A 19-year-old whose belly made her look like she was nine months pregnant has finally discovered the reason she went from a size 12 to a size 18.
Abi Chadwick’s belly became swollen in just a few months that she became desperate to lose weight after people started telling her she looked as though she was going to give birth.
Despite working out and going on a diet, she could not stop her stomach from bulging.
Abi also started to feel sick and feel full right away after eating just one piece of bread.
When she started experiencing severe stomach pains, she finally decided to see a doctor. That’s when she discovered that she had a 13-inch cyst in her abdomen.
“My stomach was rock hard and when I used to go out to the shops people used to tell me I looked nine months pregnant,” Abi shared.
“It made me feel bad because I couldn’t lose the weight even though I wanted to,” she continued. “I was relieved when I was told it was a cyst the size of a football.
“I just wanted it gone.”
Speaking about the time she gained a lot of weight, Abi said: “Every time I had two mouthfuls of toast I would be absolutely stuffed – I couldn’t figure out why. I couldn’t eat anymore so that really took its toll.
“People kept telling me I was pregnant, and I thought it was just because I was fat and there was nothing I could do so I brushed it off.”
“I can understand why they said it though now because I didn’t look like I had done,” she continued.
“But in the moment you don’t think anything of it.”
She finally visited a doctor when she started to experience agonizing stomach pains.
“I couldn’t really walk or bend over,” she said. “I went to work, and they thought I had a UTI but everything was normal after I got tested.
“The pain didn’t stop so I went to A&E and they thought it was appendicitis or kidney stones. But after getting checked over again they couldn’t find anything, I didn’t know what to do.”
A scan then revealed the 13-inch cyst which was finally removed on April 13.
“I was so relieved when I finally got it removed and I feel like myself again,” she expressed. “I’m yet to see anyone that’s had one that big.
“I thought the cyst would be small and it would go but I realized my stomach was all cyst.
“I’m glad I don’t look pregnant anymore, but I can’t believe I was walking around like that for so long.”
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