Mother loses nine stone after doctors tell her she may not wake up from routine operation

‘When I was told I was high-risk it was a real wake-up call’

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A mother has lost nine stone, almost halving her entire body weight, after being told by doctors that her weight posed a life-threatening health risk.

Hannah Straughan, a 25-year-old woman from Sunderland, weighed over 19 stone.

The single mother was rushed to hospital last May when her swollen tonsils were causing her breathing difficulties.

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It was then that doctors told her that her weight would classify her as “high-risk” during a tonsil operation.

Straughan was informed that there was a possibility that the operation wouldn’t be successful and that there was a chance that she wouldn’t wake up at all.

“When I was told I was high-risk it broke my heart - it was a real wake-up call,” Straughan said.

After the operation, which fortunately went smoothly, Straughan decided to turn her life around for her young daughter, five-year-old Brooke.

Straughan used to eat pizza and kebabs every night, in addition to a daily fried breakfast and buy lunch either from McDonald’s or Subway.

However, now her life has been completely transformed.

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Straughan now weighs nine stone nine ounces, going from a size 24 dress size to a size eight to 10.

Thanks to a strict Slimming World diet plan and Straughan’s sheer determination, she now leads a healthy, balanced lifestyle by eating nutritious food and exercising regularly.

Straughan has also found success in her career as a result of her newfound confidence.

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“Before I lost the weight I was unemployed but losing it gave me the confidence to get out there and I found a job straight away,” she said.

“Now I’m out all the time with friends and have lovely clothes to wear.

“I really feel like a completely different person - looking back at the old pictures doesn’t even feel like me."