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Shocking Lives

UK PREMIERE ONE-OFFS THURSDAYS FROM 5TH JULY 10.00PM

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This month, Discovery Home and Health explores the uplifting and inspirational stories of courageous people who fight to live normal lives in the face of almost unimaginable adversity. In Help! I'm Turning Into a Giant (Thursday 5th July, 10.00pm) we meet three people who suffer from Agromegaly, an extremely rare, long-term condition in which there is too much growth hormone causing the body to grow uncontrollably. 31-year-old Tanya Angus' extreme growth has transformed her from an average teenage girl to a towering 6'6'', 35 stone woman; Igor Vovkovinsky struggles through day- to-day activities in a world not designed for his 7'8'' frame; and sufferer mary White has decided to undergo a risky surgery which is often the only cure for sufferers of the condition. The Bubble Man (Thursday 12th July, 10.00pm) features Chandra Wisnu who has skin so badly ravaged by tumours he is known as ‘The Bubble man' and as a result, rarely leaves the house. We follow World-renowned dermatologist Dr. Anthony Gaspari as he travels in Indonesia to try to find a cure for Chandra and save his children from the affliction he has endured since he was 19. Born in the Dominican Republic, conjoined twins maria and Theresa Tapia were declared doomed in the delivery room. Dominican Conjoined Twins (Thursday 19th July, 10.00pm) follows them as they travel to the uS to see if anything can be done. While one of the twins' life hangs in the balance, doctors do their best to separate them and keep both alive.