Chilling final words of obese man weighing SIXTY STONE who died during filming for My 600lb Life

Publish date: 2022-04-12

A MORBIDLY obese man who ballooned to more than 60 stone died after he underwent a gruelling weight loss procedure.

Robert Buchel from Forked River, New Jersey, had a heart attack after being on a weight loss plan for five months and dropping 24 stone 4 lbs.

The 41-year-old lost 8 stone 12 lbs in his first month alone.

But he suffered a cardiac arrest while filming the reality show My 600lb Life and he died on November 15 last year.

The episode charting his demise is due to be aired this week.

Robert and his fiancée Kathryn Lemanski moved to Houston, Texas so he could be monitored by bariatric surgeon Dr Younan Nowzaradan.

After a nightmare of a car journey - during which he had to be rescued by paramedics after falling on the floor – he checked into the hospital.

After dropping from 60 stone 2lbs to 51 stone 4 lbs he was moved to a rehab facility where he began walking and within another two months had lost 15 stone 7 lbs.

The average weight of a British man is 13 stone 1lb.

Soon Robert had declined in weight even further losing a total of 21 stone 1 lb getting him down to 39 stone 1.

He then had surgery to remove one of the lymphedema masses on his right side.

Lymphedema masses are swollen lymph vessels caused by excess fat that blocks them carrying fluid through the body.

Despite his weight dropping to 35 stone 12 lbs surgery left him depressed and wanting more pain medication.

This caused him to eventually develop an addiction to painkillers.

After Dr Nowzaradan weaned him off the meds, Robert claimed he was in too much pain to even move.

He stopped walking and getting out of bed again and even tore his stitches in a bid to get pain medication.

Kathryn said: “It's like a switch has been flipped. He's been nasty since the surgery because he can't get the drugs.”

Robert was sent back to rehab but still refused to walk or exercise and then weeks later suffered a heart attack.

Heartbroken Kathryn said: “He told me: 'I don't think I'll make it through the night. I love you and I always will'.

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“I lost my best friend and the person I was supposed to spend the rest of my life with.”

Kathryn and Robert were set to get married next year.

Robert's mum Marlene later met with Dr Nowzaradan who said: “Robert battled an addiction and lost but he never gave up.”

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