, 602 00:33:40,067 --> 00:33:42,433 BUT I DON'T EVEN HAVE AN APPETITE RIGHT NOW. 603 00:33:44,767 --> 00:33:47,400 EVERYTHING MAKES ME NAUSEOUS, 604 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:49,500 SO I'M HARDLY EATING. 605 00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:51,533 [ SIGHS ] 606 00:33:51,533 --> 00:33:53,400 AND I FIGURE I'M LOSING WEIGHT, 607 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:56,500 BUT I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH. 608 00:33:56,500 --> 00:33:58,300 ANTHONY, 609 00:33:58,300 --> 00:34:02,200 YOU CAN COME GET THIS NOW. 610 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:03,900 YOU DIDN'T EAT IT ALL. 611 00:34:03,900 --> 00:34:06,967 I ATE MOST OF THAT. TWO CRACKERS. 612 00:34:06,967 --> 00:34:09,733 BUT I THINK IT'S A BIGGER DEAL FOR ANTHONY RIGHT NOW, 613 00:34:09,733 --> 00:34:14,600 BECAUSE HE'S NOT GETTING TO EAT ANYTHING HE WANTS. 614 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,100 I JUST HATE THIS, 615 00:34:17,100 --> 00:34:18,767 AND I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA BE WELL ENOUGH 616 00:34:18,767 --> 00:34:22,533 TO TRAVEL DOWN TO HOUSTON ANYTIME SOON. 617 00:34:22,533 --> 00:34:27,267 I'M SUPPOSED TO GO SEE DR. NOW IN A COUPLE WEEKS, 618 00:34:27,267 --> 00:34:28,700 BUT I JUST DON'T SEE HOW, 619 00:34:28,700 --> 00:34:32,567 'CAUSE I'M TOO SICK TO TRAVEL LIKE THIS RIGHT NOW, 620 00:34:32,567 --> 00:34:34,633 SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT I'M GONNA DO. 621 00:34:37,567 --> 00:34:40,600 ** 622 00:34:47,067 --> 00:34:48,867 OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, 623 00:34:48,867 --> 00:34:52,867 MY CELLULITIS HASN'T GOTTEN ANY BETTER. 624 00:34:52,867 --> 00:34:56,533 IT STARTS TO GO AWAY, AND THEN IT FLARES UP AGAIN, 625 00:34:56,533 --> 00:34:59,133 AND MY LEGS ARE JUST IN SO MUCH PAIN. 626 00:35:01,067 --> 00:35:03,133 HEY. I DON'T FEEL GOOD AT ALL. 627 00:35:03,133 --> 00:35:05,433 I FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA THROW UP. 628 00:35:05,433 --> 00:35:07,367 THIS PART OF MY LEG HURTS THE MOST, 629 00:35:07,367 --> 00:35:10,500 AND IT'S STILL RED AND HOT. 630 00:35:12,467 --> 00:35:15,067 IT HURTS. 631 00:35:15,067 --> 00:35:16,667 I CAN'T GO SEE DR. NOW 632 00:35:16,667 --> 00:35:19,100 FOR MY FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENT RIGHT NOW, 633 00:35:19,100 --> 00:35:22,633 AND I'M WORRIED I MAY BE OUT OF TIME. 634 00:35:22,633 --> 00:35:26,400 THE DOCTOR TOLD ME THAT MY LEGS WERE GOING TO GET SO BAD SOON 635 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,167 THAT I WOULD BECOME BEDRIDDEN 636 00:35:28,167 --> 00:35:30,633 AND THAT IT WOULD GET WORSE FROM THERE, 637 00:35:30,633 --> 00:35:33,700 SO I'M SO SCARED THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 638 00:35:33,700 --> 00:35:35,067 WANT SOME TEA? 639 00:35:35,067 --> 00:35:36,733 YEAH, THAT MIGHT BE GOOD. 640 00:35:36,733 --> 00:35:39,367 -HERBAL TEA OR -- -I'LL GET YOU SOMETHING. 641 00:35:39,367 --> 00:35:43,067 -HOT. -HMM? 642 00:35:43,067 --> 00:35:46,700 Anthony: I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT TRACEY. 643 00:35:46,700 --> 00:35:48,467 SHE'S GOTTEN CELLULITIS BEFORE, 644 00:35:48,467 --> 00:35:52,167 BUT IT'S NEVER BEEN THIS BAD AND LASTED THIS LONG. 645 00:35:52,167 --> 00:35:54,700 SO I JUST HOPE I CAN NURSE HER BACK TO HEALTH 646 00:35:54,700 --> 00:35:56,467 AND THAT SHE'LL BE ALL RIGHT. 647 00:36:03,067 --> 00:36:06,333 I'M STICKING TO THE DIET TO TRY TO KEEP MAKING PROGRESS, 648 00:36:06,333 --> 00:36:10,200 BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MESS UP MY CHANCE TO GET HELP. 649 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:13,067 AND EVEN THOUGH I CAN'T MAKE IT BACK TO SEE DR. NOW, 650 00:36:13,067 --> 00:36:15,833 HE'S BEEN CALLING TO CHECK ON ME WHILE I'VE BEEN RECOVERING, 651 00:36:15,833 --> 00:36:18,067 SO HE KNOWS WHAT I'M DEALING WITH. 652 00:36:18,067 --> 00:36:20,467 [ CELLPHONE RINGING ] 653 00:36:23,100 --> 00:36:25,067 -HELLO. -This is Dr. Nowzaradan. 654 00:36:25,067 --> 00:36:28,667 I GOT TRACEY RIGHT HERE. HOLD ON A SECOND. 655 00:36:28,667 --> 00:36:30,300 HI, DR. NOW. HOW ARE YOU? 656 00:36:30,300 --> 00:36:32,133 I'm doing okay. How about you? 657 00:36:32,133 --> 00:36:34,800 I GOT CELLULITIS IN MY LEGS AGAIN. 658 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:36,533 How are we doing with your diet? 659 00:36:36,533 --> 00:36:39,300 THE DIET IS -- WELL, BEFORE I GOT SICK, 660 00:36:39,300 --> 00:36:40,867 I WAS DOING REALLY GOOD ON THE DIET. 661 00:36:40,867 --> 00:36:43,267 I WAS, LIKE, FOLLOWING IT TO A TEE. 662 00:36:43,267 --> 00:36:45,367 AND, THEN, I GOT SICK 663 00:36:45,367 --> 00:36:48,967 AND JUST REALLY COULDN'T EAT NOTHING OR DRINK ANYTHING. 664 00:36:48,967 --> 00:36:51,067 You can't eat nothing. 665 00:36:51,067 --> 00:36:53,267 You need to eat protein. 666 00:36:53,267 --> 00:36:57,400 If you don't, it's going to make the situation worse and worse. 667 00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:58,400 OKAY. 668 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:00,867 And if your legs keep getting worse, 669 00:37:00,867 --> 00:37:04,667 then you would likely not survive this situation. 670 00:37:08,100 --> 00:37:10,500 -OKAY. -But if you're not eating, 671 00:37:10,500 --> 00:37:15,167 lack of protein will cause it to flare back up worse. 672 00:37:15,167 --> 00:37:17,067 -Do you understand? -YEAH. 673 00:37:17,067 --> 00:37:19,833 Okay, stick with the diet completely, 674 00:37:19,833 --> 00:37:22,533 and try to do any activity you can. 675 00:37:22,533 --> 00:37:23,800 OKAY. 676 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:26,700 And we'll see when you can come down here again. 677 00:37:26,700 --> 00:37:28,400 Okay? Bye. 678 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:29,967 BYE-BYE. 679 00:37:32,167 --> 00:37:34,900 AFTER TALKING WITH THE DOCTOR, I'M REALLY SCARED, 680 00:37:34,900 --> 00:37:36,700 BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WORRIED THIS COULD LEAD 681 00:37:36,700 --> 00:37:39,400 TO THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO, LIKE HE SAID, 682 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:42,400 THAT NO MATTER WHAT I DO, I'M OUT OF TIME. 683 00:37:58,867 --> 00:38:01,467 Tracey: AFTER TALKING TO DR. NOW A FEW WEEKS AGO, 684 00:38:01,467 --> 00:38:05,567 I WAS REALLY SCARED ABOUT HOW I WAS EATING. 685 00:38:05,567 --> 00:38:07,900 SO I'VE BEEN TRYING TO EAT MORE. 686 00:38:07,900 --> 00:38:11,900 BUT I WON'T LIE, I'VE ALSO BEEN CHEATING. 687 00:38:11,900 --> 00:38:13,933 I'M EATING BAKED JERK CHICKEN 688 00:38:13,933 --> 00:38:16,667 AND CABBAGE, CARROTS, 689 00:38:16,667 --> 00:38:19,167 AND RICE, 690 00:38:19,167 --> 00:38:21,767 AND THEN, I THREW HOT SAUCE ON TOP OF IT, 691 00:38:21,767 --> 00:38:23,467 JUST FOR GOOD MEASURE. 692 00:38:26,167 --> 00:38:28,067 I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO EAT RICE ON MY DIET, 693 00:38:28,067 --> 00:38:31,067 BUT WE GET THE RICE THAT'S NATURAL 694 00:38:31,067 --> 00:38:34,400 AND HAS LESS CARBS. 695 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:38,233 SO I THINK I'M DOING BETTER WITH MY EATING, 696 00:38:38,233 --> 00:38:40,767 AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL MEAN MY CELLULITIS INFECTION 697 00:38:40,767 --> 00:38:43,967 WILL CLEAR UP SOON, LIKE THE DOCTOR SAID. 698 00:38:43,967 --> 00:38:48,333 BUT I HAVE MY NEXT CALL WITH DR. NOW LATER ON TODAY, 699 00:38:48,333 --> 00:38:50,167 AND I'M HOPING HE'S MUCH HAPPIER 700 00:38:50,167 --> 00:38:52,533 WITH HOW I'VE BEEN EATING THIS MONTH. 701 00:38:58,767 --> 00:39:01,167 [ VIDEO CHAT RINGING ] 702 00:39:03,167 --> 00:39:05,067 Hi, Tracey. You doing okay? 703 00:39:05,067 --> 00:39:07,433 I'M DOING BETTER THAN THE LAST TIME 704 00:39:07,433 --> 00:39:09,967 I TALKED TO YOU, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. 705 00:39:09,967 --> 00:39:13,900 So, your cellulitis is better now? 706 00:39:13,900 --> 00:39:15,300 NO, IT STILL HURTS PRETTY BAD, 707 00:39:15,300 --> 00:39:18,600 BUT I'M WORKING ON MY DIET, TRYING TO MAKE PROGRESS. 708 00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:20,300 HOW HAS YOUR DIET BEEN DOING? 709 00:39:20,300 --> 00:39:21,833 Well, when I had the cellulitis, 710 00:39:21,833 --> 00:39:24,067 I WAS, LIKE, THROWING UP, AND I REALLY COULDN'T EAT, 711 00:39:24,067 --> 00:39:27,400 AND THEN I ATE APPLESAUCE AND BANANAS AND RICE -- 712 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:30,300 STUFF I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO EAT, BUT AT LEAST I WAS, LIKE, 713 00:39:30,300 --> 00:39:31,800 KEEPING IT DOWN AND COULD EAT IT. 714 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:33,667 I ATE RICE TODAY. I AIN'T GONNA LIE TO YOU. 715 00:39:33,667 --> 00:39:35,433 -I DID. -SO YOU'RE EATING MORE, 716 00:39:35,433 --> 00:39:38,600 BUT YOU'RE STILL NOT EATING WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO, 717 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:41,167 AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY BETTER. 718 00:39:41,167 --> 00:39:43,533 AND THIS IS A VERY BAD SITUATION. 719 00:39:43,533 --> 00:39:46,800 YOU HAVE HAD CELLULITIS INFECTION FOR TWO MONTHS 720 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:48,467 AND THE ANTIBIOTIC HELPS, 721 00:39:48,467 --> 00:39:51,200 BUT IF YOU DON'T CHANGE YOUR DIET LIKE YOU SHOULD, 722 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:54,267 YOUR LYMPHEDEMA IS GOING TO KEEP GETTING WORSE, 723 00:39:54,267 --> 00:39:56,900 AND CELLULITIS WILL COME BACK WORSE AND WORSE 724 00:39:56,900 --> 00:40:00,567 UNTIL IT KILLS YOU. 725 00:40:00,567 --> 00:40:02,867 So you need to control your eating habit, 726 00:40:02,867 --> 00:40:04,867 And we need to make a plan 727 00:40:04,867 --> 00:40:07,467 to get your weight down 728 00:40:07,467 --> 00:40:09,967 to the point that you're gonna be a candidate 729 00:40:09,967 --> 00:40:13,300 for doing any kind of weight-loss surgery. 