Irish mum Keely Tobin tipped the scales at 21st at her heaviest and struggled to squeeze into a size 28
A mum spent €3,200 on gastric band surgery in Turkey and lost 10 stone after being told she would die by doctors.
After years of struggling, she went to the doctors to see what could be done - where she was told an early death "wasn’t a case of if, but when". She was put on a list for a gastric bypass but says she was warned she might have to wait seven years for the procedure due to high demand. "So that's when I decided to look into different surgery options around the world - I did so much research, I was just so scared. But honestly it was all so worth it, I'm so glad I had the surgery. I just feel so amazing, really amazing now. I can do so many things I never did before and I just feel phenomenal."
Keely visited the doctors in June 2019 where she was told her heart was likely to fail and an early death was on the cards. When she was told the wait for gastric bypass surgery in Ireland was seven years, she decided to take matters into her own hands. Keely said: “There were seven of us Irish girls who had met through the Facebook page and we all decided to travel out to Turkey together. I remember being sat in the airport chatting with them - saying this is our last drink, this is our last chippy, because obviously after the surgery I knew my eating habits would change."
“But soon after - I remember just getting so much energy suddenly, it was amazing. I think in the first week I lost about 10 pounds - I started walking 10 to 15 kilometres a day, I drank so much water, I didn’t eat a lot - because you can’t after surgery - but I just remember feeling so good.
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