'My 600-lb Life': Henry Nearly Dies During Skin Removal Surgery (VIDEO)

The morbidly obese people featured on "My 600-lb Life" (Wed., 9 p.m. EST on TLC) faced many challenges on their long journeys toward a healthier lifestyle.

Not least was the danger posed to their lives by the various surgical procedures that they had to undergo.

Henry embarked on his journey at the age of 47, weighing 750 lbs and determined to lose weight so he could attend his high school reunion.

After losing a huge amount of weight Henry had a lot of excess skin that needed to be removed. However, when he went in for his second removal surgery, things went wrong.

Henry's heart stopped and the doctors had to resuscitate him.

Talking about the experience later, Henry described what it felt like to die. "I saw a white light. It was just like having an out of body experience," he said.

"There was the light to take me to Heaven [but] I wasn't ready for it," he added, "because there's so much here on earth I haven't did yet."

Henry grabbed onto his second chance at life with both hands and went on to lose an astonishing 475 lbs on his seven-year journey toward a normal life. Now, at the age of 53, Henry had found true love and was preparing for his wedding.

Follow more weight-loss journeys on "My 600-lb Life," Wednesdays at 9 p.m. EST on TLC.

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[Exotic Smoke]

08:42 PM on 02/28/2012

i love henry and hope he is ok he is so inspiring to god bless him

[warmsunflower]

04:22 PM on 02/29/2012

he has such a wonderful calm spirit. Glad he is ok, huh?

[Miz Fit]

06:26 PM on 02/27/2012

I wish Henry life long success. He has such a wonderful spirit and character.

[sis14slf]

02:15 PM on 02/21/2012

I love Henry's spirit. Hope he fully recover soon.

[rchristy43]

01:51 PM on 02/21/2012

Henry's story made me smile. What a determined man - all he wanted was to live a longer, healthier life and find happiness, which he has. He had to go through some grueling stuff, but he made it. God bless him and his new wife, Kirk. May they have a great life togerher filled with blessings.

[Royce09]

10:21 AM on 02/16/2012

Sucks, I was in a coma for over 20 days and NO WHITE LIGHTS, just a bunch weird dreams, but my heart kept beating even through my heart surgery. Maybe next time.

[shannonburgess]

09:41 AM on 02/16/2012

We Loved Henry!! We are so Proud of him! What a Great Person! Would love to know how Henry is doing now! What a Great attitude!!

[linbianism]

08:44 AM on 02/16/2012

if youre 750 lbs you have you self control at all obviously. there is no way you could ever change

[linbianism]

08:43 AM on 02/16/2012

seriously if youre 700 lbs it would be easier to die/kill yourself than get treatment. youd have to diet, exercise, get all kinds of surgeries, it wouldnt be worth it

[Miz Fit]

06:24 PM on 02/27/2012

For some people it is.