14 DAY TRIAL // In 2008, Malissa Jones became the youngest obese patient to get gastric bypass surgery, when doctors warned her she’d be dead in months if she didn’t lose a lot of weight fast. Now, the 21-year-old is anorexic and has only months to live if she doesn’t increase her food intake ASAP.
Jones has spoken out before about how much she regretted getting her stomach stapled, even if that saved her life.
In December 2009, for instance, she complained about needing lots of money for plastic surgery to remove the excess skin left from the surgery, which was making her positively hate her body.
Now, Jones is in the hospital, having been diagnosed an anorexic. She eats about 300 calories a day.
She says she’d rather die than eat, the Daily Mail writes, quoting a new interview with Jones in Closer magazine. She also warns anyone in the same situation as she was that weight loss must be healthy – not through surgery.
“I would urge anyone wanting surgery to lose weight healthily. I wish I had. Surgery can have consequences you might never have imagined,” Jones says.
As noted above, she now eats under 300 calories a day, which translate into three cooked carrots, one roast potato and two portions of parsnip.
“Food made my physically sick. I had to force myself to eat,” she says. Doctors have already diagnosed her an anorexic, telling her that she must up her calorie intake to at least to 500-1,000 calories a day.
“I am not deliberately starving myself but, right now, I would rather die than force myself to eat. I’m too thin. My body shocks me. But swallowing is painful. Eating a tiny amount gives me stomach cramps or makes me sick,” Jones says, defending herself.
“My consultant says, if I continue like this, I only have six months to live. I will most likely die of a heart attack, so I must persevere with eating. I am trying, but it is so hard,” she adds.
The Daily Mail also has photos of Malissa before and after surgery – and one that appears to be taken of her on her hospital bed.