Bettie Jo's Story
At just 24, Bettie Jo is eating her way towards 700-lbs. Housebound, she is reliant on her husband for even basic needs. Bettie Jo's future relies on her losing weight, and her husband losing his fear that if she loses weight, she...
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"Here you have a young woman who is 654 pounds when the episode starts. She visits Dr. Nowzaradan, in Houston, seeking gastric bypass surgery. She does well initially. Just by changing her diet Bettie Jo gets down to 599 pounds and is cleared for surgery. But this is where things begin to go wrong. For one thing her husband is not on board. He openly admits he LIKES being needed by Bettie Jo, because at her highest weight she needed help just to move from room to room in her own house. He is afraid of her dumping him if she succeeds. The night after her surgery, Bettie Jo's husband does n..."
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At just 24, Bettie Jo is eating her way towards 700-lbs. Housebound, she is reliant on her husband for even basic needs. Bettie Jo's future relies on her losing weight, and her husband losing his fear that if she loses weight, she...