A woman who has struggled with her weight for more than 10 years says strict rules around specialist NHS help is driving many to consider travelling abroad for gastric band surgery
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The tragic story of Shannon Bowe, 28, from Denny hit the headlines last week after she died in Turkey after undergoing gastric band surgery. “It’s taken me about three years to reach this point. I shouldn’t have had to have tried that hard for help. Kerri says she was initially offered to join a community weight management service, which involved a 12 week membership with Weight Watchers.She had been considering gastric band surgery in Turkey, explaining: “I was petrified to consider it as an option but at the same time had to recognise that I was running out of alternative options.
“It’s easy to be in the mindset of ‘it’s all my fault’ but I’ve been trying to do something about this for so long.
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