730 00:40:13,300 --> 00:40:16,233 You know, everything starts from you. 731 00:40:16,233 --> 00:40:17,567 Everybody is taking care of you, 732 00:40:17,567 --> 00:40:21,100 but you're not doing your part from your dieting 733 00:40:21,100 --> 00:40:23,300 and your weight loss. 734 00:40:23,300 --> 00:40:25,000 -TRUE. -Okay? 735 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:26,967 So the only way we can help you 736 00:40:26,967 --> 00:40:29,633 if you make the move and come to Texas 737 00:40:29,633 --> 00:40:32,100 so we can monitor your progress, 738 00:40:32,100 --> 00:40:35,300 change your eating habits, and do whatever it takes 739 00:40:35,300 --> 00:40:38,700 to get you to have weight-loss surgery 740 00:40:38,700 --> 00:40:41,433 so the weight comes off of your legs 741 00:40:41,433 --> 00:40:44,633 and gets you to be a functional person. 742 00:40:44,633 --> 00:40:48,200 TRACEY, ANY DAY NOW, SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN, 743 00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:51,267 AND WE NEED TO INTERVENE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 744 00:40:51,267 --> 00:40:54,033 SO I WANT YOU TO START A PLAN TO MOVE HERE 745 00:40:54,033 --> 00:40:55,300 IF YOU WANT HELP. 746 00:40:55,300 --> 00:40:56,433 OKAY. YEP. 747 00:40:56,433 --> 00:40:58,167 All right, I'll talk to you later. 748 00:40:58,167 --> 00:40:59,733 OKAY, THANK YOU. 749 00:40:59,733 --> 00:41:01,633 Okay, bye-bye. 750 00:41:03,933 --> 00:41:06,833 DR. NOW TELLING ME THAT MY ONLY CHANCE NOW 751 00:41:06,833 --> 00:41:10,533 IS TO MOVE TO TEXAS IS VERY SCARY. 752 00:41:12,833 --> 00:41:15,067 I GOT ALL THIS STUFF SPINNING THROUGH MY HEAD LIKE, 753 00:41:15,067 --> 00:41:17,267 "OKAY, HOW IS THIS GONNA GO, AND HOW IS THIS GONNA GO, 754 00:41:17,267 --> 00:41:18,833 AND HOW IS THAT GONNA GO?" I DON'T KNOW. 755 00:41:18,833 --> 00:41:21,567 MAYBE I SHOULD STOP THINKING ABOUT IT SO MUCH. 756 00:41:21,567 --> 00:41:25,067 WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, AND EVERYBODY'S WAY UP HERE? 757 00:41:25,067 --> 00:41:28,067 ** 758 00:41:37,333 --> 00:41:38,967 I WORRY ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS, SO, 759 00:41:38,967 --> 00:41:42,267 BUT ONE OF THEM WOULD BASICALLY JUST BE DYING. 760 00:41:49,300 --> 00:41:52,067 SO, IF THIS IS WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO LIVE, 761 00:41:52,067 --> 00:41:55,067 THEN WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO DO IT AND MOVE TO TEXAS. 762 00:41:57,067 --> 00:42:00,100 ** 763 00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:10,700 TODAY, WE'RE PACKING TO MOVE TO HOUSTON. 764 00:42:10,700 --> 00:42:13,800 IT TOOK US A WHILE TO TRY TO FIND A PLACE TO LIVE, 765 00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:17,067 AND WE FINALLY FOUND ONE OF THOSE EXTENDED-LIVING HOTELS 766 00:42:17,067 --> 00:42:19,967 YOU CAN RENT BY THE MONTH. 767 00:42:19,967 --> 00:42:23,100 IT'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST EIGHT MONTHS DOWN THERE, 768 00:42:23,100 --> 00:42:27,700 SO I HOPE WE CAN LIVE THAT LONG IN SUCH A TIGHT SPACE. 769 00:42:27,700 --> 00:42:29,267 I'VE PRETTY MUCH BEEN SICK, 770 00:42:29,267 --> 00:42:32,400 SO I HAD TO KIND OF CHEAT ON MY DIET. 771 00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:36,333 AND I'M SURE WHEN I SEE DR. NOW, I'M PROBABLY GAINING WEIGHT. 772 00:42:36,333 --> 00:42:38,533 BUT HOPEFULLY I CAN GET BACK ON MY DIET 773 00:42:38,533 --> 00:42:42,633 AND START ALL OVER FROM SCRATCH AGAIN. 774 00:42:42,633 --> 00:42:45,200 WE'RE LEAVING BEHIND THE HOUSE AND EVERYTHING IN IT, 775 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:47,500 AND MY SON, 776 00:42:47,500 --> 00:42:49,433 HE'LL BE STAYING HERE WHILE WE'RE GONE, 777 00:42:49,433 --> 00:42:52,733 TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS. 778 00:42:52,733 --> 00:42:57,067 THE HARDEST PART OF DOING THIS IS LEAVING MY GRANDKIDS, 779 00:42:57,067 --> 00:42:59,500 BECAUSE MY KIDS ARE GROWN, AND I CAN STILL CALL THEM 780 00:42:59,500 --> 00:43:03,133 AND TEXT THEM AND, YOU KNOW, PRAY FOR THEM. 781 00:43:03,133 --> 00:43:05,433 [ Crying ] BUT... 782 00:43:05,433 --> 00:43:08,067 MY GRANDKIDS IS WHAT'S GONNA BE HARD, 783 00:43:08,067 --> 00:43:12,067 BECAUSE THEY'RE SO CLOSE TO ME. 784 00:43:12,067 --> 00:43:15,967 AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. 785 00:43:15,967 --> 00:43:17,600 THIS IS A HUGE STEP FOR ME, 786 00:43:17,600 --> 00:43:20,567 BECAUSE I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS, 787 00:43:20,567 --> 00:43:23,267 AND IT IS REALLY SCARY. 788 00:43:23,267 --> 00:43:25,633 I THINK ABOUT IF I HAVE THE SURGERY 789 00:43:25,633 --> 00:43:27,600 THAT THERE'S A RISK THAT SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN. 790 00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:30,233 AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT IF I DIE BEFOREHAND? 791 00:43:30,233 --> 00:43:31,333 WHAT IF I DIE ON THE TABLE? 792 00:43:31,333 --> 00:43:33,333 WHAT IF I DIE, YOU KNOW, AFTER IT? 793 00:43:33,333 --> 00:43:36,233 BUT THEN, I ALSO THINK ABOUT WHAT IF IT WORKS? 794 00:43:36,233 --> 00:43:37,533 WHAT IF IT DOES HELP ME? 795 00:43:37,533 --> 00:43:39,833 WHAT IF THIS IS SOMETHING 796 00:43:39,833 --> 00:43:42,800 THAT IS WHAT I'VE NEEDED FOR THE LAST 16, 17 YEARS? 797 00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:45,500 SO THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO. 798 00:43:47,467 --> 00:43:49,133 KNOWING THAT I COULD GET THE HELP 799 00:43:49,133 --> 00:43:51,067 THAT I NEED TO BE ABLE TO WALK ON MY OWN 800 00:43:51,067 --> 00:43:54,067 AND BE MORE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE ON MY OWN, IT'S ACTUALLY A JOY, 801 00:43:54,067 --> 00:43:55,900 AND IT'S A COMFORT JUST TO THINK THAT, OKAY, 802 00:43:55,900 --> 00:43:58,567 MAYBE IN A FEW MONTHS, I COULD BE OUT DOING THIS STUFF, 803 00:43:58,567 --> 00:44:01,067 AND MY HUSBAND COULD BE ABLE TO GO AND DO WHAT HE WANTS 804 00:44:01,067 --> 00:44:03,367 INSTEAD OF HAVING TO SIT HERE AND WORRY ABOUT ME, 805 00:44:03,367 --> 00:44:05,533 AND WE COULD BE OUT THERE DOING IT TOGETHER. 806 00:44:05,533 --> 00:44:08,333 I MEAN, IT IS SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. 807 00:44:08,333 --> 00:44:12,767 SO, I'M SO THANKFUL I HAVE ANTHONY TO DO THIS WITH ME, 808 00:44:12,767 --> 00:44:15,867 BECAUSE WITHOUT HIM, I'D BE LOST. 809 00:44:15,867 --> 00:44:18,100 BUT TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY. 810 00:44:18,100 --> 00:44:21,633 WE ARE GOING TO HIT THE ROAD AND MAKE THE MOVE TO HOUSTON. 811 00:44:21,633 --> 00:44:24,267 AND I JUST HOPE IT ALL GOES OKAY. 812 00:44:26,467 --> 00:44:31,400 ** 813 00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:35,100 TODAY IS THE DAY ANTHONY AND I ARE LEAVING FOR HOUSTON, 814 00:44:35,100 --> 00:44:37,667 AND I HAVE A LOT OF MIXED EMOTIONS 815 00:44:37,667 --> 00:44:40,233 GOING THROUGH MY HEAD RIGHT NOW. 816 00:44:40,233 --> 00:44:41,867 IT'S GONNA BE A WHOLE NEW EXPERIENCE. 817 00:44:41,867 --> 00:44:43,933 I'VE NEVER EVEN LIVED OUT OF THIS COUNTY, 818 00:44:43,933 --> 00:44:46,333 LET ALONE OUT OF THIS STATE. 819 00:44:46,333 --> 00:44:48,667 BUT I'M NERVOUS ABOUT HOW I'M GOING TO DO, THOUGH, 820 00:44:48,667 --> 00:44:53,167 BECAUSE LAST TIME, IT WAS REALLY HARD ON ME. 821 00:44:53,167 --> 00:44:56,667 IT'S ANOTHER 20-HOUR DRIVE DOWN TO HOUSTON, 822 00:44:56,667 --> 00:45:00,267 AND THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DRIVE STRAIGHT THERE. 823 00:45:02,267 --> 00:45:04,833 BUT FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO MY MOM'S HOUSE 824 00:45:04,833 --> 00:45:06,933 AND SAYING GOODBYE TO MY FAMILY, 825 00:45:06,933 --> 00:45:08,967 BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO BE 826 00:45:08,967 --> 00:45:10,867 BEFORE I SEE EVERYONE AGAIN. 827 00:45:13,833 --> 00:45:17,100 AND IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, I KNOW IN THE BACK OF MY MIND 828 00:45:17,100 --> 00:45:20,733 THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THIS MAY BE THE LAST TIME I SEE THEM. 829 00:45:23,533 --> 00:45:27,067 I'VE NEVER HAD TO LEAVE ANYBODY I CARE ABOUT FOR THIS LONG. 830 00:45:30,300 --> 00:45:33,633 BUT HOPEFULLY I'LL COME BACK AND BE BETTER, 831 00:45:33,633 --> 00:45:36,500 GET TO DO MORE, HAVE A NORMAL LIFE. 832 00:45:43,533 --> 00:45:47,300 BUT I JUST HOPE THIS IS ALL WORTH IT 833 00:45:47,300 --> 00:45:51,767 AND THAT I'M NOT DOING THIS ALL FOR NOTHING. 834 00:45:51,767 --> 00:45:55,067 AND I JUST REALLY HOPE THAT I'M NOT GOING TO HOUSTON 835 00:45:55,067 --> 00:45:59,900 JUST TO FAIL AND END UP DYING IN TEXAS, 836 00:45:59,900 --> 00:46:03,567 BECAUSE THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN DYING BEFORE MY TIME 837 00:46:03,567 --> 00:46:06,367 IS DYING WITHOUT MY FAMILY AROUND ME. 838 00:46:20,533 --> 00:46:22,133 Tracey: IT'S BEEN A REALLY LONG TRIP, 839 00:46:22,133 --> 00:46:24,733 BUT WE FINALLY MADE IT TO HOUSTON. 