Paul Mason, a 50 years old British man, seeks for a surgery help from NHS, to remove his flesh flaps after he lost more than half of his weight.
Paul Mason, a 50 years old British man, seeks for a surgery help from NHS, to remove his flesh flaps after he lost more than half of his weight.
In 2009, Mason was the world’s fattest man with a weight of 60 stones. Facing the risk of death for being obese, Mason agreed to have a gastric bypass surgery.
He used to eat 20,000 calories in a day, 10 times higher than a normal man consumption. He one reached the weight of 70 stones, making him unable to walk or even move.
When he had a hernia surgey back in 2002, firefighters had to demolish his home’s front wall so that he could be lifted by a fork lift into an ambulance.
Now, he has lost more than half of his weight, but another problem appeared as the weight loss caused him undesired flesh flaps, hanging from his arms, stomach and legs.
A surgery can be a solution to remove his excessive flaps. Unfotunately, NHS has not approved it yet. First, it is because such surgery is considered as a cosmetic purpose and not a clinical one. Second, NHS has requirement that the patient needs to maintain his stable weight first before NHS can start to consider the surgey approval.
Nevertheless, Mason insists that he needs this surgery so that he is able to move on in life. He is now able to leave his house with a help of motorised wheelchair, but he still needs a little more favor to get his life back in track.