Success Case: Obesity treatment

23/01/2023

Sometimes life offers you a second chance and today's protagonist knows it well.

Thomas Heilich has been born twice, both times in Juaneda: the first, on August 5th, 1968; the second, on June 6th, 2021, thanks to his bravery and the professionalism of Dr. Masmiquel, an endocrinologist at Juaneda Hospitals, specialist in obesity treatments.

Talking to Thomas is to witness the rebirth of a new person. A man who has undergone a significant weight loss of 74 kilo and in doing so, has regained his positivity, aspiration and motivation. A new man who also says he still cannot believe what is happening to him and assures that he is in heaven.

Thomas Heilich has changed a lot physically, but especially psychologically. He has undergone a kind of metamorphosis in which he has gone from being an insecure, oppressed and unfair person to himself to being a much more confident and determined man, stripped of all the layers that prevented him from being happy. He has learned to forgive himself and treat himself infinitely better.

Blindly trusting in the expertise and professionalism of Dr. Masmiquel has changed his life. As of today, just two years after his surgery, Thomas can do things he could not do for years: from small daily gestures, such as getting out of bed without effort or walking a few meters without suffocating, to much larger changes in habits, such as training three days a week and expanding his challenges. He has gone from having an uncertain life expectancy to thinking he can do anything he sets his mind to. By losing 74 kilos, Thomas has regained his desire to travel, to try, to evolve, in conclusion, the desire to live.

Humanity, personalization, warmth and professionalism.

Four attributes that made Thomas decide to change his life at Juaneda Hospitals, his home, that home that has seen him breathe twice.

Thomas wants to send a message to all overweight patients who doubt whether to change or not to change their lives, to all those people who are gripped by fear: do it, don't doubt it.

He, who is learning to live without the sidelong glances he used to receive, rejection glances that judged him, encourages everyone to shed their fear and doubts. He encourages the hesitant ones to take the big step and change their lives forever.

Juaneda, close to you.