840 00:46:24,733 --> 00:46:28,100 ** 841 00:46:28,100 --> 00:46:30,433 AND WE WERE ABLE TO DRIVE STRAIGHT HERE. 842 00:46:36,067 --> 00:46:38,167 OW! GOD. 843 00:46:38,167 --> 00:46:40,633 OHH. 844 00:46:40,633 --> 00:46:42,367 IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO BE IN HOUSTON 845 00:46:42,367 --> 00:46:46,867 TO BE VERY CLOSE TO DR. NOW SO HE CAN HELP ME. 846 00:46:46,867 --> 00:46:49,267 AND THE WHOLE, BIG, EMOTIONAL THING 847 00:46:49,267 --> 00:46:50,767 IS, YOU KNOW, TO PACK UP, LEAVE, 848 00:46:50,767 --> 00:46:54,167 COME HERE, COME TO SOMETHING NEW. 849 00:46:54,167 --> 00:46:57,733 ALSO, I KNOW PLACES CAN BE REALLY HARD TO GET AROUND IN 850 00:46:57,733 --> 00:47:02,067 BECAUSE THEY AREN'T BUILT FOR PEOPLE MY SIZE, 851 00:47:02,067 --> 00:47:04,133 AND EVEN JUST TRYING TO WALK TO OUR ROOM 852 00:47:04,133 --> 00:47:08,467 DOWN A LONG HALLWAY IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO ME. 853 00:47:08,467 --> 00:47:09,933 I GET WINDED AND CAN'T BREATHE, 854 00:47:09,933 --> 00:47:12,100 AND THEN EVERYTHING JUST STARTS HURTING. 855 00:47:12,100 --> 00:47:15,633 TO ME, IT'S VERY HARD. 856 00:47:15,633 --> 00:47:17,933 OH, THIS IS CRAZY HIGH. 857 00:47:21,733 --> 00:47:23,867 -ALL RIGHT. -[ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 858 00:47:23,867 --> 00:47:26,900 [ Panting ] OH, GOD. 859 00:47:26,900 --> 00:47:28,867 THIS IS THE HIGHEST ONE WE'VE EVER BEEN IN. 860 00:47:28,867 --> 00:47:31,267 -[ LAUGHS ] -YOU'LL BREAK YOUR BACK. 861 00:47:39,967 --> 00:47:42,067 -[ LAUGHS ] -NO, YOU'RE NOT, 862 00:47:42,067 --> 00:47:44,433 'CAUSE I AIN'T STAYING IN HERE MYSELF. 863 00:47:49,467 --> 00:47:52,467 I'M REALLY GLAD WE MADE IT TO HOUSTON. 864 00:47:52,467 --> 00:47:54,300 SO, I'M GOING TO TRY TO TAKE IT EASY 865 00:47:54,300 --> 00:47:55,700 FOR THE REST OF THE DAY 866 00:47:55,700 --> 00:47:58,567 AND GET MY STRENGTH UP TO SEE DR. NOW. 867 00:47:58,567 --> 00:48:00,200 AND I'M HOPING IT GOES WELL, 868 00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:03,067 BUT IT WILL ALL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH WEIGHT I LOST. 869 00:48:06,500 --> 00:48:11,333 ** 870 00:48:11,333 --> 00:48:13,300 I'M ON MY WAY TO SEE DR. NOW AGAIN 871 00:48:13,300 --> 00:48:15,200 FOR ANOTHER APPOINTMENT. 872 00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:22,367 BUT THIS IS ONLY MY SECOND TIME SEEING HIM IN PERSON. 873 00:48:22,367 --> 00:48:24,333 AND I'M REALLY NERVOUS, BECAUSE HE GAVE ME 874 00:48:24,333 --> 00:48:27,733 A WEIGHT-LOSS GOAL OF 50 POUNDS IN A MONTH, 875 00:48:27,733 --> 00:48:30,533 AND I'VE BEEN GONE FOR THREE MONTHS. 876 00:48:30,533 --> 00:48:32,633 SO I HAVE NO IDEA IF HE'S GONNA WANT 877 00:48:32,633 --> 00:48:37,067 TO SEE ME DOWN 50 POUNDS OR MORE. 878 00:48:37,067 --> 00:48:40,500 BUT LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I WAS 605 POUNDS. 879 00:48:42,700 --> 00:48:47,233 SO I JUST HOPE THE SCALE SAYS I'M A LOT LESS NOW. 880 00:48:47,233 --> 00:48:49,867 -517. -OKAY. 881 00:48:52,367 --> 00:48:55,133 I'M HAPPY WITH THAT. 882 00:48:55,133 --> 00:48:58,833 HOPEFULLY, THIS IS ENOUGH TO SHOW DR. NOW I CAN DO THIS 883 00:48:58,833 --> 00:49:01,400 AND THAT I'M READY FOR THE NEXT STEP WITH HIM. 884 00:49:03,933 --> 00:49:06,900 AND I HOPE THAT'S SURGERY. 885 00:49:06,900 --> 00:49:08,400 [ KNOCK ON DOOR ] 886 00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:10,333 -HELLO. -HELLO. 887 00:49:10,333 --> 00:49:12,600 -HOW ARE YOU? -I'M DOING OKAY. 888 00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:15,733 -AND HOW YOU DOING? -I'M DOING OKAY. 889 00:49:15,733 --> 00:49:17,733 WELL, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. 890 00:49:17,733 --> 00:49:21,100 SO, YOU ARE 517 POUNDS TODAY. 891 00:49:21,100 --> 00:49:24,900 YOU HAD SOME GOOD WEIGHT LOSS, AND I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 892 00:49:24,900 --> 00:49:27,267 ACTUALLY, I WAS KIND OF SCARED TO COME HERE, 893 00:49:27,267 --> 00:49:29,700 'CAUSE I WAS LIKE -- I THOUGHT MY LEGS WAS SWELLED MORE, 894 00:49:29,700 --> 00:49:31,100 SO I THOUGHT I'D GAINED WEIGHT. 895 00:49:31,100 --> 00:49:34,300 YOU STILL HAVE A LOT OF SWELLING IN YOUR FEET AND YOUR LEGS. 896 00:49:34,300 --> 00:49:36,333 LET ME SEE HOW THEY LOOK. 897 00:49:40,067 --> 00:49:42,067 YEAH, THEY'RE -- I CAN'T, LIKE, LIFT THEM. 898 00:49:42,067 --> 00:49:43,900 I CAN'T DO NOTHING WITH THEM. 899 00:49:43,900 --> 00:49:46,067 THEY'RE SO BIG, I CAN'T, LIKE, 900 00:49:46,067 --> 00:49:48,533 EXERCISE THEM OR MOVE THEM OR -- 901 00:49:48,533 --> 00:49:51,900 OKAY. HAVE YOU MADE ANY CHANGES TO YOUR EATING HABIT? 902 00:49:51,900 --> 00:49:55,200 I'VE BEEN MOSTLY EATING RIGHT, BUT DURING THAT FIRST MONTH, 903 00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:56,667 I PROBABLY LOST A LOT 904 00:49:56,667 --> 00:49:58,133 BECAUSE I WASN'T EATING AT ALL. 905 00:49:58,133 --> 00:50:00,233 AND THEN WE WAS TRYING TO EAT GRILLED CHICKEN 906 00:50:00,233 --> 00:50:03,933 AND GRILLED FISH AND, YOU KNOW, NO PASTA AND STUFF FOR A WHILE. 907 00:50:03,933 --> 00:50:06,467 BUT LATELY, I HAVE ATE PASTA AND STUFF, 908 00:50:06,467 --> 00:50:08,133 SO I CHEATED A LITTLE. 909 00:50:08,133 --> 00:50:10,100 YOU ARE EATING MORE, 910 00:50:10,100 --> 00:50:13,867 BUT NOT THAT MUCH PROTEIN AND HIGH CARBS STILL, 911 00:50:13,867 --> 00:50:18,300 AND MY CONCERN IS THAT IT HAS BEEN MAKING YOUR LEGS WORSE. 912 00:50:18,300 --> 00:50:20,500 TRACEY LOST A GOOD AMOUNT OF WEIGHT, 913 00:50:20,500 --> 00:50:22,833 BUT HER LEGS DON'T LOOK ANY BETTER. 914 00:50:22,833 --> 00:50:26,300 IF SHE'S NOT ABLE TO DO ANYTHING TO MAKE THEM SMALLER, 915 00:50:26,300 --> 00:50:30,267 THEN WE MAY NEED TO FOCUS ON SKIN SURGERY FOR HER 916 00:50:30,267 --> 00:50:33,800 TO REMOVE AS MUCH OF HER LYMPHEDEMA AS POSSIBLE. 917 00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:35,967 BUT SHE'S NOT READY RIGHT NOW. 918 00:50:35,967 --> 00:50:38,867 IN FACT, SURGERY MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE 919 00:50:38,867 --> 00:50:41,633 IF WE DON'T GET HER CELLULITIS UNDER CONTROL. 920 00:50:41,633 --> 00:50:43,467 WE NEED TO GET YOUR WEIGHT DOWN 921 00:50:43,467 --> 00:50:46,700 AND FOCUS ON THE SKIN REMOVAL ON YOUR LEGS, 922 00:50:46,700 --> 00:50:49,800 SO WE CAN TRY TO REDUCE THIS LYMPHEDEMA. 923 00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:53,767 I NEED YOU TO KEEP GOING AND LOSE 30 POUNDS A MONTH. 924 00:50:53,767 --> 00:50:57,500 AND IF YOU GET DOWN BELOW 450 POUNDS, 925 00:50:57,500 --> 00:50:59,733 THAT MAY BE ENOUGH FOR US TO BE ABLE 926 00:50:59,733 --> 00:51:01,733 TO GET YOUR LEGS ON THE TABLE 927 00:51:01,733 --> 00:51:03,967 TO DO YOUR FIRST SKIN REMOVAL. 928 00:51:03,967 --> 00:51:05,367 OKAY. 929 00:51:05,367 --> 00:51:09,067 IT MAY TAKE TRACEY MANY SKIN REMOVAL SURGERY 930 00:51:09,067 --> 00:51:11,633 TO FULLY ADDRESS HER LYMPHEDEMA. 931 00:51:11,633 --> 00:51:15,633 SO IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT PROCESS FOR HER, 932 00:51:15,633 --> 00:51:17,300 AND SHE HAS TO START RIGHT NOW 933 00:51:17,300 --> 00:51:19,367 IF SHE'S GOING TO HAVE ANY CHANCE 934 00:51:19,367 --> 00:51:22,167 TO SURVIVE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 935 00:51:22,167 --> 00:51:25,300 TRACEY, YOU NEED TO STAY ON A HIGH-PROTEIN DIET 936 00:51:25,300 --> 00:51:28,467 AND REDUCE YOUR CARBS SIGNIFICANTLY, 937 00:51:28,467 --> 00:51:31,200 OR YOU WON'T GET YOUR CELLULITIS UNDER CONTROL, 938 00:51:31,200 --> 00:51:33,500 AND THAT COULD KILL YOU ANYTIME. 939 00:51:33,500 --> 00:51:36,067 -RIGHT. -SO LET'S GET YOUR HEALTH 940 00:51:36,067 --> 00:51:38,800 AND EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL LIKE WE NEED. 941 00:51:38,800 --> 00:51:41,067 -OKAY. THANK YOU, DR. NOW. -ALL RIGHT. 942 00:51:41,067 --> 00:51:45,667 ** 943 00:51:45,667 --> 00:51:47,167 Tracey: I'M VERY HAPPY JUST TO KNOW 944 00:51:47,167 --> 00:51:49,767 THAT HE'S WILLING TO DO SOMETHING WITH MY LEGS, 945 00:51:49,767 --> 00:51:53,567 AND THE THOUGHT OF FINALLY GETTING SOME OF THESE MASSES OFF 946 00:51:53,567 --> 00:51:56,100 AND BEING ABLE TO, LIKE, EVEN PICK MY LEGS UP 947 00:51:56,100 --> 00:51:58,367 OR WALK BETTER IS SUCH A BLESSING 948 00:51:58,367 --> 00:52:02,167 THAT THERE'S HOPE THAT THEY CAN COME OFF, 949 00:52:02,167 --> 00:52:03,400 BUT IT WAS REALLY SCARY 950 00:52:03,400 --> 00:52:05,600 TO HEAR HIM TALK ABOUT MY CELLULITIS AGAIN 951 00:52:05,600 --> 00:52:08,633 AND HOW DANGEROUS THAT IS. 952 00:52:08,633 --> 00:52:12,867 SO I KNOW MY PRIORITY IS GETTING THAT UNDER CONTROL, 953 00:52:12,867 --> 00:52:14,100 BECAUSE IF I DON'T, 954 00:52:14,100 --> 00:52:16,233 I COULD BE FACING AN EARLY DEATH. 955 00:52:26,867 --> 00:52:30,067 Tracey: I'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TO STAY ON MY DIET, 956 00:52:30,067 --> 00:52:32,100 AND ANTHONY AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET OUT 957 00:52:32,100 --> 00:52:35,267 AND STAY ACTIVE WHILE I'M HERE, 958 00:52:35,267 --> 00:52:36,767 BECAUSE I WANT TO GET OUT MORE 959 00:52:36,767 --> 00:52:39,767 AND NOT JUST STAY IN MY BED ALL DAY. 960 00:52:39,767 --> 00:52:41,467 BUT THE BIGGEST STRUGGLE HAS BEEN THAT 961 00:52:41,467 --> 00:52:44,067 WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A GOOD KITCHEN IN OUR PLACE. 962 00:52:44,067 --> 00:52:45,467 Anthony: YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT? 963 00:52:45,467 --> 00:52:47,867 THEY GOT A YOGURT PARFAIT. 964 00:52:47,867 --> 00:52:50,200 WELL, GIVE ME THAT AND THEN THE NUGGETS. 965 00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:51,800 TWO NUMBER 6's. 966 00:52:51,800 --> 00:52:53,567 TWO FRESH LEMONADES. 967 00:52:53,567 --> 00:52:56,667 AND SO WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF FAST FOOD. 968 00:52:56,667 --> 00:52:58,700 ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 969 00:52:58,700 --> 00:53:02,567 BUT I'M TRYING TO MAKE HEALTHY CHOICES WHEREVER WE GO. 970 00:53:02,567 --> 00:53:05,600 ** 971 00:53:14,167 --> 00:53:16,333 STICKING TO THE DIET, IT'S NOT EASY, 972 00:53:16,333 --> 00:53:19,900 BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TEMPTATION, 973 00:53:19,900 --> 00:53:24,767 AND IT'S HARD FOR ME NOT TO CHEAT A LITTLE HERE AND THERE. 