Lisa Brown Suffers Rare Condition: From 140 Pounds, She Now Weighs An Almost 70 Pounds, Saying She's Willing To Die

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Lisa Brown, an ex-model from Wisconsin, is one of the 400 people who suffers from a disease called "superior mesenteric artery syndrome." The 34-year-old woman, who is fighting with the rare condition, has suffered enough and now, she's willing to die. From a healthy 140 pounds, she now only weighs an almost 70 pounds.

What's suppose to be a normal, happy life suddenly changed. During her late 20's, Lisa is starting to reach her goals swiftly as she graduated from college with flying colors, enroll herself to a graduate school, settle down, and have herself a rewarding career.

Back in 2010, Lisa settled down with Patrick Brown. He was 28-year-old at that time and he thought that their marriage was "beautiful and special." I was lucky enough to marry the love of my life," Brown said. "I really was just so happy." However, it wasn't long when he noticed that Lisa is starting to drop her weight. At first, they thought it was normal but then, it wouldn't stop. They knew something was wrong, as per DailyMail.

On May 20, Lisa's weighed dropped from 140 pounds to 89. She was staying in Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, dressed in pink as it is her favorite color. A feeding device is attached to her frail body for about 20 hours a day. "We were your average 20-somethings," Lisa said. "All the way until I was about 28 years old when I got married and little things started to go downhill."

Lisa started to lost weight shortly after her 28th birthday and in 2013, she was diagnosed with SMAS -- a disease that compresses the intestine and "blocks food from getting through" -- after several hospital trips and series of CT scan. The life-threatening, rare condition leaves a 30 percent chance of death to its sufferers. However, knowing a slick chance of survival, Lisa created a YouTube post entitled"Be Brave SMAS Warriors" to spread awareness about the syndrome, according to People.