A woman who appeared on the reality show My 600lb Life has died aged 40.
Airing since 2012, the American actuality present follows a yr within the lifetime of morbidly overweight people as they try to cut back their weight to a wholesome degree below the care of Houston surgeon Younan Nowzaradan (referred to as Dr. Now).
In 2023 Latonya Pottain, then aged 37, appeared on season 11 of the present.
At the time she weighed 632lbs (45 stone) and was largely bedbound, which was stopping her from strolling down the aisle and marrying her fiancé Daune.
Her episode detailed her struggles to hand over the meals that she was used to, and he or she kept on gaining weight by every verify in with Dr. Now.
She was then identified with a harmful coronary heart well being subject and finally advised she couldn’t be helped on the present anymore after failing to lose the load she was required to.
Two years later, she’s died aged 40.
TMZ has reported that Pottain died on Saturday, May 17 at Christus Highland Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana.
The preliminary post-mortem report discovered she died from congestive coronary heart failure, the Natchitoches Parish Coroner’s Office additionally revealed.
Her brother advised the publication he and different relations had visited Pottain at her house on Saturday morning and seen she was having bother respiration and advised them she was ‘extremely uncomfortable’.
A nurse later referred to as her brother to alert the household Pottain had referred to as an ambulance to convey her to the hospital as a result of she was going into cardiac arrest, which led to her dying.
Soon after Pottain’s dying was introduced publicly, her social media pages had been flooded with tributes, with one heartbroken fan mentioned they’d been ‘rooting for her’ to flip her well being round.
During her time on My 600-lb Life, Pottain memorably clashed with Dr. Now over her dislike of the wholesome hospital meals she was being given.
She additionally spoke about battling psychological well being points, which sparked her overeating.
‘When I eat, it takes the stress away. That’s what I do to assist me address issues,’ she mentioned.
‘I know the food is unhealthy and not good for me. But with the habit that I have for long, it’s onerous to change it.
‘I’m upset in myself for getting to this place.’
A yr in the past, Pottain begged fans to pray for her amid her well being battle.
‘Y’all pray for me my coronary heart not working proper and there may be nothing extra the medical doctors can do right here in Louisiana please hold me lifted,’ she wrote on Facebook.
When discussing her motivations to change her life, Pottain mentioned on the present: ‘I want to get married, I want to have my own child, start a family and be normal.’
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