974 00:53:24,767 --> 00:53:27,267 AND I DON'T THINK ANTHONY REALLY QUITE UNDERSTANDS 975 00:53:27,267 --> 00:53:31,233 HOW HARD IT IS TO RESIST TEMPTATION. 976 00:53:31,233 --> 00:53:34,767 YOU GONNA HAVE TO START EATING MORE VEGETABLES. 977 00:53:34,767 --> 00:53:38,700 I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE IT, BUT START EATING THAT. 978 00:53:38,700 --> 00:53:40,367 MM-HMM. 979 00:53:40,367 --> 00:53:41,900 Anthony: I TRY TO MAKE SURE MY WIFE 980 00:53:41,900 --> 00:53:44,233 DOESN'T EAT THE THINGS THAT SHE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO EAT 981 00:53:44,233 --> 00:53:46,667 IN ORDER TO HELP HER GET HER WEIGHT DOWN. 982 00:53:50,167 --> 00:53:54,067 RIGHT. IT WOULD BE NICE. 983 00:53:54,067 --> 00:53:57,333 Tracey: AS A COUPLE, I THINK MY WEIGHT-LOSS JOURNEY AT TIMES 984 00:53:57,333 --> 00:53:58,700 IS MAKING US CLOSER, 985 00:53:58,700 --> 00:54:01,367 AND THERE'S OTHER THINGS WHERE IT KIND OF SEEMS LIKE 986 00:54:01,367 --> 00:54:04,800 IT'S PUSHING US APART. 987 00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:07,133 HIS BACK HURTS NOW FROM LIFTING UP MY LEGS. 988 00:54:07,133 --> 00:54:10,333 THAT'S THE PART THAT MAKES HIM FRUSTRATED. 989 00:54:10,333 --> 00:54:13,633 AND I KNOW IT TAKES A TOLL ON HIM, 990 00:54:13,633 --> 00:54:17,433 SO I'M PUSHING MYSELF TO DO THIS FOR ME AND FOR US. 991 00:54:21,833 --> 00:54:24,867 ** 992 00:54:29,067 --> 00:54:33,300 I'M HERE AT DR. NOW'S OFFICE FOR MY NEXT APPOINTMENT, 993 00:54:33,300 --> 00:54:34,533 AND WE'RE A LITTLE EARLY, 994 00:54:34,533 --> 00:54:37,433 SO ANTHONY RAN AND GOT US SOME FOOD. 995 00:54:37,433 --> 00:54:39,167 BUT I DON'T WANT TO EAT RIGHT NOW 996 00:54:39,167 --> 00:54:42,300 BECAUSE I'M ABOUT TO GET WEIGHED. 997 00:54:42,300 --> 00:54:44,733 UNH-UNH. 998 00:54:44,733 --> 00:54:47,500 BUT IT IS HARD WHEN HE EATS IN FRONT OF ME. 999 00:54:47,500 --> 00:54:49,733 HOPEFULLY, I MADE GOOD PROGRESS, THOUGH, 1000 00:54:49,733 --> 00:54:53,833 AND MY DIETING IS PAYING OFF. 1001 00:54:53,833 --> 00:54:56,133 BUT I'M ABOUT TO FIND OUT. 1002 00:54:59,533 --> 00:55:03,667 MY GOAL WAS TO LOSE AT LEAST 30 POUNDS A MONTH. 1003 00:55:03,667 --> 00:55:07,067 SO THAT SHOULD PUT ME UNDER 487 POUNDS. 1004 00:55:16,767 --> 00:55:19,067 I'M DISAPPOINTED. 1005 00:55:19,067 --> 00:55:21,100 I THOUGHT I WAS DOING BETTER, 1006 00:55:21,100 --> 00:55:24,900 BUT I BACKTRACKED SOME. 1007 00:55:24,900 --> 00:55:26,967 HE'S PROBABLY GONNA BE MAD 'CAUSE THERE WAS A WEIGHT GAIN, 1008 00:55:26,967 --> 00:55:30,267 BUT I'M NOT GONNA STRESS MYSELF OUT OVER IT. 1009 00:55:30,267 --> 00:55:31,300 [ KNOCK ON DOOR ] 1010 00:55:31,300 --> 00:55:33,067 HI, DR. NOW. HOW ARE YOU? 1011 00:55:33,067 --> 00:55:35,167 I'M DOING OKAY. HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING? 1012 00:55:35,167 --> 00:55:36,367 OKAY. 1013 00:55:36,367 --> 00:55:38,733 OKAY, YOU GAINED WEIGHT THIS PAST MONTH. 1014 00:55:38,733 --> 00:55:40,633 DO YOU WANT TO TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON? 1015 00:55:40,633 --> 00:55:42,100 I'M ALWAYS LIGHTER IN THE MORNING 1016 00:55:42,100 --> 00:55:44,233 THAN I AM IN THE EVENINGS, SO I DON'T KNOW 1017 00:55:44,233 --> 00:55:46,267 IF IT'S WATER SWELLING OR WHAT. 1018 00:55:46,267 --> 00:55:48,700 SO YOU'RE THINKING THAT YOUR WEIGHT GAIN 1019 00:55:48,700 --> 00:55:52,333 IS FROM YOUR LEGS SWELLING? 1020 00:55:52,333 --> 00:55:53,467 DON'T KNOW. 1021 00:55:53,467 --> 00:55:56,200 OKAY, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR LEGS, THEN. 1022 00:55:56,200 --> 00:55:58,467 OH, GOODNESS. 1023 00:55:58,467 --> 00:56:02,067 OOH. [ GROANING ] 1024 00:56:02,067 --> 00:56:05,200 SO YOUR CELLULITIS HAS GOTTEN BAD AGAIN. 1025 00:56:05,200 --> 00:56:08,267 SO HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND. 1026 00:56:08,267 --> 00:56:10,900 IF YOUR CELLULITIS IS GETTING WORSE, 1027 00:56:10,900 --> 00:56:12,467 IT IS AN INDICATION 1028 00:56:12,467 --> 00:56:15,067 THAT YOU'RE NOT DOING WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO. 1029 00:56:15,067 --> 00:56:17,133 YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT. 1030 00:56:17,133 --> 00:56:20,267 MY EATING HABITS -- I'M EATING A LOT LESS THAN I DID, 1031 00:56:20,267 --> 00:56:23,533 AND I'M NOT DRINKING THE POP AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 1032 00:56:23,533 --> 00:56:26,333 THE REALITY IS THAT THE SCALE DOESN'T LIE. 1033 00:56:26,333 --> 00:56:28,233 -PEOPLE DO. -OKAY. 1034 00:56:28,233 --> 00:56:30,333 AND IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THE DIET, 1035 00:56:30,333 --> 00:56:33,400 YOU'RE GONNA GAIN WEIGHT INSTEAD OF LOSING WEIGHT. 1036 00:56:33,400 --> 00:56:35,333 I DO EAT -- 1037 00:56:35,333 --> 00:56:38,067 I EAT A LOT OF PROTEIN AND MEAT, LIKE YOU SAY. 1038 00:56:38,067 --> 00:56:40,100 Anthony: SHE HAD CHOCOLATE. 1039 00:56:40,100 --> 00:56:42,067 SHE ATE CHOCOLATE. 1040 00:56:42,067 --> 00:56:44,867 THIS IS JUST LAST NIGHT -- THREE BOXES OF CHOCOLATES. 1041 00:56:44,867 --> 00:56:46,700 -THREE BOXES OF CHOC-- -NO, THEY COME WITH FOUR 1042 00:56:46,700 --> 00:56:50,967 LITTLE, BITTY CHOCOLATES IN IT. IT'S 160 CALORIES. 1043 00:56:50,967 --> 00:56:54,267 TRACEY HAS GAINED WEIGHT BECAUSE SHE IS OVEREATING. 1044 00:56:54,267 --> 00:56:56,067 AND SHE'S LYING TO ME, 1045 00:56:56,067 --> 00:56:57,533 BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T THINK 1046 00:56:57,533 --> 00:57:01,067 THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION FOR HER. 1047 00:57:01,067 --> 00:57:02,667 BUT IF SHE DOESN'T WAKE UP 1048 00:57:02,667 --> 00:57:04,800 AND TAKE THIS SITUATION SERIOUSLY, 1049 00:57:04,800 --> 00:57:08,967 SHE'S NOT GOING TO LIVE MUCH LONGER. 1050 00:57:08,967 --> 00:57:12,067 OKAY, IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR EATING UNDER CONTROL, 1051 00:57:12,067 --> 00:57:15,900 YOUR INFECTION GET OUT OF HAND, AND YOU WILL DIE. 1052 00:57:15,900 --> 00:57:18,500 I CAN'T FORCE YOU TO MAKE THE CHOICES 1053 00:57:18,500 --> 00:57:20,333 THAT WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE. 1054 00:57:20,333 --> 00:57:22,200 SO I THINK THE NEXT STEP IS, 1055 00:57:22,200 --> 00:57:24,600 I'M GOING TO SEND A NUTRITIONIST, 1056 00:57:24,600 --> 00:57:26,300 AND I'M GOING TO SCHEDULE YOU 1057 00:57:26,300 --> 00:57:29,267 TO MEET WITH A LYMPHEDEMA SPECIALIST, 1058 00:57:29,267 --> 00:57:32,767 BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET YOUR INFECTION UNDER CONTROL. 1059 00:57:32,767 --> 00:57:34,567 BECAUSE AS SOON AS THIS INFECTION 1060 00:57:34,567 --> 00:57:37,800 GET IN YOUR BLOODSTREAM, YOU'RE GOING TO DIE. 1061 00:57:37,800 --> 00:57:42,067 SO MAKE THE DECISION IF YOU WANT TO LIVE. 1062 00:57:42,067 --> 00:57:44,600 -MM-HMM. -OKAY, SO NEXT MONTH, 1063 00:57:44,600 --> 00:57:47,800 I WANT TO SEE YOU DOWN AT LEAST 30 POUNDS. 1064 00:57:47,800 --> 00:57:49,233 OKAY. 1065 00:57:49,233 --> 00:57:51,433 OKAY, SEE YOU SOON. 1066 00:57:51,433 --> 00:57:53,800 ** 1067 00:57:53,800 --> 00:57:57,800 TRACEY DOESN'T REALIZE THAT SHE'S PLAYING WITH FIRE, 1068 00:57:57,800 --> 00:58:00,067 AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO END WELL 1069 00:58:00,067 --> 00:58:02,133 IF SHE DOESN'T STICK WITH THE PROGRAM 1070 00:58:02,133 --> 00:58:04,067 AND DOES WHAT SHE NEEDS. 1071 00:58:06,300 --> 00:58:09,233 Tracey: ANTHONY COULD CALL ME OUT ABOUT MY CHEATING, BUT... 1072 00:58:12,767 --> 00:58:16,100 HE REALLY DOESN'T WANT ME ON A DIET. 1073 00:58:16,100 --> 00:58:18,600 HE DOES ALL THE GROCERY SHOPPING. 1074 00:58:18,600 --> 00:58:20,533 AND I CAN HAVE 20 THINGS WROTE ON THE LIST, 1075 00:58:20,533 --> 00:58:23,167 AND HE'LL COME BACK WITH TWO OF THEM IF I'M LUCKY. 1076 00:58:25,367 --> 00:58:27,267 SO I DON'T KNOW IF HE REALLY 1077 00:58:27,267 --> 00:58:29,500 DOESN'T WANT ME TO LOSE THE WEIGHT... 1078 00:58:31,800 --> 00:58:34,267 ...OR IF HE'S JUST SICK OF EATING HEALTHY. 1079 00:58:37,967 --> 00:58:40,700 I FEEL LIKE I REALLY AM TRYING. 1080 00:58:40,700 --> 00:58:42,967 BUT I GUESS I'LL TRY HARDER. 1081 00:58:45,100 --> 00:58:49,900 ** 1082 00:58:49,900 --> 00:58:52,200 ARE YOU READY TO SEE THE NUTRITIONIST TODAY? 1083 00:58:52,200 --> 00:58:54,900 I DON'T NEED A NUTRITIONIST. 1084 00:58:54,900 --> 00:58:59,600 TODAY, THE NUTRITIONIST THAT DR. NOW IS SENDING IS COMING BY. 1085 00:58:59,600 --> 00:59:03,067 I'M HOPING SHE DOESN'T TAKE AWAY TOO MANY THINGS FROM ME 1086 00:59:03,067 --> 00:59:04,867 BECAUSE I WANT TO STAY ON THE DIET, 1087 00:59:04,867 --> 00:59:07,233 BUT I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO EAT SOMETHING THAT TASTES GOOD 1088 00:59:07,233 --> 00:59:08,267 EVERY NOW AND THEN. 1089 00:59:08,267 --> 00:59:10,800 [ KNOCK ON DOOR ] 1090 00:59:10,800 --> 00:59:12,133 -HOW ARE YOU? -ALL RIGHT. 1091 00:59:12,133 --> 00:59:14,667 -I'M VICKI ROBICHAUX, DIETICIAN. -ANTHONY. 1092 00:59:14,667 --> 00:59:16,100 ANTHONY, NICE TO MEET YOU. 1093 00:59:16,100 --> 00:59:17,767 -HI. I'M VICKI. -HI. HOW ARE YOU? 1094 00:59:17,767 --> 00:59:18,967 -TRACEY? -YES. 1095 00:59:18,967 --> 00:59:20,233 NICE TO MEET YOU. 1096 00:59:20,233 --> 00:59:23,233 SO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY SO FAR. 1097 00:59:23,233 --> 00:59:26,067 WE'VE BEEN IN HOUSTON FOR THE LAST 2 1/2 MONTHS NOW. 1098 00:59:26,067 --> 00:59:27,600 -AND WHERE ARE YOU FROM? -OHIO. 1099 00:59:27,600 --> 00:59:28,800 -OHIO? -YEAH. 1100 00:59:28,800 --> 00:59:30,800 WE LIVE ABOUT 20 MINUTES AWAY FROM CLEVELAND. 1101 00:59:30,800 --> 00:59:34,400 OKAY. SO WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE 1102 00:59:34,400 --> 00:59:36,700 HAS BEEN YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE SO FAR? 1103 00:59:36,700 --> 00:59:37,800 CHOCOLATE. 