A woman is raising money for a gastric operation that will "allow her to have a future" after spending four years on NHS waiting lists.
Pinky Jolley was first told she needed the operation in November 2018, when she was admitted to hospital after suffering from extreme abdominal pain. The 44-year-old was diagnosed with pancreatitis, shocking cholesterol levels, PCOS, metabolic syndrome, type 2 and type 3c diabetes, and sepsis.
NHS waiting times for the operation – which have tripled since the covid pandemic – mean Pinky would have to wait a further three years before undergoing the surgery. She was told that, without it, she wasn’t likely to live long and believes three years would be too much time to wait.
