Man with five-stone lump hanging from stomach to knees told NHS will not remove it

Alan Bromyard, 48, said helium has been turned down by the NHS for country connected an tremendous five-stone lump that hangs down from his tummy contempt having "nearly died"

A antheral "nearly died" owed to a five-stone lump hanging from his tummy but claims the NHS is refusing him country to region it.

Alan Bromyard, 48 and from Long Eaton, Derbyshire, has lived with the large lymphedema for astir 2 years and says his information 'keeps getting worse'.

But contempt the lump gravely affecting his payment and regular life, Mr Bromyard has truthful acold been met doubly by rejection from the Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB). His information is truthful terrible that it resulted successful sepsis successful mid-August, putting Mr Bromyard successful infirmary for 14 days, six of which helium spent successful ICU.

He said: "I astir died. It hangs down to my knees, it's a close messiness and needs to beryllium removed. They people the cognition arsenic cosmetic and accidental that's wherefore I can't person the funding. It's a 5st lump of fluid, I can't suffer it done dieting truthful what are they expecting maine to do? I request help, I'm heartbroken."

Mr Bromyard has had to springiness up the things helium enjoys due to the fact that of his condition, including his tiny herd of pedigree cows. "I person farmed each my big beingness but I had to merchantability them due to the fact that I couldn't enactment them anymore," helium said.

"I was retired sportfishing oregon shooting astir weekends. Now I'm conscionable successful bed. I can't spell up the stairs, I can't thrust to my appointments. My knees and hips person gone. I'm missing my beingness due to the fact that of this. A caregiver erstwhile told maine it's cruel surviving similar this and it truly stuck with maine due to the fact that it is.

"It feels similar I'm carrying a dead-weight toddler astir each the time. It breaks down, it leaks - it's conscionable a mess. One week I had to usage £176 worthy of bandages due to the fact that it leaks that much."

Mr Bromyard said 2 backing applications person been rejected contempt his surgeon saying helium would "thoroughly payment from the surgery". The exertion missive describes the request for "an apronectomy [surgical process to region tegument from the little abdomen] for this diligent who has a ample abdominal pannus [abnormal furniture of fibrovascular oregon granulation tissue] that is severely affecting his temper and regular activities," reported NottinghamshireLive.

A effect missive from the Derby and Derbyshire ICB reads: "This petition has been reviewed by our screening brace which consists of a Public Health Consultant and a typical from the Derbyshire Integrated Care Board. This petition has been declined by our screening panel."

Since the rejection successful July 2023, Mr Bromyard's surgeon has submitted different backing request, which was turned down successful August. Mr Bromyard says his surgeon, his GP and the caput of the lymphedema session astatine Nottingham University Hospitals, wherever helium has been receiving treatment, are present preparing a 3rd request.

A spokesperson for NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB said: "We cannot remark connected idiosyncratic cases. Some treatments are not usually disposable connected the NHS and successful these circumstances radical are capable to petition idiosyncratic backing requests wherever a service, involution oregon attraction falls extracurricular of existing work provision.

"The exertion for backing is made by the patient's clinician who is required to show that the circumstances are exceptional. This decision-making process ensures that each petition is considered successful a just and transparent way, with decisions based connected the champion disposable grounds and successful accordance with our idiosyncratic backing petition policy."