1104 00:59:37,800 --> 00:59:39,400 CHOCOLATE WAS ONE OF YOUR BIG THINGS? 1105 00:59:39,400 --> 00:59:41,467 RIGHT, RIGHT, IT'S GOT ALL KINDS OF HIDDEN CALORIES 1106 00:59:41,467 --> 00:59:43,067 -OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IN IT. -SURE. 1107 00:59:43,067 --> 00:59:45,433 SO IF YOU GET THAT DARK CHOCOLATE POWDER 1108 00:59:45,433 --> 00:59:46,767 THAT HAS NO SUGAR IN IT, 1109 00:59:46,767 --> 00:59:48,933 -IT'S JUST THE COCOA POWDER... -MM-HMM. 1110 00:59:48,933 --> 00:59:51,500 ...YOU CAN MIX THAT INTO GREEK YOGURT 1111 00:59:51,500 --> 00:59:53,833 AND FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GETTING CHOCOLATE YOGURT 1112 00:59:53,833 --> 00:59:55,800 WITHOUT ADDING ANY SUGAR, 1113 00:59:55,800 --> 00:59:57,733 AND YOU'RE STILL GETTING THE HEALTHY BENEFITS 1114 00:59:57,733 --> 01:00:00,067 -FROM THE DARK CHOCOLATE. -OKAY. 1115 01:00:00,067 --> 01:00:01,333 IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE. 1116 01:00:01,333 --> 01:00:03,400 -IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR HEART. -OKAY. 1117 01:00:03,400 --> 01:00:05,433 DO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE FOODS? 1118 01:00:05,433 --> 01:00:08,133 YEAH, THERE'S NOT MUCH IN THERE, BUT YOU CAN. 1119 01:00:08,133 --> 01:00:12,033 SO WHY DON'T WE START WITH THE REFRIGERATOR? 1120 01:00:12,033 --> 01:00:13,767 SO THESE THE YOGURTS YOU HAVE EVERY DAY? 1121 01:00:13,767 --> 01:00:14,900 YEAH. 1122 01:00:14,900 --> 01:00:17,067 OKAY, SO THESE ARE LIGHT YOGURTS, RIGHT? 1123 01:00:17,067 --> 01:00:20,500 BUT THIS ONE HAS 5 GRAMS OF PROTEIN, RIGHT? 1124 01:00:20,500 --> 01:00:23,633 -MM-HMM. -AND 10 GRAMS OF SUGAR. 1125 01:00:23,633 --> 01:00:26,033 SO JUST SOMETHING TO WATCH OUT FOR THERE 1126 01:00:26,033 --> 01:00:27,767 IF YOU'RE TRYING TO DO LOW SUGAR. 1127 01:00:27,767 --> 01:00:31,000 PASTA SAUCES ARE ANOTHER PLACE WHERE SUGAR HIDES. 1128 01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:34,433 YOU'D ALMOST BE BETTER OFF KIND OF MAKING YOUR OWN 1129 01:00:34,433 --> 01:00:37,633 WITH GETTING TOMATOES AND ADDING SOME SEASONING 1130 01:00:37,633 --> 01:00:40,467 AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO WHOSE PASTA IS THAT? 1131 01:00:40,467 --> 01:00:41,933 Anthony: THAT'S MINE. OKAY. 1132 01:00:41,933 --> 01:00:43,400 THIS IS WHAT I EAT. 1133 01:00:43,400 --> 01:00:44,633 -THIS IS -- -I EAT THE BEANS. 1134 01:00:44,633 --> 01:00:46,900 OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T EAT NOTHING ELSE UP THERE. 1135 01:00:46,900 --> 01:00:49,700 WHEN I MAKE SOMETHING FOR HER, I MAKE ME A LITTLE SOMETHING. 1136 01:00:49,700 --> 01:00:50,833 [ CHUCKLES ] 1137 01:00:50,833 --> 01:00:53,267 SO, DO YOU THINK THAT'S HELPFUL FOR HER? 1138 01:00:53,267 --> 01:00:54,500 WELL, SHE'S USED TO IT BY NOW, 1139 01:00:54,500 --> 01:00:55,833 AND SOMETIMES SHE DON'T EVEN KNOW. 1140 01:00:55,833 --> 01:00:58,400 -IS IT HELPFUL FOR YOU? -SOMETIMES I'LL BE MAD, 1141 01:00:58,400 --> 01:01:00,567 LIKE THE ONE DAY, HE GAVE ME A CAN OF -- 1142 01:01:00,567 --> 01:01:01,867 A BOWL OF MIXED VEGETABLES, 1143 01:01:01,867 --> 01:01:03,767 AND HE WAS EATING PASTA AND SOMETHING ELSE. 1144 01:01:03,767 --> 01:01:05,067 I WAS JUST LIKE, "REALLY?" 1145 01:01:05,067 --> 01:01:06,633 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT FOOD, 1146 01:01:06,633 --> 01:01:08,233 THINK ABOUT FOOD IN TERMS OF, 1147 01:01:08,233 --> 01:01:09,900 "IS THIS GONNA BE HEALTHFUL 1148 01:01:09,900 --> 01:01:14,433 OR IS IT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, PUT ME IN A SITUATION 1149 01:01:14,433 --> 01:01:17,867 WHERE IT'S NOT GONNA BE GOOD FOR ME?" 1150 01:01:17,867 --> 01:01:20,433 Anthony: I DON'T FULLY AGREE WITH WHAT THE NUTRITIONIST THINKS 1151 01:01:20,433 --> 01:01:22,967 ABOUT THE FOOD I LIKE BEING AN ISSUE FOR TRACEY. 1152 01:01:22,967 --> 01:01:26,167 BECAUSE TRACEY NEEDS TO FOCUS ON WHAT SHE NEEDS TO DO, 1153 01:01:26,167 --> 01:01:28,533 AND SHE NEEDS TO STOP DEPENDING ON ME 1154 01:01:28,533 --> 01:01:30,067 AND ANYBODY ELSE. 1155 01:01:30,067 --> 01:01:32,533 CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL YOUR WEIGHT LOSS SO FAR. 1156 01:01:32,533 --> 01:01:36,233 I THINK THAT'S AMAZING. SO NICE MEETING YOU BOTH. 1157 01:01:36,233 --> 01:01:39,767 -YOU, TOO. THANKS. -GOOD LUCK WITH EVERYTHING. 1158 01:01:39,767 --> 01:01:42,733 Tracey: I'M REALLY GLAD THE NUTRITIONIST CAME BY TODAY. 1159 01:01:42,733 --> 01:01:45,900 WHAT I APPRECIATED THE MOST WAS HOW SHE CONFRONTED ANTHONY 1160 01:01:45,900 --> 01:01:48,833 FOR HOW HE EATS UNHEALTHY FOOD AROUND ME 1161 01:01:48,833 --> 01:01:50,733 AND HOW HARD THAT IS FOR ME. 1162 01:01:50,733 --> 01:01:53,133 AND I'M HOPING THAT HEARING THAT FROM SOMEONE OTHER THAN ME 1163 01:01:53,133 --> 01:01:54,833 WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 1164 01:01:57,333 --> 01:02:00,433 ** 1165 01:02:03,267 --> 01:02:07,167 THINGS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE TENSE BETWEEN ANTHONY AND ME LATELY. 1166 01:02:07,167 --> 01:02:10,067 I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S JUST TIRED OF THE DIET 1167 01:02:10,067 --> 01:02:13,767 OR IF HE'S UPSET THAT I'M TRYING TO LOSE THIS WEIGHT. 1168 01:02:13,767 --> 01:02:16,167 I KNOW HE SAID HE LIKED BEING NEEDED, 1169 01:02:16,167 --> 01:02:19,933 BUT NOW HE'S TELLING ME TO DO EVERYTHING MYSELF. 1170 01:02:19,933 --> 01:02:21,933 HEY, BABE? 1171 01:02:21,933 --> 01:02:24,967 I HAVE A LYMPHEDEMA APPOINTMENT TOMORROW, 1172 01:02:24,967 --> 01:02:28,300 SO I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GONNA GET THERE. 1173 01:02:28,300 --> 01:02:29,933 WHY DON'T YOU TELL THEM YOU CAN'T MAKE IT? 1174 01:02:29,933 --> 01:02:32,200 I HAVE THINGS TO DO TOMORROW. 1175 01:02:32,200 --> 01:02:34,867 WITHOUT YOU HERE, THEN IT, YOU KNOW, WORRIES ME 1176 01:02:34,867 --> 01:02:37,900 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GET IN THE CAB OR... 1177 01:02:37,900 --> 01:02:39,733 IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO, 1178 01:02:39,733 --> 01:02:42,233 PUT YOUR MIND TO IT AND DO IT. 1179 01:02:42,233 --> 01:02:45,433 STOP DEPENDING ON EVERYBODY ELSE. 1180 01:02:45,433 --> 01:02:49,533 YOU HAVE TO START DOING THINGS ON YOUR OWN. 1181 01:02:49,533 --> 01:02:51,700 WE NEED EACH OTHER. WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER 1182 01:02:51,700 --> 01:02:53,367 EVEN IN THE BAD TIMES. 1183 01:02:53,367 --> 01:02:55,300 BUT IF TRACEY WANTS TO DO THIS, 1184 01:02:55,300 --> 01:02:57,833 THEN SHE NEEDS TO LEARN TO DO THIS HERSELF. 1185 01:03:00,267 --> 01:03:03,367 Tracey: I DON'T KNOW WHY HE'S HAVING ISSUES HELPING ME. 1186 01:03:03,367 --> 01:03:05,867 BUT IF THINGS KEEP CHANGING BETWEEN US, 1187 01:03:05,867 --> 01:03:09,733 I'M SCARED ABOUT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO MEAN. 1188 01:03:09,733 --> 01:03:11,433 IT JUST MAKES ME FEEL LONELY, 1189 01:03:11,433 --> 01:03:12,967 BECAUSE I CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT HIM. 1190 01:03:26,467 --> 01:03:29,267 Tracey: TODAY, I'M GOING TO SEE A LYMPHEDEMA SPECIALIST 1191 01:03:29,267 --> 01:03:31,767 THAT DR. NOW WANTS ME TO SEE. 1192 01:03:31,767 --> 01:03:33,633 BUT ANTHONY IS AT WORK, 1193 01:03:33,633 --> 01:03:36,333 SO THE DOCTOR IS SENDING A PERSONAL CARE ASSISTANT 1194 01:03:36,333 --> 01:03:39,167 TO HELP ME GET THERE. 1195 01:03:39,167 --> 01:03:41,600 HELLO, MISS MATTHEWS! HOW ARE YOU? 1196 01:03:41,600 --> 01:03:42,867 I'M GOOD. HI. HOW ARE YOU? 1197 01:03:42,867 --> 01:03:45,533 I'M FINE. JUST LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ANY HELP. 1198 01:03:45,533 --> 01:03:46,567 OKAY. 1199 01:03:46,567 --> 01:03:48,167 IT'S A LITTLE EMBARRASSING, 1200 01:03:48,167 --> 01:03:50,100 BECAUSE ANTHONY SHOULD BE THE ONE 1201 01:03:50,100 --> 01:03:53,200 WHO'S HELPING ME DO THIS. 1202 01:03:53,200 --> 01:03:55,433 BUT I DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS APPOINTMENT, 1203 01:03:55,433 --> 01:03:57,700 BECAUSE DR. NOW THINKS IT'S IMPORTANT 1204 01:03:57,700 --> 01:04:00,067 I TRY AND START TO REDUCE THE FLUID 1205 01:04:00,067 --> 01:04:01,700 I HAVE IN MY LEGS. 1206 01:04:01,700 --> 01:04:04,733 ** 1207 01:04:07,867 --> 01:04:09,233 BUT I'M STILL NOT SURE 1208 01:04:09,233 --> 01:04:12,067 WHAT THIS DOCTOR IS GOING TO TELL ME, 1209 01:04:12,067 --> 01:04:15,767 BECAUSE MY LYMPHEDEMA IS PRETTY SEVERE. 1210 01:04:15,767 --> 01:04:19,300 SO I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF HE LOOKED AT ME 1211 01:04:19,300 --> 01:04:21,800 AND JUST SAID THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO. 1212 01:04:24,067 --> 01:04:25,400 OKAY. 1213 01:04:25,400 --> 01:04:27,833 SO, I'M GONNA DO SOME MEASUREMENTS OF YOUR LEGS. 1214 01:04:27,833 --> 01:04:30,100 -OKAY. -OKAY, SO WHAT I'M DOING IS 1215 01:04:30,100 --> 01:04:34,500 JUST GETTING OVERALL MEASUREMENTS 1216 01:04:34,500 --> 01:04:37,167 OF THE LEGS, OKAY? THIS IS GOING TO TELL ME 1217 01:04:37,167 --> 01:04:41,200 HOW MUCH LYMPHATIC FLUID IS IN THE LEGS. 1218 01:04:41,200 --> 01:04:44,867 SO, AS YOU CONTINUE DOING TREATMENT WITH US, 1219 01:04:44,867 --> 01:04:47,133 WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING THESE MEASUREMENTS 1220 01:04:47,133 --> 01:04:50,067 -ONCE A WEEK... -OKAY. 1221 01:04:50,067 --> 01:04:54,200 ...TO SEE OVERALL HOW YOU ARE DOING. 1222 01:04:54,200 --> 01:04:57,100 OKAY, MY DEAR. 1223 01:04:57,100 --> 01:04:59,067 -HI. HOW ARE YOU? -HI. HOW ARE YOU? 1224 01:04:59,067 --> 01:05:00,867 -GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? -GOOD. I'M DR. MOOSA. 