- Spoilt as a child, Jane began gaining weight age 11
- Had reached 36st by adulthood, with a BMI of 89.6
- Unable to stand or care for herself, Jane was dependent on her daughter
- Diagnosed with pulmonary stenosis and oedema
- Also suffered high blood pressure and arthritis
- Unable to leave her home, doctors told her she would be dead in four years
- Had risky gastric bypass surgery, which helped her shed 22st
- Now a grandmother, Jane weighs 14st and has a healthy diet
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A woman who was so fat she struggled to fit through the door and was given less than four years to live has shed a staggering 22st.
Jane Smythe Longhurst, 46, tipped the scales at 36st, was left housebound as she struggled to walk – or even stand.
Unable to stand long enough to cook herself a meal, the mother-of-three spent her evenings gorging on takeaways and piling on the pounds.
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At 36st (left) Jane could barely fit through doors, but following her 22st loss (right) she is a new woman
At her heaviest, Jane, from Langley near Manchester, wasn’t even able to wash herself and was totally dependent on her daughter, Melissa Longhurst, 23, to care for her and bring her meals.
Jane said: ‘I was in such a rut, for years I would pick at food all day and then eat takeaways at night.
‘I didn’t go out the house because I was just so embarrassed that my daughter was my carer.
‘When I got really big, I lived on takeaways primarily as I couldn’t get up and stand to cook a meal as I was in constant pain, it was horrendous.
‘A seat belt in a car wouldn’t fit and when I had pictures taken I noticed I was wider than the doors.’
With her weight spiralling out of control, Jane was diagnosed with pulmonary stenosis, oedema, high blood pressure and arthritis in her arms, spine, neck and legs.
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