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| Fear of taunts prompted fatal op | Fear of taunts prompted fatal op |
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| A mother who died following a gastric bypass had the operation because she feared her young daughter would be bullied at school. | |
| Kerry Greaves, 30, from York, underwent the procedure in a bid to lose weight, but severe complications meant her stomach failed to heal afterwards. | Kerry Greaves, 30, from York, underwent the procedure in a bid to lose weight, but severe complications meant her stomach failed to heal afterwards. |
| She was worried her three-year-old daughter Melissa would be teased, said the child's grandmother, Anne Greaves. | |
| She said: "She didn't want things said to her like 'your mum's fat'." | She said: "She didn't want things said to her like 'your mum's fat'." |
| Despite a number of operations at York District Hospital to save Ms Greaves, from Tang Hall, she died on 22 July after her stomach failed to heal. | |
| Kerry never thought there would be any problems with the surgery and neither did we Kerry's mother Anne Greaves | Kerry never thought there would be any problems with the surgery and neither did we Kerry's mother Anne Greaves |
| Her mother added: "She had mates who had had the operation and they were fine. | Her mother added: "She had mates who had had the operation and they were fine. |
| "She thought if they are fine I will be fine. There is a 50/50 risk, but you don't expect anything like this to happen. | "She thought if they are fine I will be fine. There is a 50/50 risk, but you don't expect anything like this to happen. |
| "Kerry never thought there would be any problems with the surgery and neither did we, which makes it so much harder to come to terms with this. | "Kerry never thought there would be any problems with the surgery and neither did we, which makes it so much harder to come to terms with this. |
| "She loved going out and was a ray of sunshine. She was always thinking of other people." | "She loved going out and was a ray of sunshine. She was always thinking of other people." |
| 'Aware of risks' | |
| Mrs Greaves warned people to think long and hard before deciding to have the operation. | Mrs Greaves warned people to think long and hard before deciding to have the operation. |
| She said: "It's just not worth it." | She said: "It's just not worth it." |
| NHS guidelines say patients should have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of at least 40 to be considered for obesity surgery. | NHS guidelines say patients should have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of at least 40 to be considered for obesity surgery. |
| If they have another serious weight-related condition such as diabetes, it can be 35 and over, or in rare cases as low as 30. | If they have another serious weight-related condition such as diabetes, it can be 35 and over, or in rare cases as low as 30. |
| A spokesman for York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said: "A great deal of time is invested in preparing patients for their surgery and making them aware of the risks involved. | |
| "Sadly Kerry died of a known complication associated with this type of major surgery. Kerry would have been aware of the possibility of this complication and the consequences. There is no indication that there was anything untoward with the procedure that was carried out. | |
| "We offer our condolences to Kerry's family at what must be a difficult time." |