1225 01:05:00,867 --> 01:05:03,800 -THANK YOU. -THANK YOU. 1226 01:05:03,800 --> 01:05:05,433 SO HOW ARE YOU DOING NOW? 1227 01:05:05,433 --> 01:05:06,700 OKAY. MY LEGS HURT, BUT -- 1228 01:05:06,700 --> 01:05:10,067 I SEE THAT. I SEE THE REDNESS HERE. 1229 01:05:10,067 --> 01:05:11,867 ANY FEVER OR ANY CHILLS YOU'VE BEEN HAVING? 1230 01:05:11,867 --> 01:05:13,200 I DON'T HAVE NO FEVER OR NOTHING. 1231 01:05:13,200 --> 01:05:14,933 USUALLY, I DON'T GET A FEVER 1232 01:05:14,933 --> 01:05:18,567 UNLESS REALLY, LIKE, THE CELLULITIS HAS REALLY FLARED UP. 1233 01:05:18,567 --> 01:05:19,833 SO THE IDEA IS TO SEE 1234 01:05:19,833 --> 01:05:22,067 IF WE CAN GET THE REDUCTION DOWN, 1235 01:05:22,067 --> 01:05:23,733 WHERE IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE MANAGEABLE, 1236 01:05:23,733 --> 01:05:25,767 AND WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO MODIFY 1237 01:05:25,767 --> 01:05:27,867 SOME OF THE WRAPPING THAT WE DO FOR YOU. 1238 01:05:27,867 --> 01:05:31,467 NOW, YOUR SLEEPING POSITION OR SITTING DOWN TO EAT -- 1239 01:05:31,467 --> 01:05:34,400 IF YOU CAN BE ON A SOFA WITH YOUR LEGS UP AND EAT, 1240 01:05:34,400 --> 01:05:36,133 -IT'D BE BETTER. -ALL RIGHT? 1241 01:05:36,133 --> 01:05:40,733 I DO NOT WANT MORE THAN 3/4 TEASPOON OF SALT PER DAY. 1242 01:05:40,733 --> 01:05:42,867 SO I WANT YOU AS LOW SODIUM AS POSSIBLE. 1243 01:05:42,867 --> 01:05:45,833 SO IF YOU CAN MAINTAIN THAT AND THE HYDRATION, YOU KNOW, 1244 01:05:45,833 --> 01:05:47,767 WITH THE WATER TO HELP THE BODY CIRCULATE 1245 01:05:47,767 --> 01:05:49,333 AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT'S KEY. 1246 01:05:49,333 --> 01:05:51,233 ALL RIGHT? ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME RIGHT NOW? 1247 01:05:51,233 --> 01:05:52,733 NO. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 1248 01:05:52,733 --> 01:05:55,267 YOU'RE MORE WELCOME, MA'AM. NO PROBLEM, NOT A PROBLEM. 1249 01:05:55,267 --> 01:05:58,467 TRACEY, UNFORTUNATELY, SHE HAS VERY SEVER LYMPHEDEMA, 1250 01:05:58,467 --> 01:06:01,133 AND WE CAN HELP REMOVE THE FLUID. 1251 01:06:01,133 --> 01:06:04,333 AND THAT WOULD HELP REDUCE THE RISK OF INFECTIONS 1252 01:06:04,333 --> 01:06:05,967 OR CELLULITIS HAPPENING, 1253 01:06:05,967 --> 01:06:09,800 WHICH I THINK WILL IMPROVE HER QUALITY OF LIFE, REALLY. 1254 01:06:09,800 --> 01:06:12,467 Tracey: I'M REALLY HAPPY RIGHT NOW. 1255 01:06:12,467 --> 01:06:15,233 THE FACT THAT HE THINKS HE CAN HELP ME REDUCE THE FLUID 1256 01:06:15,233 --> 01:06:17,367 AND SWELLING IN MY LEGS, 1257 01:06:17,367 --> 01:06:20,200 THIS IS GREAT NEWS. 1258 01:06:20,200 --> 01:06:23,367 SO I'M REALLY EXCITED RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE EACH DAY, 1259 01:06:23,367 --> 01:06:25,967 IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S MORE AND MORE HOPE. 1260 01:06:30,067 --> 01:06:33,067 ** 1261 01:06:37,500 --> 01:06:39,267 I'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TO EXERCISE 1262 01:06:39,267 --> 01:06:41,800 AND STAY ON MY DIET THESE PAST FEW WEEKS. 1263 01:06:44,133 --> 01:06:46,100 ANTHONY HAS BEEN GONE MORE AND MORE, 1264 01:06:46,100 --> 01:06:50,100 SO I'M HAVING TO LEARN TO BE MORE INDEPENDENT. 1265 01:06:50,100 --> 01:06:53,700 AND I DO FEEL LIKE I'M HAVING GOOD PROGRESS. 1266 01:06:53,700 --> 01:06:55,633 I CAN GET MYSELF OUT OF BED BY MYSELF, 1267 01:06:55,633 --> 01:06:57,267 WHICH I WASN'T ABLE TO BEFORE, 1268 01:06:57,267 --> 01:06:59,133 AND I'M ABLE TO WALK TO THE KITCHEN AREA 1269 01:06:59,133 --> 01:07:00,667 AND TO THE BATHROOM. 1270 01:07:02,900 --> 01:07:06,500 I FEEL LIKE THE NEW TREATMENTS FROM THE LYMPHEDEMA SPECIALIST 1271 01:07:06,500 --> 01:07:10,233 ALREADY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE. 1272 01:07:10,233 --> 01:07:14,833 AND IT DOESN'T HURT AS BAD SO QUICKLY WHEN I'M UP. 1273 01:07:14,833 --> 01:07:16,233 THE HARDEST THING RIGHT NOW 1274 01:07:16,233 --> 01:07:19,433 IS JUST NOT HAVING ANTHONY AROUND SO MUCH. 1275 01:07:19,433 --> 01:07:21,333 BUT I UNDERSTAND HE HAS TO WORK, 1276 01:07:21,333 --> 01:07:24,200 AND HE'S EARNING A LIVING FOR BOTH OF US. 1277 01:07:24,200 --> 01:07:28,967 SO WE BOTH HAVE TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 1278 01:07:28,967 --> 01:07:32,200 I NEED TO KEEP LOSING WEIGHT AND TRY TO GET SURGERY 1279 01:07:32,200 --> 01:07:35,233 SO THAT I CAN GET MY LIFE BACK. 1280 01:07:35,233 --> 01:07:39,333 SO MY FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS HITTING THAT GOAL. 1281 01:07:39,333 --> 01:07:41,533 I THINK THAT STUFF IS DEFINITELY GETTING EASIER ON ME. 1282 01:07:41,533 --> 01:07:43,567 I THINK IT'S GETTING EASIER ON ANTHONY, 1283 01:07:43,567 --> 01:07:47,533 BECAUSE HE'S NOT HAVING TO DO SO MUCH WITH ME NOW. 1284 01:07:47,533 --> 01:07:50,800 'CAUSE NOW THAT I'M ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET UP AND WALK, 1285 01:07:50,800 --> 01:07:52,167 MY BIGGEST MOTIVATION 1286 01:07:52,167 --> 01:07:56,767 IS JUST THAT I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO BEING ON BED REST 1287 01:07:56,767 --> 01:07:58,733 BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE AT THAT POINT AGAIN. 1288 01:07:58,733 --> 01:08:02,100 I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DEPEND ON PEOPLE AGAIN. 1289 01:08:02,100 --> 01:08:05,333 I HAVEN'T GOT TO LIVE LIFE FOR 17 YEARS, 1290 01:08:05,333 --> 01:08:07,600 AND NOW THAT I'M STARTING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AGAIN, 1291 01:08:07,600 --> 01:08:09,733 I DON'T WANT TO GO BACKWARDS. 1292 01:08:12,867 --> 01:08:15,900 ** 1293 01:08:33,300 --> 01:08:36,900 Woman: TRACEY MATTHEWS? 1294 01:08:36,900 --> 01:08:41,633 ANTHONY AND I HAVE BEEN IN HOUSTON FOR FIVE MONTHS NOW. 1295 01:08:41,633 --> 01:08:43,633 I'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD, 1296 01:08:43,633 --> 01:08:49,267 AND I'M ANXIOUS TO QUALIFY FOR THE NEXT STEP IN MY PROCESS. 1297 01:08:49,267 --> 01:08:52,967 MY GOAL IS TO BE UNDER 441 POUNDS TODAY. 1298 01:09:03,933 --> 01:09:06,667 I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT. 1299 01:09:06,667 --> 01:09:10,400 I'VE BEEN WORKING AT THIS FOR MONTHS. 1300 01:09:10,400 --> 01:09:11,767 AND I'M HOPING THE DOCTOR SAYS 1301 01:09:11,767 --> 01:09:14,100 IT'S ENOUGH WEIGHT TO HAVE SURGERY. 1302 01:09:16,533 --> 01:09:18,500 -HELLO. -HI, DR. NOW. 1303 01:09:18,500 --> 01:09:22,733 ALL RIGHT, SO YOU ALMOST LOST 170 POUND ON THE DIET, 1304 01:09:22,733 --> 01:09:24,267 WHICH IS VERY GOOD. 1305 01:09:24,267 --> 01:09:27,300 AND YOUR CELLULITIS IS UNDER CONTROL, 1306 01:09:27,300 --> 01:09:29,467 AND THE FLUID REMOVAL TREATMENT 1307 01:09:29,467 --> 01:09:32,233 WITH THE SPECIALIST HAS HELPED, AS WELL. 1308 01:09:32,233 --> 01:09:34,200 SO THE NEXT STEP FOR YOU 1309 01:09:34,200 --> 01:09:37,667 IS TO HAVE YOUR FIRST SKIN REMOVAL SURGERY. 1310 01:09:37,667 --> 01:09:39,200 -OKAY. -OOH. 1311 01:09:39,200 --> 01:09:41,067 [ LAUGHS ] 1312 01:09:41,067 --> 01:09:44,767 AND LET ME LOOK AT YOUR LYMPHEDEMA MASSES ONE MORE TIME. 1313 01:09:47,067 --> 01:09:49,067 OUR BEST BET WILL BE TO START 1314 01:09:49,067 --> 01:09:52,433 WITH THIS MASS ON THE THIGH, 1315 01:09:52,433 --> 01:09:54,167 -AND WE TAKE THIS OFF. -OKAY. 1316 01:09:54,167 --> 01:09:56,233 AND ONCE IT HEAL, THEN WE'RE GONNA TAKE 1317 01:09:56,233 --> 01:09:58,667 THE SIMILAR MASS ON THIS LEG. 1318 01:09:58,667 --> 01:10:00,200 -OKAY. -TAKE THIS ONE OFF. 1319 01:10:00,200 --> 01:10:03,067 -OKAY. -TRACEY HAS BEEN MAKING STEADY 1320 01:10:03,067 --> 01:10:05,800 AND GOOD PROGRESS OVER PAST FEW MONTHS. 1321 01:10:05,800 --> 01:10:07,100 AND MOST OF HER WEIGHT 1322 01:10:07,100 --> 01:10:09,767 IS BEING STORED IN HER LOWER BODY. 1323 01:10:09,767 --> 01:10:12,133 AND ONCE WE REMOVE THAT SURGICALLY, 1324 01:10:12,133 --> 01:10:14,433 SHE'LL BE CLOSER TO TARGET WEIGHT. 1325 01:10:14,433 --> 01:10:17,700 SO THAT, COMBINED WITH THE PROGRESS SHE'S MADE, 1326 01:10:17,700 --> 01:10:19,633 MEANS THAT WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY 1327 01:10:19,633 --> 01:10:22,300 IS NOT GOING TO BE NECESSARY FOR HER. 1328 01:10:22,300 --> 01:10:26,367 YOU'RE DOING GREAT, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU STUCK WITH THE PROGRAM 1329 01:10:26,367 --> 01:10:28,233 AND YOU LOST ALL THAT WEIGHT. 1330 01:10:28,233 --> 01:10:31,833 AND WE GET YOU SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY NEXT MONTH. 1331 01:10:31,833 --> 01:10:33,267 -OKAY? -OKAY. 1332 01:10:33,267 --> 01:10:35,933 ALL RIGHT. 1333 01:10:35,933 --> 01:10:37,700 -I'LL SEE YOU LATER. -THANK YOU. 1334 01:10:37,700 --> 01:10:40,733 ** 1335 01:10:54,067 --> 01:10:57,100 Anthony: EVERYTHING THAT TRACEY'S BEEN THROUGH THE LAST FEW YEARS, 1336 01:10:57,100 --> 01:11:00,300 THE REJECTION OF DOCTORS SAYING THAT THEY CAN'T DO THIS, 1337 01:11:00,300 --> 01:11:01,633 THE DISAPPOINTMENTS, 1338 01:11:01,633 --> 01:11:04,067 IT HAS BEEN VERY STRESSFUL. 1339 01:11:04,067 --> 01:11:05,533 AND THEN TO TURN AROUND AND SAY, 1340 01:11:05,533 --> 01:11:07,900 "HEY, HE'S ABLE TO DO THIS SURGERY," 1341 01:11:07,900 --> 01:11:11,067 THAT'S THE TOP MOTIVATION. NOW WE'RE ON OUR WAY. 1342 01:11:13,333 --> 01:11:16,767 Tracey: I'M SO HAPPY AND GRATEFUL RIGHT NOW. 1343 01:11:16,767 --> 01:11:18,233 I'VE WORKED SO HARD FOR THIS, 1344 01:11:18,233 --> 01:11:21,500 AND IT'S INCREDIBLE TO FINALLY BE APPROVED. 1345 01:11:21,500 --> 01:11:23,467 AND I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE THIS SURGERY. 1346 01:11:50,067 --> 01:11:51,567 -MORNING. -MORNING. 