'I forked out £10k for weight loss surgery but was left throwing up lumps of flesh'

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An influencer who was near with pneumonia, sepsis and humor clots aft value nonaccomplishment country said she doesn't regret her 'glow up' contempt spending 3 months successful infirmary afterwards

The mum and influencer was successful  infirmary  for 3  months aft  the surgery

The mum and influencer was successful infirmary for 3 months aft the surgery

A mum who chose to person surgery astatine a UK session aft being warned not to spell to Turkey claims she was inactive near 'butchered'.

Sofia Alessia went from a size 10 to a 16 aft putting connected weight during her archetypal pregnancy. As she struggled to get backmost to her erstwhile size, she decided that going nether the weapon was her champion option.

The mum and influencer, from Littleborough, Greater Manchester, opted for gastric sleeve country which helped her spell from a size 16 backmost to a size 10, but it near her highly unwell and "constantly throwing up". She past developed sepsis and was hospitalised - but inactive claimed it was worthy it.

Sofia Alessia earlier the value nonaccomplishment country astatine a size 16 (

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Sofia Alessia aft the surgery, present weighing 9 stone (

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While doing her probe connected wherever to spell for the surgery, Sofia decided against going to Turkey for inexpensive country - aft proceeding ''horror stories''. Instead, she opted for a UK-based clinic, which she claims offered her a £3k discount from the £10k country - to stock her reappraisal online.

Just 3 weeks later, the mum-of-one went successful for the three-hour-long gastric sleeve country connected January 31, 2022. But aft coming circular from the wide anaesthetic, she says felt ''immediately sick''. She was past near reportedly ''constantly throwing up lumps of flesh'' and incapable to support immoderate fluids oregon nutrient down.

Sofia was past discharged 24 hours aft her op, but had to telephone 999 and beryllium rushed to Blackburn Hospital 3 hours later, wherever she was treated for pneumonia and humor clots successful her lungs for 3 weeks. She past returned to the backstage session who performed a gastric bypass, which they believed would hole the issues arsenic they allegedly admitted to removing excessively overmuch of her tummy during the archetypal procedure.

However, this didn't work, and Sofia's information drastically declined arsenic she developed sepsis. Four days aboriginal she retuned to NHS attraction astatine Worcester Hospital, wherever surgeons tried to salvage what remained of her stomach. During this last surgery, doctors were capable to region the staples from her bowels and tiny intestine, which had caused the deadly corruption and besides spent 3 weeks receiving nutrition done a conduit arsenic she couldn't support nutrient down.

Sofia has present mislaid a full of 7 stone, present weighing 9 stone, and is recovering backmost location with girl Alya-Valentina, four. Despite the drastic diminution successful her health, and becoming severly unwell, Sofia "loves" her glowup and value loss.

Recalling her ordeal, Sofia said: "I was ever told to ne'er spell to Turkey but staying successful the UK for it astir killed maine anyway. I couldn't devour oregon portion for weeks, mundane was a nightmare that I couldn't aftermath up from. I was vomiting lumps of soma each time and night," and shared: "I bash emotion my glow up, but I privation I didn't person to spell done hell."

It wasn't until she got large she struggled with her weight, arsenic earlier being a mum the influencer "easily maintained" her trim size 10 figure. She began binging connected family-sized packets of crisps and a multipacks of Kinder buenos, and soon inflated to a size 16 and past struggled to shed the pounds aft trying to spell to the gym and spell running.

Sofia said: "I didn't cognize what do. I knew I wasn't blessed for my size, but I couldn't halt binge eating. I needed help." After piling connected the pounds, the caller mum booked successful for value nonaccomplishment country astatine what she believed to beryllium a reputable clinic, successful January 31, 2022.

"I was truly blessed with my archetypal surgeon but they switched them past minute. I was tense but I had already booked it each and didn't consciousness similar I could propulsion out. I conscionable wanted to get started." After the surgery, which she claimed had removed a ample portion of her stomach, leaving conscionable a bladed sleeve, she woke to find herself ''uncontrollably vomiting'' and feeling highly dehydrated.

"I begged a caregiver to prevention my beingness and begged for different doctors,'' she said. "I didn't deliberation I would ever accidental my girl again. I wasn't getting answers and I felt similar I was losing a spot of myself everyday. The surgeon called my mum and told her that I mightiness die, my household was distraught."

On March 25, 2022, NHS doctors performed a palmy country to region staples from the little intestine and stomach, and they drained the corruption from her body. After 3 months successful hospital, connected April 9 she returned home.

Sofia, who present has aggregate scars connected her stomach, has present mislaid 7 but has been near with an interior hernia which requires different country to remove. She said: "Everyone told maine to ne'er spell to Turkey for value nonaccomplishment surgery. But I paid £10k present and I inactive was near butchered. I'm inactive recovering, but time by time my assemblage is healing and value nonaccomplishment country isn't worthy the pain."

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