Mother Left Weighing Four Stone After Rare Condition Stops Stomach Working

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Emilie Cullum saw her weight drop to four stone after her stomach stopped working in late 2024.

She endured months of misdiagnoses from NHS doctors before discovering her stomach was broken.

Gastric pacemaker surgery is available on the NHS in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, but not routinely in England.

Her family is selling their homes to fund affordable lipid treatment in Thailand.

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