article_snippet: As a result of life-threatening illness, Roxanne Stacey lost seven stone .
article_snippet: Miss Stacey, from Greenhithe, in Kent, said: 'I felt reassured but the symptoms persisted and I was losing weight by the day.'
article_snippet: Roxanne Stacey said Roxanne Stacey was left so weak Roxanne Stacey was unable to hold Roxanne Stacey 16-month-old son Freddie, left . '
article_snippet: I look anorexic,' Roxanne Stacey said. '
article_snippet: I used to be 14 stone and was healthy, and happy.
article_snippet: I'm too weak to hold her 16-month-old son Freddie. '
article_snippet: Roxanne Stacey was admitted to Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, in London, on March 8 so Roxanne Stacey can regain some strength and weight before having a life-saving operation.