To think that’s it’s cheeky as fuck to expect other people to fund your skin removal surgery?

[Lactofreechummy]

My friend had gastric bypass surgery last year after really struggling with her weight since childhood.

She has done amazingly well and lost over 11 stones.

Yesterday, I had a notification pop up on facebook.

My friend has set up a page where people can donate money to help fund her skin removal surgery. The target is set at £6,500.

As someone who has also lost a considerable amount of weight (5.5 stones) and also has some extra skin etc, I find it ludicrous to even think of asking for other’s to fund it. I have told my friend this and she said that she couldn’t think of any other way to raise funds quickly enough.

NO YOU brought up anorexia I didnt.

Ive not had a reply from Sally. Its a bank holiday weekend so she could be away or busy.

Helena, you remain the undisputed champ of whataboutery

How bloody rude.

It’s not ‘whataboutery’ at all. HD just calls people on their ridiculous statements, especially the ones that contradict themselves. People get pissed off because they don’t like having their contradicting statements of ‘fact’ being pointed out.

She also doesn’t allow herself to be ‘put in her place’ by people who know jack shit about what obese people go through, but spout off all the ‘it’s so simple’ smug answers anyway. People don’t like that either.

Tough.

Annie

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-37409500

"A man who lost 22 stone (140kg) said it is impossible to meet the NHS criteria to have three stone (20kg) of excess skin removed.

Jeff Huggins said he was told he does not meet the body mass index (BMI) yardstick for surgery.

The 45-year-old from Morecambe said the weight of his spare skin means he cannot meet the BMI test.

NHS Lancashire North Clinical Commissioning Group (LNCCG) said it could not comment on individual cases.

Mr Huggins lost 22 of his 40 stone (254kg) in the space of 18 months through a change of diet and regular swimming.

But it left him with multiple folds of skin under his arms, on his back and around his midriff which are prone to infection and make it difficult to sleep, he said.

A letter from the LNCCG said it will only pay for an operation for Mr Huggins if he keeps a low BMI, suffers severe "functional disability" or suffers regular infections which fail to respond to treatment

Mr Huggins said: "Because of my loose skin I do not meet the BMI criteria."

He added that if the skin was removed he would be within the BMI range"