A 32-STONE grandfather who has not stepped outside his home in eight years is begging doctors to end his nightmare.

Gavin Solly’s wife Christine called out his doctor this week in fear that he would commit suicide after he found out he will not get the gastric bypass operation he desperately wants.

Mr Solly, 50, fell down concrete stairs while working at Dorset County Hospital in 2000 and broke his coccyx, or tailbone, as well as damaging two discs in his back.

He stopped working, and because it was too painful to sit down, he retreated to his bedroom. He has been there ever since, apart from going to the bathroom or leaving the house once in an ambulance for a hospital appointment.

He said: “For eight years I’ve been stuck in this bedroom. I can’t go out and see my grandchildren. I’ve got no life.”

Mr Solly, of Yalbury Lane, Crossways, was 20 stone when he had his accident, but at home his weight increased.

He said: “After my accident I could not sit down and all I could do was lay flat on my bed.

“Now I just want to have the operation and get well.

“I’ve lost my 40s and 50 has hit me hard.

“I want to reach the age of 60, but with everything I try and do I hit a brick wall.”

Mr Solly was looking forward to having a gastric bypass performed by specialists at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton this week.

A gastric bypass is a form of bariatric, or weight loss surgery used to reduce the size of the stomach and bowels and often involves stapling the stomach.

But Mr Solly said his dreams of a recovery have been broken again as the hospital has told him he could not have the operation due to concerns for his health. Chris-tine, 50, said: “I hope he gets the operation, as he just gives up hope. I have to be careful now and watch him.

“This time he said ‘that’s it, what’s the point of living now?’ and we had the nurse and doctor out.”

Mrs Solly was a carer for her husband for eight years as well as having jobs outside her home.

She now works in a restaurant while Mr Solly receives professional help.

She said: “I just could not cope anymore.

“It got too much as it was 24/7 and we ended up arguing.

“The operation would give us back our life.

“He is just going to have a heart attack and die in bed otherwise.”

Mrs Solly said her husband’s doctors helped gain funding for the operation.

She said that though she believes other hospitals would agree to carry out the operation, the couple cannot get the money transferred.

Mr Solly said doctors have given him a variety of reasons for not carrying out the gastric bypass operation.

He said they have told him he needs to lose more weight first, he could die under a general anaesthetic and also needs treatment for a sleeping disorder which affects his breathing.

Mr Solly is currently wearing a mask at night as part of a treatment for the sleeping disorder.

But he feels it’s unnecessary and believes he would not need a general anaesthetic for the operation.