Salesman Closes the Deal By Losing More Than 200 Pounds with Weight-Loss Surgery
BMI Surgery at Silver Cross Hospital builds self-confidence of man who weighed 446 pounds.
For many years, Brad Schumacher, of Varna, Ill., had been successfully selling seed corn to farmers throughout north central Illinois, even though he was self-conscious about meeting people because he weighed 446 pounds. After losing 206 pounds in 18 months as a result of his weight-loss surgery, Schumacher is more self-assured than ever before in his life. "I have always been an outgoing person during my career as a salesman. But as a result of my weight loss surgery, I have more self-confidence now from how I look on the outside to how much healthier I feel in the inside," said the 45-year-old Schumacher. "I proudly interact with my clients and I am able to move many bags of seed with ease." A sponsored artcile by Silver Cross Hospital …
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7:13 pm on Monday, February 4, 2013
Linda, what about the possible risks of morbid obesity??? Stroke, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and, yes, death ! more ›