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Return of the Doc!
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Doc Willis details his medical odyssey with disarming candour. He went to the doctor initially for a persistent cough, but a blood test revealed early-stage type 2 diabetes. An ultrasound then found lesions on both kidneys and something on his liver — prompting a colonoscopy, which found a polyp. He also has a pending urologist CT scan. The catalyst for all of it was an embarrassing but clarifying doctor's appointment: the physician, mid-exam in front of a beautiful female medical student, moved the cursor on his computer screen and clicked the label 'obese.' Doc's stunned, profane response — 'You just gonna say that right in front of her?' — captures exactly the wake-up call that changed his life. Andrew Santino's observation that they 'fit so many bad things in such a small body' lands perfectly [1] — Doc Willis "Doc Willis went to the doctor for a cough and left with a type 2 diabetes diagnosis, lesions on both kidneys, a liver finding, and a colono…" 30:20 .
Bobby Lee breaks down in tears when Doc Willis walks into the studio unannounced. Doc had been absent from the show for nearly three years, and fans had been stopping him on the street in New York begging him to come back.
Doc Willis had not appeared on Bad Friends for approximately three years before his surprise return in this episode.
Doc Willis revealed he was over 180 pounds and developed type 2 diabetes, kidney lesions, a liver finding, and a colonoscopy polyp as a result of poor diet.
Doc Willis went to the doctor for a cough and left with a type 2 diabetes diagnosis, lesions on both kidneys, a liver finding, and a colonoscopy polyp — all discovered after a doctor literally clicked 'obese' on his screen mid-exam. His wake-up call couldn't have been more vivid.
Doc Willis's doctor publicly noted his obesity mid-exam by clicking the 'obese' label on his computer screen in front of a female medical student, prompting Doc's realisation he needed to change.
Doc Willis reversed his early-stage type 2 diabetes markers — dropping his A1C from 6.6 to 5.9 — through intermittent fasting including two 48-hour water fasts. At 48 hours he describes an almost euphoric, floating sensation from autophagy kicking in.
