A 59-year-old Norwegian man who was called FAT for 12 years due to a continuously growing belly was a 60-pound malignant tumour. Thomas Kraut said he was diagnosed with obesity and even got prescribed Ozempic before they discovered the growth, leading to a 10-hour surgery for its removal. Kraut’s stomach kept getting bigger with doctors initially convinced that he was simply overweight.
He was sent on weight loss and nutrition courses, even when the cancer was growing inside him. Originally from Germany, Kraut moved to Norway to work as an optician in 2008. However, he began having health issues in 2011 when his stomach began to protrude.
Doctors then diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and obesity in 2012. However, after more than a decade, when he was being prepped for a gastric sleeve operation to tackle his obesity, doctors realised Kraut had a giant malignant tumour growing inside him. “My stomach kept getting bigger.
I went from doctor to doctor and in 2019 I was finally approved for a gastric sleeve,” he told the New York Post. “The doctors only ever talked about being overweight and diabetes. I was given Ozempic for diabetes and before the gastric sleeve I had to attend nutrition and fitness courses for several years,” he added.
Kraut said after pressing his stomach, the doctor understood that the hard surface was not fat. “It pressed on my stomach. It was hard and not soft, as is the case with fat,” Kraut said.
“In addition, I had lost so much weight with .
