Woman was throwing up lumps of flesh after $10K weight loss surgery heres why it was worth it

A woman who forked out over $10,000 on weight loss surgery was left “throwing up lumps of flesh” but says ”it was all worth it for the glow up”.Sofia Alessia, 27, piled on the pounds after and during her first pregnancy and went from size 10 to a size 16.After tipping the scales at 16 stone, she tried the gym after and running but struggled due to ”emotional eating” and decided surgery was her best bet.While researching online, Sofia decided against going to Turkey for cheap surgery – after hearing ”horror stories”.She ended up picking a UK-based clinic who she claims offered her a £3k discount from the £10k surgery – to share her review online.Just three weeks later, the mum-of-one went in for the three-hour long gastric sleeve surgery on January 31, 2022.But after coming round from the general anaesthetic, she says felt ”immediately sick”.Over the following days was left ”constantly throwing up lumps of flesh” and unable to keep any fluids or food down.After 24 hours she was discharged home but was only there for three hours before calling 999 and being rushed to Blackburn Hospital.She was treated there for pneumonia and blood clots in her lungs for three weeks before returning to the private clinic for a gastric bypass.The clinic believed a bypass would fix the issues as they admitted to removing too much of her stomach during the first procedure.But unfortunately the fix didn’t work – Sofia’s condition went dramatically down hill and she developed sepsis.Four days later she retuned to NHS car at Worcestershire Royal Hospital, where surgeons tried to salvage what remained of her stomach.During this final surgery, doctors were able to remove the staples from her bowels and small intestine, which had caused the deadly infection.Sofia has now lost a total of seven stone, now weighs nine stone, and is recovering back home with daughter Alya-Valentina, four. The influencer, from Littleborough, Greater Manchester, said: “I was alw...