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on behalf of laura brown, who is seeking others who would like to take part in a class action lawsuit, in Scotland, over the restrictions here on weight loss surgery. Particularly Glasgow. She has an appointment with Cameron fyfe, and the press seems to be hot on this issue, so ASAP.
Thanks.
Roger.
Here is background to her story.
Court threat over obesity surgery
BBC news 24 / Tuesday, 17 July 2007,
A woman who weighs 24 stone intends to take Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board to court if it does not consider her for weight-loss surgery.
Laura Brown, 34, insists her weight is leaving her in pain and house-bound.
She became angry after the health authority told her she would have to attend a year-long diet programme before she could undergo surgery.
Ms Brown, from Glasgow, believes her only option to lose weight is to have a gastric band fitted around her stomach.
Seven years ago she lost 12 stone with the help of weight loss drugs prescribed by her doctor.
Since then she has put all the weight back on.
The health board have told Ms Brown that she will have to attend their weight management programme for at least a year before she can be put forward for the operation.
In England it is recommended that anyone with a BMI of over 40, like Ms Brown, should automatically be considered for surgery because of the cost efficiency.
Scottish guidelines are currently under review
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Previous press
2001. Laura Brown is half the woman she was this time last year after her doctor put her on the new fat-buster drug Xenical.
Laura Brown, from Glasgow, lost 11 stone after she was prescribed Xenical in 2000. When 23 stone, at the age of 27, she was one of the first Scots to take the drug. She was given it by her doctor after diets and exercise failed to shift her weight.
While on Xenical she kept her portions down because she quickly learned that every time she overate she would suffer the uncomfortable consequences of diarrhoea and flatulence.
But six years later she is back up to almost 22 stone because she could not keep the weight off when she stopped taking the medication.
Brown, now 33, said: "No drug is a miracle. I had to do a lot of the work myself. When I came off the medication, the weight came back gradually, then it spiralled.
on behalf of laura brown, who is seeking others who would like to take part in a class action lawsuit, in Scotland, over the restrictions here on weight loss surgery. Particularly Glasgow. She has an appointment with Cameron fyfe, and the press seems to be hot on this issue, so ASAP.
Thanks.
Roger.
Here is background to her story.
Court threat over obesity surgery
BBC news 24 / Tuesday, 17 July 2007,
A woman who weighs 24 stone intends to take Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board to court if it does not consider her for weight-loss surgery.
Laura Brown, 34, insists her weight is leaving her in pain and house-bound.
She became angry after the health authority told her she would have to attend a year-long diet programme before she could undergo surgery.
Ms Brown, from Glasgow, believes her only option to lose weight is to have a gastric band fitted around her stomach.
Seven years ago she lost 12 stone with the help of weight loss drugs prescribed by her doctor.
Since then she has put all the weight back on.
The health board have told Ms Brown that she will have to attend their weight management programme for at least a year before she can be put forward for the operation.
In England it is recommended that anyone with a BMI of over 40, like Ms Brown, should automatically be considered for surgery because of the cost efficiency.
Scottish guidelines are currently under review
++++++
Previous press
2001. Laura Brown is half the woman she was this time last year after her doctor put her on the new fat-buster drug Xenical.
Laura Brown, from Glasgow, lost 11 stone after she was prescribed Xenical in 2000. When 23 stone, at the age of 27, she was one of the first Scots to take the drug. She was given it by her doctor after diets and exercise failed to shift her weight.
While on Xenical she kept her portions down because she quickly learned that every time she overate she would suffer the uncomfortable consequences of diarrhoea and flatulence.
But six years later she is back up to almost 22 stone because she could not keep the weight off when she stopped taking the medication.
Brown, now 33, said: "No drug is a miracle. I had to do a lot of the work myself. When I came off the medication, the weight came back gradually, then it spiralled.