1347 01:11:51,567 --> 01:11:53,767 -HOW ARE YOU? -I'M DOING OKAY. 1348 01:11:53,767 --> 01:11:57,333 ARE YOU EXCITED TO HAVE SOME OF THESE LYMPHEDEMA MASS 1349 01:11:57,333 --> 01:11:58,567 TAKEN OFF OF YOUR LEGS? 1350 01:11:58,567 --> 01:12:00,100 YEAH, I'M EXCITED TO GET IT OFF, 1351 01:12:00,100 --> 01:12:02,633 AND I'M ALSO ANXIOUS AND SCARED 1352 01:12:02,633 --> 01:12:05,267 AND HAVE ALL KINDS OF EMOTIONS IN ONE. 1353 01:12:05,267 --> 01:12:07,433 ALL RIGHT. TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO CONCENTRATE 1354 01:12:07,433 --> 01:12:11,200 ON TAKING THIS ONE IN HERE. 1355 01:12:11,200 --> 01:12:14,867 ONCE THIS HEAL, THEN I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THE OTHER SIDE. 1356 01:12:14,867 --> 01:12:18,267 IN ABOUT A YEAR, WE'RE GONNA GET YOU DOWN TO 200 POUNDS. 1357 01:12:18,267 --> 01:12:19,500 I HAVEN'T WEIGHED 200 POUNDS 1358 01:12:19,500 --> 01:12:22,567 SINCE I WAS LIKE 12 YEARS OLD MAYBE. 1359 01:12:22,567 --> 01:12:23,667 WE'LL GET YOU THERE. 1360 01:12:23,667 --> 01:12:25,900 -WE'LL GET YOU THERE, OKAY? -OKAY. 1361 01:12:25,900 --> 01:12:28,067 SUPER. WE'LL GET YOU STARTED IN A FEW MINUTES, OKAY? 1362 01:12:28,067 --> 01:12:29,900 -OKAY. -ALL RIGHT. 1363 01:12:29,900 --> 01:12:32,933 ** 1364 01:12:37,067 --> 01:12:40,333 I'M FINALLY GETTING LEG SURGERY TODAY. 1365 01:12:40,333 --> 01:12:44,133 AND I'M REALLY NERVOUS RIGHT NOW. 1366 01:12:44,133 --> 01:12:47,233 THIS IS A DANGEROUS SURGERY. 1367 01:12:47,233 --> 01:12:51,800 BUT I KNOW THIS IS MY PATH TO A NEW LIFE. 1368 01:12:51,800 --> 01:12:55,333 SO I'M TRUSTING EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY 1369 01:12:55,333 --> 01:12:59,200 AND THAT THE OUTCOME OF ALL THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD. 1370 01:12:59,200 --> 01:13:02,300 ** 1371 01:13:04,767 --> 01:13:08,733 Dr. Nowzaradan: TODAY, WE ARE PERFORMING SKIN-REMOVAL SURGERY ON TRACEY 1372 01:13:08,733 --> 01:13:12,500 TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING HER LYMPHEDEMA. 1373 01:13:13,733 --> 01:13:16,867 THERE IS A HUGE MASS ON HER LEFT THIGH, 1374 01:13:16,867 --> 01:13:19,600 WHICH IS THE FOCUS FOR THIS SURGERY. 1375 01:13:22,167 --> 01:13:25,567 THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG, COMPLICATED OPERATION 1376 01:13:25,567 --> 01:13:28,067 BECAUSE THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF BLOOD VESSELS 1377 01:13:28,067 --> 01:13:30,133 THAT WE NEED TO TIE OFF. 1378 01:13:30,133 --> 01:13:32,200 AND IF YOU MISS EVEN ONE, 1379 01:13:32,200 --> 01:13:35,367 IT CAN LEAD TO A DANGEROUS SITUATION. 1380 01:13:35,367 --> 01:13:38,567 CAN YOU BRING IT UP A LITTLE BIT? 1381 01:13:38,567 --> 01:13:42,233 AND WITH THE LYMPHEDEMA AND ALL THE FLUID AROUND IT, 1382 01:13:42,233 --> 01:13:44,567 IT MAKES IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT 1383 01:13:44,567 --> 01:13:48,233 TO SEE ALL THE AREA THAT MAY BE BLEEDING, 1384 01:13:48,233 --> 01:13:50,967 SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL. 1385 01:13:55,467 --> 01:13:57,233 THIS IS A VERY LARGE MASS 1386 01:13:57,233 --> 01:13:58,967 THAT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE 1387 01:13:58,967 --> 01:14:00,967 FOR HER TO HAVE REMOVED. 1388 01:14:03,867 --> 01:14:06,333 Anthony: TRACEY MEANS A WHOLE LOT TO ME. 1389 01:14:06,333 --> 01:14:08,067 I KNOW THAT THERE'S A CHANCE 1390 01:14:08,067 --> 01:14:10,700 THAT ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN. 1391 01:14:10,700 --> 01:14:13,500 I'M JUST KEEPING TRACEY IN MY PRAYERS AND MY THOUGHTS, 1392 01:14:13,500 --> 01:14:15,233 AND I'M HOPING THAT THIS SURGERY 1393 01:14:15,233 --> 01:14:17,167 WILL MOTIVATE TRACEY TO GET OUT 1394 01:14:17,167 --> 01:14:20,900 AND DO MORE AND EMBRACE LIFE. 1395 01:14:20,900 --> 01:14:24,767 Dr. Nowzaradan: OKAY, WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO A COMPLETE REMOVAL. 1396 01:14:30,167 --> 01:14:31,500 OKAY. 1397 01:14:34,067 --> 01:14:37,067 ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE COMPLETELY REMOVED THE MASS. 1398 01:14:41,467 --> 01:14:43,200 AND THEN CLOSE IT UP. 1399 01:14:47,300 --> 01:14:49,367 ALL RIGHT. ALL FINISHED. 1400 01:14:51,333 --> 01:14:55,833 SURGERY TOOK A WHILE BUT WENT VERY WELL TODAY. 1401 01:14:55,833 --> 01:14:57,433 LET'S WEIGH IT. 1402 01:15:01,700 --> 01:15:04,333 ALL RIGHT. THAT'S 10 POUNDS. 1403 01:15:04,333 --> 01:15:07,633 AND WE LOST ANOTHER 5 TO 7 POUNDS OF FLUID 1404 01:15:07,633 --> 01:15:09,667 DURING THE OPERATION. 1405 01:15:09,667 --> 01:15:12,800 SO THIS REMOVAL IS 15- TO 17-POUND 1406 01:15:12,800 --> 01:15:14,567 WEIGHT LOSS FOR HER. 1407 01:15:14,567 --> 01:15:17,567 AND THIS SHOULD HELP HER TO GET MORE MOBILE 1408 01:15:17,567 --> 01:15:20,567 AND START TO DO MORE. 1409 01:15:20,567 --> 01:15:22,067 THIS REMOVAL TODAY 1410 01:15:22,067 --> 01:15:25,600 IS GOING TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR TRACEY. 1411 01:15:25,600 --> 01:15:27,300 BUT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING 1412 01:15:27,300 --> 01:15:29,767 OF A LONG PROCESS FOR HER. 1413 01:15:29,767 --> 01:15:33,100 TRACEY'S PROBABLY GOING TO NEED FOUR TO SIX OPERATIONS 1414 01:15:33,100 --> 01:15:36,133 TO TAKE ALL THESE MASSES OFF OF BOTH LEGS. 1415 01:15:36,133 --> 01:15:41,333 SO THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE AN ISSUE WE CAN FIX OVERNIGHT. 1416 01:15:41,333 --> 01:15:42,767 BUT WHEN WE ARE DONE, 1417 01:15:42,767 --> 01:15:44,833 SHE WILL BE BELOW 200 POUNDS 1418 01:15:44,833 --> 01:15:47,700 AND AT HER TARGET WEIGHT. 1419 01:15:47,700 --> 01:15:52,233 SO THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF A WHOLE NEW LIFE FOR HER. 1420 01:15:56,067 --> 01:15:59,067 ** 1421 01:16:01,467 --> 01:16:04,167 MM. MAN, OH, MAN, OH, MAN. 1422 01:16:04,167 --> 01:16:06,467 I'VE BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A COUPLE DAYS NOW 1423 01:16:06,467 --> 01:16:08,667 RECOVERING FROM MY SURGERY. 1424 01:16:08,667 --> 01:16:10,100 I'M IN A LOT OF PAIN IN MY LEG 1425 01:16:10,100 --> 01:16:12,933 AND GOING UP ON THIS WHOLE SIDE OF THE BODY. 1426 01:16:15,167 --> 01:16:18,733 THE HARDEST PART IS HAVING TO GET UP AND WALK EVERY DAY 1427 01:16:18,733 --> 01:16:23,667 TO KEEP MY BLOOD FLOWING SO I DON'T GET BLOOD CLOTS. 1428 01:16:23,667 --> 01:16:25,367 [ KNOCK ON DOOR ] 1429 01:16:25,367 --> 01:16:28,067 SO YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF BED? 1430 01:16:28,067 --> 01:16:29,233 -YEAH. -YEAH. I'LL GET OUT -- 1431 01:16:29,233 --> 01:16:31,433 NOT THAT I WANT TO, BUT I GUESS I HAVE TO. 1432 01:16:31,433 --> 01:16:33,567 I'VE BEEN GETTING UP SINCE I HAD MY SURGERY 1433 01:16:33,567 --> 01:16:35,233 AND JUST TAKING A COUPLE STEPS 1434 01:16:35,233 --> 01:16:36,833 AND THEN TAKING A COUPLE STEPS BACK. 1435 01:16:36,833 --> 01:16:38,267 THAT'S ENOUGH. IT TAKES MY BREATH AWAY 1436 01:16:38,267 --> 01:16:40,300 AND JUST MAKES ME SICK. 1437 01:16:40,300 --> 01:16:42,600 THERE YOU GO. OH, GOD. 1438 01:16:42,600 --> 01:16:45,567 OH, I GOT IT. 1439 01:16:45,567 --> 01:16:47,600 WALKING AND PUTTING ANY KIND OF PRESSURE ON IT 1440 01:16:47,600 --> 01:16:50,800 ALWAYS, LIKE -- I'M REALLY HOLDING BACK MY TEARS 1441 01:16:50,800 --> 01:16:53,167 'CAUSE IT HURTS PRETTY BAD. 1442 01:16:55,600 --> 01:16:58,267 BUT I'M JUST HOPING THIS WAS WORTH IT, 1443 01:16:58,267 --> 01:17:01,233 BECAUSE I'M HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS RIGHT NOW. 1444 01:17:01,233 --> 01:17:03,967 THERE'S AT LEAST FIVE MORE SURGERIES 1445 01:17:03,967 --> 01:17:06,300 OF JUST THE BIG MASSES, 1446 01:17:06,300 --> 01:17:11,100 AND I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN TAKE MORE SURGERIES LIKE THIS. 1447 01:17:11,100 --> 01:17:13,067 Anthony: EVEN THOUGH SHE'S, LIKE, IN THIS PAIN 1448 01:17:13,067 --> 01:17:15,967 AND SHE'S SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE NEXT SURGERY, 1449 01:17:15,967 --> 01:17:17,733 I SEE BENEFITS OF IT. 1450 01:17:17,733 --> 01:17:19,433 SHE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO BE MORE MOBILE. 1451 01:17:19,433 --> 01:17:22,567 IT'LL FREE US UP. I SEE POSITIVE THINGS HAPPENING. 1452 01:17:22,567 --> 01:17:24,433 OH, DAMN. DAMN, DAMN, DAMN, DAMN. 1453 01:17:24,433 --> 01:17:25,967 OH, MY GOD. 1454 01:17:30,833 --> 01:17:33,500 Tracey: I JUST HOPE, WHEN THE PAIN FINALLY GOES AWAY, 1455 01:17:33,500 --> 01:17:37,367 THE CHANGE IS WORTH IT. 1456 01:17:37,367 --> 01:17:40,067 BUT I KNOW IF YOU WANT THE FINAL OUTCOME, 1457 01:17:40,067 --> 01:17:42,067 YOU GOT TO GO THROUGH THE PAIN. 1458 01:17:42,067 --> 01:17:45,667 [ KNOCK ON DOOR ] 1459 01:17:45,667 --> 01:17:48,067 -GOOD MORNING. -GOOD MORNING, DR. NOW. 1460 01:17:48,067 --> 01:17:49,733 HOW DO YOU FEEL THIS MORNING? 1461 01:17:49,733 --> 01:17:52,633 -OKAY. -YOUR SURGERY WENT VERY WELL. 1462 01:17:52,633 --> 01:17:54,633 Dr. Nowzaradan: SO, THIS MASS UP HERE IS GONE. 1463 01:17:54,633 --> 01:17:56,567 NEXT TIME, WE CAN TAKE THIS ONE OFF. 1464 01:17:56,567 --> 01:17:57,567 OKAY. 1465 01:17:57,567 --> 01:17:59,567 THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A NORMAL LEG 1466 01:17:59,567 --> 01:18:01,333 THAT'S NOT GONNA BE THAT HEAVY. 1467 01:18:01,333 --> 01:18:03,333 AND THEN WE DO THE OTHER SIDE THE SAME THING. 1468 01:18:03,333 --> 01:18:04,633 OKAY. THAT'LL WORK. 1469 01:18:04,633 --> 01:18:06,200 OKAY? IN THE MEANTIME, 1470 01:18:06,200 --> 01:18:08,400 YOU STICK WITH YOUR HIGH-PROTEIN DIET, 1471 01:18:08,400 --> 01:18:09,733 -LOW-CARB. -OKAY. 1472 01:18:09,733 --> 01:18:11,067 SO KEEP MOVING, 1473 01:18:11,067 --> 01:18:13,267 AND WE'LL GET YOU GOING HOME SOON, OKAY? 1474 01:18:13,267 --> 01:18:15,400 ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 1475 01:18:15,400 --> 01:18:18,267 THIS IS GONNA BE A CHALLENGING START FOR TRACEY, 1476 01:18:18,267 --> 01:18:20,867 BUT I THINK SHE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO LOSE MORE WEIGHT 1477 01:18:20,867 --> 01:18:22,967 AND BE MORE PRODUCTIVE WITH THAT. 1478 01:18:22,967 --> 01:18:26,133 AND IF THIS HEAL WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM, 1479 01:18:26,133 --> 01:18:28,367 THAT GIVE US A CLUE THAT MAYBE NEXT TIME 1480 01:18:28,367 --> 01:18:32,167 WE CAN DO BIGGER OPERATION ON THE OTHER LEG. 1481 01:18:32,167 --> 01:18:34,967 Tracey: THE THOUGHT OF HAVING MORE SURGERIES LIKE THIS 1482 01:18:34,967 --> 01:18:36,967 SOUNDS TERRIFYING. 