Jessica Thompson wants to get her “life back.” At 708 lbs., she’s struggling to get through basic tasks during the day anddealing with severe health problems— endometrial cancer, kidney failure and pulmonary embolisms — but she’s worries about the potential risks ofundergoing weight loss surgery.
The 32-year-old knows bariatric weight loss surgery is one of the best options for getting her health back on track, and consults a friend who successfully lost weight to get her opinion in this exclusive clip fromWednesday’s episode ofToo Large.
“Today, I asked my friend Amanda to come over,” Thompson explains. “Amanda used to be big, so since she’s been through it she’s going to talk to me and give me her overall opinion and advice.”
Amanda Register, who documentedher weight loss journey on the showFamily By the Ton, shares that Thompson “has a very similar story to what I had.”
Thompson tells Register that she feelsready to make a change, but has hesitations.
“I’ve watched your journey and it kind of inspired me that it’s time, you know? I’ve watched how you’ve gotten your life back, and I really want my life back,” Thompson says. “But, I ain’t trying to be skinny. I ain’t never been skinny. You know, I just want to put back on some blue jeans. I just don’t want to become obsessed with losing the weight and becoming somebody that I’m not.”
Plus, Thompson says, she’s been spending time reading internet forums about weight loss surgery that scared her away.
“You hear so many horror stories, like, groups that I follow, I might read for two weeks everybody’s success. Then the next week you might read, everybody is in the hospital, it’s been horrible,” she says.
Register says in a separate interview that Thompson may have reservationsabout weight loss surgery, but it’s essential at this point to saving her life.
“I can tell that Jessica is resistant to surgery, and just making excuses as to why she wouldn’t want to get it,” Register says. “But right now, with Jessica’s health, like she already has health issues, she already has kidney issues, she already has all these problems and it’s only going to get worse if she doesn’t do anything about the weight.”
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source: people.com
