Mother of two, Carol Poe, 60, from West Virginia in the United States, underwent drastic brain surgery to help her fight her obesity problems. Mrs Poe, who at one time weighed 490 pounds (around 35 stone) is only 5 ft 2 in in height was termed as ideal for the surgery, by West Virginia University Hospital who carried out the surgery, after plenty of failed weight loss diets and programs and also a failed stomach stapling operation.




