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A SELF-CONFESSED South Yorkshire chocaholic desperate to lose
weight so she could fit into designer clothes died days after
undergoing obesity surgery, an inquest heard.
Lynda Taylor, aged 33, from Rotherham, suffered a severe
reaction to an abdominal infection after gastric bypass surgery.
Devastated husband Peter Taylor, a HGV driver, today warned
others not to undergo the operation unless it was a matter
of life or death.
"We all told her not to do it but it was something she
wanted so badly," said Mr Taylor, who was married to
his wife for just 13 months before her death.
"She was scared about the operation, she had seen documentaries
on TV but the pros outweighed the dangers."
Mrs Taylor, of Low Grange Road, Thurnscoe, was 5ft 1in tall
but weighed nearly 17 stone.
She had a tendency to binge and liked sweets - particularly
chocolate, Hull Coroner's Court heard.
She suffered depression because of her weight and had previously
attempted suicide.
On Friday January 28 2006, after six months on a waiting
list for surgery, the mum-of-one underwent the gastric bypass
operation at the privately-run Hull and East Riding Hospital
under an NHS waiting list initiative.
But following successful surgery she developed complications
and a further investigative operation was delayed for six
hours after worried nursing staff tried unsuccessfully to
contact consultant Christopher Royston who had gone out for
lunch.
Mrs Taylor was transferred to Hull Royal Infirmary after the
operation because the intensive care unit at Hull and East
Riding Hospital - the only hospital in the north to carry
out gastric bypass surgery - wasn't staffed full time.
Another surgical investigation was carried out by Mr Royston
on Monday January 31 but by then Mrs Taylor had developed
a severe bacterialinfection.
She died later that day of peritonitis - an inflammation
of the membrane that lines the abdominal cavity.
Recording a narrative verdict, Hull and East Riding coroner
Geoffrey Saul said Mrs Taylor died from peritonitis following
complications after elective intra-abdominal surgery.
A spokesman for Hull and East Riding Hospital, run by Classic
Hospitals, said: "It is a sad fact within medicine that
even in low-risk surgical procedures patients can pass away
following post operative complications, but of course we understand
this offers small comfort for a family who have lost a mother,
a wife and a daughter. Our thoughts today are with the family
of Mrs Taylor."So its better to go diet pills such as
phentermine,
ddirex instead of obesity surgery.
Source: http://www.sheffieldtoday.net
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