‘A failed surgery on my ribs has left me unable to eat solid food for years’
A man who has not been able to eat solid food for years after a unsuccessful operation in his ribs more than a decade ago hopes that a new surgery will help to gain a “sense of normality ..
37 -year -old Rob Lindsell came under the knife in July 2010 for a situation called Pectus Excavatum, which led to the chest bone to press inward and create a dive between the ribs.
Mr. Lindsell, the owner of a coffee shop from Bournemouth, said that the situation restricted his daily life, affects his heart and lungs, causing shortness of breath and chest pain.
However, the operation, which was to help him live more comfortably, could not eat big food instead and finally fought to keep strict foods.
“I have many problems that the food is not below; I have crazy acid reflux. I wake up at night and literally drown into stomach acid,” he said. Independent.
However, Mr. Lindsell claimed that NHS could not offer him the surgery he needed, but left no other option than starting a donation collection to help pay special medical costs.
“Every day a struggle both physically and emotionally. I just want the chance to live with a sense of normality again,” he said.
“I can’t go out for meals with your friends or family.
According to Charity Astth and Lung UK, Pectus Excavatum will be in one of 1,000 children. Like Mr. Lindsell, one of the 10 people has a curvature of the spine.
Although some people will not experience any symptoms, it can cause chest pain, shortness of breath, excessive fatigue, dizziness and rapid heart rate.
Mr. Lindsell was required to surgery in his case, and at the age of 22, he was given a Nuss procedure. It involves the placement of one or more stainless steel rods on the chest to change the position of the chest bone. These rods remain open for two or three years before being removed permanently.
Mr. Lindsell said he encountered complications because he had scoliosis and now believes that he was not suitable for the condition of the surgery.
“This is a ‘ -shaped’ scoliosis, so it causes my body to be firmly bending, and with it, where the procedure on the left side is exactly where. But my chest falls back and sides, so it actually sleeps under my seat and then presents itself as a bit of bail behind me.
Since the surgery, Mr. Lindsell said that he had been fighting to eat big food, and he’s getting worse for the last few years and forced him to survive in a liquid diet.
“I can’t eat properly.
Orum I will instead of eating six huels a day, and then I will try to eat something soft or something that melts like a soup or mashed, if I don’t have to move too much at home, ”he added.
To find the reason, Mr. Lindsell went to the hospital for an endoscopy with a medical procedure where a camera was placed down the throat, and the medical officers discovered that a part of an organ came out of the muscle wall and caused a lump or a 10 cm of hernia when a lump or swelling.
He said that in cases where one side of the Şerefe cage collapsed after surgery, it caused hernia in the body of the deformity, and then causing chronic acid reflux and food continuously.
However, he claims that doctors told him that hernia was “livable ve and said that although he struggled to lose food and weight, he did not need surgery.
Im I rejected surgical aid and told me not to see a dietitian, as if it is something I can manage through the will and food plan, ”he said.
“The doctor has lost half more stones since I saw him in April, and he sat there and said, ‘In fact, you look much better than I saw you last.’ But I am visibly weaker. ‘
Mr. Lindsell plans to make an official complaint against NHS, but by the way Waof Campaign for helping to collect money for special medical costs. He set out for surgery to get a second opinion and remove the hernia.
So far, the collected money has helped to get another x -ray, which has become more curved, and that the esophagus was crushed in more than one place by worsening hernia symptoms.
Lindsell causes many problems, but the majority of my problems seem to be lies in the new form of the spine. This is not an easy correction for me because the worst scenario, ”he said.
University Hospitals Spokesman Dorset said: uz We cannot comment on individual patients because of confidentiality, but we always encourage maintenance or treatment options for those who want to contact our patient advice and contact team. ”
