Nicole C.
There is so much that I know lead to me gaining weight over the years, and although I could blame people, it was me that put the food in my mouth and swallowed. It has taken me the last 3 years to come to grips with the reasons I was so unhappy, so angry, so bitter and just got hungrier and hungrier. My turning point was a cold day in February 2007. I was getting into my Ford Tempo and my 5 year old said, "Mommy, you are too big for the car." That was the last straw, when my baby started noticing my weight, I had to do something. I did not want to be the reason he is embarrassed. I dropped him off at daycare, squeezed back into my car, and cried my eyes out.
I drove to work and called Dr. Schuricht's office and started the process. Although my insurance company said, yes we covered the surgery, I later found out that it was a lie. They didn't. Aetna....BASTARDS!!!
So, months passed and I was resigned to the fact that I was going to be a fat, nasty, blob, forever. I ate that way too. Then, I was offered a new job at my son's new daycare and the only reason I took the job was because they offered insurance that covered the surgery and so Dr. Schuricht made me sit through his lecture again and he changed my life. He made it possible for me to have a life. I didn't have one before.
When I talk to Dr. Schuricht and his staff, they feel like old friends. I tell everyone who is thinking about the surgery in my area, I send them to Pennsylvania hospital. Thank you all for what you have done for me, but most of all, thank you to my little hero, Nicholas, who opened my eyes after all this time.
