Ketchup sandwiches saved my life after surgery saw me lose 11 stone View 4 Images

A mum says her gastric sleeve was starving her to death - until craving ketchup sandwiches while pregnant revived her appetite and saved her life. Rosie Lee weighed 21 stone and was worried about her health when she got a gastric sleeve in August 2021. The 31-year-old's appetite decreased until February 2023 when she was 'living off crackers' and had lost a staggering 11 stone to become clinically underweight.

She visited hospital when she struggled to keep down food and was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) during a two-week stay. EDS are a group of rare genetic conditions that affect connective tissue that support the likes of skin, joints and muscles. Doctors reportedly told 5ft 10in Rosie

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