'Two years to live': Why we used our super for weight loss surgery
Fili Fili and Natasha Narayan-Fili underwent weight loss surgery in 2025 after struggling with obesity. The couple has experienced significant weight loss and improvements in their quality of life since the procedures. Weight loss surgeries, particularly gastric sleeves, are becoming increasingly common as effective treatments for severe obesity.
- ▪Fili Fili lost 180kg after undergoing a sleeve gastrectomy and SADI procedure.
- ▪Natasha Narayan-Fili lost 30kg following her sleeve gastrectomy.
- ▪The couple reported a significant reduction in living expenses after their surgeries, including lower grocery and power bills.
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People grappling with obesity are using super for weight loss surgery, but those looking overseas face risksBy Johnson RaelaThe PacificTopic:Medical ProceduresTue 19 May 2026 at 4:46amTue 19 May 2026 at 4:46amTue 19 May 2026 at 4:46amFili Fili and Natasha Narayan-Fili both had weight loss surgery in 2025. (ABC News: Johnson Raela)abc.net.au/news/weight-loss-surgery-superannuation-overseas-risks/106675332Link copiedShareShare articleWARNING: This story contains pictures of a surgery.At his heaviest, Fili Fili weighed about 300 kiloggrams.He still doesn't know exactly how heavy he was — 300 was just the number his doctor gave him after he maxed out the scales at the clinic in 2017."You literally have two years left before you die," the doctor told him.Those words haunted Fili and…
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