1483 01:18:36,967 --> 01:18:39,900 SO I HOPE THINGS START TO GET BETTER REAL SOON. 1484 01:18:48,667 --> 01:18:51,567 Tracey: LIFE IS THIS JOURNEY. 1485 01:18:51,567 --> 01:18:54,800 SOMETIMES IT'S LONG, AND SOMETIMES IT'S SHORT. 1486 01:18:54,800 --> 01:18:58,067 AND SOMETIMES HOW LONG OR HOW SHORT IT IS 1487 01:18:58,067 --> 01:19:00,833 DEPENDS ON THE VERY CHOICES YOU MAKE. 1488 01:19:02,967 --> 01:19:06,067 ** 1489 01:19:11,300 --> 01:19:13,067 Woman: TRACEY MATTHEWS. 1490 01:19:15,900 --> 01:19:17,533 TODAY I'M HERE TO SEE DR. NOW 1491 01:19:17,533 --> 01:19:20,133 FOR MY ONE-MONTH FOLLOW-UP SINCE SURGERY. 1492 01:19:22,533 --> 01:19:26,800 AND I FINALLY FEEL LIKE I'M STARTING TO HEAL UP. 1493 01:19:26,800 --> 01:19:30,300 I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THE SCALE'S GONNA SAY TODAY. 1494 01:19:30,300 --> 01:19:32,100 WHEN I THINK I LOST WEIGHT, I GAINED WEIGHT, 1495 01:19:32,100 --> 01:19:33,867 AND WHEN I THINK I GAINED WEIGHT, I LOST IT, 1496 01:19:33,867 --> 01:19:36,333 SO I HAVE NO CLUE. 1497 01:19:39,367 --> 01:19:42,767 Woman: 405. 1498 01:19:42,767 --> 01:19:44,067 OH. 1499 01:19:47,900 --> 01:19:50,667 I'M VERY PROUD OF MYSELF, AND I'M GLAD I STUCK TO IT. 1500 01:19:50,667 --> 01:19:52,800 AND THE PAIN IS HORRIBLE, 1501 01:19:52,800 --> 01:19:56,633 BUT IT'S WORTH IT. 1502 01:19:56,633 --> 01:20:00,167 I WAS PRETTY MUCH BED-RIDDEN ALL MY 30s AND HALF OF MY 40s, 1503 01:20:00,167 --> 01:20:02,467 BUT I'M UP AND WALKING 1504 01:20:02,467 --> 01:20:04,433 AND BACK DOWN TO A LOWER WEIGHT 1505 01:20:04,433 --> 01:20:08,800 THAN WHAT I WAS WHEN I WAS LIKE 29 YEARS OLD. 1506 01:20:08,800 --> 01:20:10,767 -HI, TRACEY. -HEY, DR. NOW. 1507 01:20:10,767 --> 01:20:12,233 HOW ARE YOU? 1508 01:20:12,233 --> 01:20:14,333 UM, IN PAIN. 1509 01:20:14,333 --> 01:20:16,267 WELL, THAT'S AFTER SURGERY, 1510 01:20:16,267 --> 01:20:19,300 YOU GET THIS KIND OF PAIN AND DISCOMFORT. 1511 01:20:19,300 --> 01:20:22,300 BUT ALL IS GONNA HEAL, AND YOU'RE GONNA BE HAPPY. 1512 01:20:22,300 --> 01:20:26,767 SO YOU'RE DOWN 200 POUNDS FROM THE START OF YOUR JOURNEY. 1513 01:20:26,767 --> 01:20:28,900 -[ CHUCKLES ] -THAT'S GREAT. 1514 01:20:28,900 --> 01:20:31,167 OKAY, AND LET'S SEE 1515 01:20:31,167 --> 01:20:34,967 HOW THE INCISIONS ARE AND HOW EVERYTHING'S GOING. 1516 01:20:37,567 --> 01:20:38,933 GOODNESS. 1517 01:20:44,533 --> 01:20:47,733 OH, THE INCISION IS LOOKING GREAT. 1518 01:20:47,733 --> 01:20:51,033 AND YOUR THIGH AND UPPER PART 1519 01:20:51,033 --> 01:20:53,433 IS ALMOST LOOKING NORMAL. 1520 01:20:53,433 --> 01:20:54,733 Tracey: HEY, I HAVE A THIGH NOW. 1521 01:20:54,733 --> 01:20:56,333 Anthony: FIRST TIME I EVER SEEN HER LEG. 1522 01:20:56,333 --> 01:20:58,933 AND IF YOU CAN WRAP IT WITH THESE BANDAGES, 1523 01:20:58,933 --> 01:21:01,833 IT'S GONNA HELP TO HEAL MUCH FASTER, OKAY? 1524 01:21:01,833 --> 01:21:04,800 -OKAY. -ALL RIGHT. THAT LOOKS GOOD. 1525 01:21:04,800 --> 01:21:06,733 Dr. Nowzaradan: TRACEY HAS DONE VERY WELL, 1526 01:21:06,733 --> 01:21:09,833 AND SHE'S BEEN LOSING 20 TO 30 POUNDS 1527 01:21:09,833 --> 01:21:11,900 EVERY MONTH ON HER OWN. 1528 01:21:11,900 --> 01:21:15,067 AND THIS LAST REMOVAL OF LYMPHEDEMA MASS 1529 01:21:15,067 --> 01:21:17,200 WILL HELP HER TO BE MORE ACTIVE. 1530 01:21:17,200 --> 01:21:20,400 AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT SHE WILL DO VERY WELL 1531 01:21:20,400 --> 01:21:22,767 AND HIT HER TARGET SOON. 1532 01:21:22,767 --> 01:21:25,333 JUST KEEP WORKING. STAY FOCUSED WITH YOUR DIET. 1533 01:21:25,333 --> 01:21:27,533 -RIGHT. -AND AS SOON AS THAT HEAL, 1534 01:21:27,533 --> 01:21:30,400 WE CAN DO THE NEXT SKIN OPERATION, OKAY? 1535 01:21:30,400 --> 01:21:32,367 -OKAY. -AND WE'LL HAVE YOU 1536 01:21:32,367 --> 01:21:35,267 TO YOUR TARGET WEIGHT WITHIN A YEAR. 1537 01:21:35,267 --> 01:21:37,100 -THAT'S CRAZY. [ CHUCKLES ] -ALL RIGHT. 1538 01:21:37,100 --> 01:21:39,167 YOU'RE DOING GREAT. I'M PROUD OF YOU. 1539 01:21:39,167 --> 01:21:40,900 -YOU'VE DONE VERY GOOD. -THANK YOU. 1540 01:21:40,900 --> 01:21:42,733 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN 1541 01:21:42,733 --> 01:21:44,567 AND GET YOUR NEXT OPERATION. 1542 01:21:44,567 --> 01:21:46,433 -OKAY. -YEP. 1543 01:21:46,433 --> 01:21:47,900 -GOOD LUCK. -THANK YOU, DR. NOW. 1544 01:21:47,900 --> 01:21:50,300 -THANK YOU. -I'LL SEE YOU LATER. 1545 01:21:50,300 --> 01:21:51,967 -ALL RIGHT. -THANK YOU. 1546 01:21:51,967 --> 01:21:55,067 ** 1547 01:21:57,333 --> 01:21:59,900 Tracey: I'M GRATEFUL THAT I GOT TO COME DOWN HERE 1548 01:21:59,900 --> 01:22:01,267 AND MEET THIS DOCTOR. 1549 01:22:01,267 --> 01:22:03,633 I JUST HAVE MORE OF A LIFE NOW. 1550 01:22:03,633 --> 01:22:05,433 I LOOK MORE NORMAL. 1551 01:22:05,433 --> 01:22:07,933 I FEEL MORE NORMAL. AND I'VE DEFINITELY BEEN 1552 01:22:07,933 --> 01:22:10,767 DOING A LOT MORE STUFF THAN I EVER WAS BEFORE. 1553 01:22:12,767 --> 01:22:15,200 IT'S PRETTY AWESOME. 1554 01:22:15,200 --> 01:22:17,900 [ Crying ] IT'S LIKE I HAVE A LEG NOW, 1555 01:22:17,900 --> 01:22:19,933 SO I'M HAPPY. 1556 01:22:23,967 --> 01:22:27,333 I'M NOT GONNA LET NOTHING TAKE ME AWAY FROM MY GOAL. 1557 01:22:29,667 --> 01:22:31,800 I DIDN'T COME THIS FAR AND LOSE THIS MUCH WEIGHT 1558 01:22:31,800 --> 01:22:33,233 AND STICK TO THIS DIET 1559 01:22:33,233 --> 01:22:34,833 AND GO THROUGH THE PAIN OF THE SURGERY 1560 01:22:34,833 --> 01:22:36,900 TO GAIN IT BACK AND QUIT NOW. 1561 01:22:39,200 --> 01:22:41,967 AND AS HARD AS IT'S BEEN, THE PROGRESS I'M MAKING 1562 01:22:41,967 --> 01:22:44,433 IS STARTING TO GIVE ME MY LIFE BACK. 1563 01:22:44,433 --> 01:22:47,300 AND I WOULDN'T TRADE ANY OF THIS FOR THE WORLD. 1564 01:22:50,267 --> 01:22:53,300 ** 1565 01:23:04,200 --> 01:23:06,967 IT'S BEEN TWO MONTHS SINCE MY FIRST SKIN-REMOVAL SURGERY, 1566 01:23:06,967 --> 01:23:09,967 AND I'M DOING A LOT BETTER NOW. 1567 01:23:09,967 --> 01:23:12,467 ONCE THE PAIN PASSED AND I STARTED HEALING, 1568 01:23:12,467 --> 01:23:16,700 IT WAS LIKE A WHOLE NEW WORLD WAS OPENING UP TO ME. 1569 01:23:16,700 --> 01:23:18,700 ONE BIG NEW THING IS THAT 1570 01:23:18,700 --> 01:23:21,533 I DON'T HAVE TO RIDE IN THE TRUNK OF A VAN ANYMORE. 1571 01:23:21,533 --> 01:23:24,233 I COULD FIT IN THE FRONT SEAT. 1572 01:23:24,233 --> 01:23:26,867 -IN THERE GOOD? -MM-HMM. 1573 01:23:26,867 --> 01:23:29,700 THAT IS SUCH AN AMAZING THING. 1574 01:23:29,700 --> 01:23:33,467 IT MAY SEEM SMALL, BUT IT ISN'T. 1575 01:23:33,467 --> 01:23:36,367 IT IS KIND OF SPECIAL FOR YOU SITTING UP HERE WITH ME. 1576 01:23:36,367 --> 01:23:38,367 I'M ABLE TO TALK TO YOU AND HOLD YOUR HAND. 1577 01:23:38,367 --> 01:23:40,633 AND WE CAN DRIVE. 1578 01:23:40,633 --> 01:23:43,200 -IT'S NICE, HUH? -WE CAN LOOK AT THINGS TOGETHER. 1579 01:23:43,200 --> 01:23:46,100 RIGHT. I CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE SUN 1580 01:23:46,100 --> 01:23:47,967 AND THE FRUIT ON THE TREES 1581 01:23:47,967 --> 01:23:51,267 AND THE NICE SCENERY. 1582 01:23:51,267 --> 01:23:54,500 EVERY DAY NOW, I'M JUST EXCITED TO BE TRYING NEW THINGS 1583 01:23:54,500 --> 01:23:57,533 BECAUSE OF MY PROGRESS AND HOW FAR I'VE COME. 1584 01:24:00,200 --> 01:24:03,233 ** 1585 01:24:06,733 --> 01:24:08,933 TODAY, ANTHONY AND I ARE IN GALVESTON 1586 01:24:08,933 --> 01:24:10,833 TO JUST RELAX, HAVE SOME FUN, 1587 01:24:10,833 --> 01:24:14,300 AND GO TO THE BEACH. 1588 01:24:14,300 --> 01:24:17,300 BACK HOME, WE LIVE RIGHT BY LAKE ERIE, 1589 01:24:17,300 --> 01:24:19,600 SO I LOVE BEING BY THE WATER. 1590 01:24:19,600 --> 01:24:21,933 WE'RE IN TEXAS, SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL GO TO GALVESTON 1591 01:24:21,933 --> 01:24:23,733 AND SEE THE OCEAN. 1592 01:24:26,400 --> 01:24:28,200 I'VE MISSED OUT ON SO MUCH LIFE, 1593 01:24:28,200 --> 01:24:30,767 AND I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT EVEN FOR ANOTHER SECOND. 1594 01:24:30,767 --> 01:24:32,767 AHH, SMELL THE FRESH AIR. 1595 01:24:32,767 --> 01:24:35,200 THOSE WAVES IS HIGH TODAY. 1596 01:24:35,200 --> 01:24:38,800 I'M GONNA GET OUT AND WALK OVER THERE. 1597 01:24:38,800 --> 01:24:40,067 I WANT TO ENJOY LIFE, 1598 01:24:40,067 --> 01:24:45,100 AND I WANT TO DO IT WITH ANTHONY AND MY FAMILY. 1599 01:24:45,100 --> 01:24:46,600 WHAT'S THAT RIGHT THERE? 1600 01:24:46,600 --> 01:24:50,067 IT'S A PILE. 1601 01:24:50,067 --> 01:24:51,967 -TRACEY. -WHAT? 1602 01:24:51,967 --> 01:24:53,867 AAH! [ LAUGHS ] 1603 01:24:53,867 --> 01:24:56,333 [ LAUGHS ] 1604 01:24:56,333 --> 01:24:58,767 -SEE? -HEY, THAT'S NOT FUNNY. 1605 01:24:58,767 --> 01:25:00,900 -SEE? -[ Laughing ] OH, GOD! 1606 01:25:00,900 --> 01:25:03,500 THINGS WERE HARD THERE FOR A BIT BETWEEN ME AND ANTHONY, 1607 01:25:03,500 --> 01:25:07,500 BECAUSE THIS WHOLE PROCESS HAS BEEN STRESSFUL FOR US. 1608 01:25:07,500 --> 01:25:09,133 BUT EVER SINCE THE SURGERY 1609 01:25:09,133 --> 01:25:12,900 AND SINCE HE HASN'T HAD TO DO EVERYTHING FOR ME, 1610 01:25:12,900 --> 01:25:16,933 I FEEL LIKE WE ARE STARTING TO GROW IN A NEW DIRECTION. 1611 01:25:16,933 --> 01:25:19,700 SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE NOW FOR ME 1612 01:25:19,700 --> 01:25:22,667 AND FOR US AS A COUPLE. 1613 01:25:22,667 --> 01:25:23,967 I HAVE HOPE AGAIN, 1614 01:25:23,967 --> 01:25:28,067 AND I DON'T EVER WANT TO GO BACK TO A PLACE WHERE I DON'T. 1615 01:25:28,067 --> 01:25:30,067 AND I WOULDN'T CHANGE ANY OF THIS JOURNEY 1616 01:25:30,067 --> 01:25:31,233 BECAUSE OF THAT. 1616 01:25:32,305 --> 01:26:32,250 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm