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Woman who weighed 29 stone looks unrecognisable after £3,500 gastric sleeve surgery
15.04.2023 - 15:23 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A woman who at her heaviest weighed almost 29 stone now looks incredible after undergoing gastric sleeve surgery. Mollie Hull, 20, took drastic action to slim down after tipping the scales at 28.8 stone.
She feared she could eventually die.
Mollie, who says she has been obese since the young age of 10, has always struggled with her weight and was squeezing into size 30 clothes at her heaviest. She would often eat up to eight bags of crisps a day.
The 20-year-old was forced into taking days off work due to exhaustion and worried she would one day up in a wheelchair. Mollie decided she needed to make a huge change to save her life - and she's since lost 11 stone.
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After undergoing the surgery, Mollie says she no longer feels like the "literal elephant in the room".
Knowing she would be waiting a while for surgery on the NHS, the dental nurse found a surgeon in Egypt to do the procedure. She then flew over there and underwent gastric sleeve surgery in April 2022.
The NHS says anyone thinking of travelling abroad for surgery should "understand the risks involved" and consult with their GP before making any final decision.
"Research should be undertaken to find out about the people who'll be treating you and the facilities available", advice online says.
In the year since her surgery, Mollie has now lost 11st (154lbs) and continues to lose an average of 0.5st (7lbs) a month.
After swapping pizzas, takeaways and multiple bags of crisps for vegetables, fish, cereal bars and fruit, she says she feels better than ever.
Mollie, from Stone, Staffordshire, said: "I was on the NHS waiting list and I knew I'd be dead if I waited years, I had to do something
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