article_snippet.sent: In the supermarket, Susan is unable to walk for long periods of tie because of the pressure Susan weight puts on Susan knees .
article_snippet.sent: In an effort to lose the pounds Susan and Susan mother and sister head to a hospital in Texas to try and find out if the pounds Susan and her mother and sister is eligible for weight loss surgery.
article_snippet.sent: Susan is weighed at a hospital in Houston, Texas, and discovers Susan weights 605lbs .
article_snippet.sent: The Dr at a hospital in Texas tells Susan that Susan needs to lose at least 100lbs (7st) before it will be safe for Susan to be operated on.
article_snippet.sent: The Dr at the hospital tells the cameras that someone of Susan weight is at huge risk of respiratory failure if Susan goes under general anaesthetic.
article_snippet.sent: Susan is approved for surgery for a gastric bypass and admitted to hospital.
article_snippet.sent: surgery for a gastric bypass goes ahead successfully and Susan is told that Susan is expected to lose 30-40lbs in the next two months while Susan recuperates at home.
article_snippet.sent: The next couple of months prove hard to Susan and Susan claims to have no strength in Susan legs – when Susan returns to the hospital to be weighed Susan has lost just 2lbs.
article_snippet.sent: Susan returns home under strict orders form the doctor to improve Susan weight loss but Susan collapses two weeks later and is rushed to hospital complaining of numbness in her legs.
article_snippet.sent: After several tests, a neurologist tells Susan that Susan has neuropathy – extensive nerve damage that comes from being heavily obese for an extended period of time.
article_snippet.sent: The symptoms are so severe that the Dr warns that Susan could be paralysed if Susan doesn’t get treatment immediately.
article_snippet.sent: Susan is admitted to rehab for a month where physiotherapists help to build up the strength in her legs.
article_snippet.sent: After undergoing gastric bypass surgery, Susan needs to use a walking aid .
article_snippet.sent: Susan ends u back in hospital because of the damage Susan weight has done to the nerves in her legs .