He Was Trying To Lose Weight. Just One Week Later, He Was Given Weeks To Live. WARNING Young Matthew Whitby of Australia had just had a son. He wanted to be able to play sports with the boy and be a role model of good health. So he decided to lose weight. He began taking 2 popular weight-loss drugs. But now Whitby is in the hospital, and the doctors say he has only 2 weeks to live if he cannot get a liver transplant before then. Whitby noticed within the first week of taking the weight-loss products that he had become lethargic and jaundiced. But he kept taking them, intent on losing weight. He waited two months before finally seeing a doctor. What the doctor told him was devastating. He said that he would need a liver transplant or he would die. Since he was short on time, Whitby was forced to take a liver infected with Hepatitis B. I have to take a tablet everyday for the rest of my life, but Im just grateful to be here, the married father of two explains. I didnt think something you could buy online or just over the counter did the damage that it did to me, Whitby says in the ABC News story. I wouldnt wish what I went through on anyone, Whitby says. Do your research and ask your doctor about the product before taking it. I wouldnt recommend shakes in general, just diet and exercise. 