Where Is Shakyia Jackson in 2024?

TLC’s hit actuality TV present My 600-lb Life follows the burden loss journeys of severely overweight people throughout the nation who enlist the assistance of esteemed bariatric surgeon Dr. Now.

On the present, we have watched of us of all ages with numerous well being struggles try and regain management over their our bodies and lives. However it may be tough when further well being points kick in and that particular person doesn’t have a stable help system.

Shakyia Jackson from Charlotte, N.C., was featured in a Season 12 episode. One of many youngest individuals to ever seem on My 600-lb Life, Shakyia was 26 years previous at the beginning of filming and weighed 655 kilos. She had bronchial asthma and lymphedema, making it tough and painful to stroll. From foster care to sexual assault, a number of traumatic occasions in her life led her to show to meals for consolation, however she appeared decided to make a major change in her life.

At the start of her episode, Shakyia was residing together with her mother Natasha, her stepdad, and her sister Shaniqua and her three children. She appeared like she had a sound help system round her. In actual fact, Shaniqua and Shakyia’s buddy Delilah drove Shakyia to Houston, Texas, over three days to fulfill with Dr. Now. However issues took a dramatic flip as soon as Shakyia returned residence.

She missed her two month follow-up appointment with Dr. Now, the place he had given her a purpose of shedding 50 kilos, after which seemingly went off the grid for months.

When Dr. Now was lastly in a position to reconnect with Shakyia, he realized that she had suffered from respiratory failure. She recalled going to mattress one evening, and the following factor she remembered, she awoke and was on a ventilator and now wanted a walker to get round. She instructed Dr. Now she was despatched to hospice care since her mother kicked her out.

After getting out of hospice care, she was residing alone in an extended-stay lodge and did not seem to have anybody serving to her. Shakyia’s preliminary help system, together with her household and buddy Delilah, seemingly disappeared from the image.

Shakyia continued to work with Dr. Now however struggled immensely. Regardless of his efforts to attach her with a therapist, Shakyia did not attend the classes. Over a yr, Shakyia misplaced 21 kilos, failing to fulfill Dr. Now’s set purpose of fifty kilos.

Her lack of dedication in the end led Dr. Now to drop her from his program, explaining that ought to she get again on observe and lose that fifty kilos, she may contact him, and he’d contemplate taking her on a affected person once more.

On the finish of her episode, Shakyia from My 600-lb Life mentioned she was going to drop extra pounds, reconnect with Dr. Now, and transfer to Houston to participate in his program. Nevertheless, that is positively a process simpler mentioned than achieved.

Shakyia nonetheless lives in Charlotte, N.C. however she seems to have began her personal enterprise within the crafting area. She sells embellished beaded tumblers, snowglobes, telephone instances, and pens, amongst different issues. Shakyia additionally makes bracelets.