Mr Barrie White 2017-02-03 Person 5 5 0

In 1997 I was diagnosed with a benign tumour on my spine. I saw a consultant who told me of this and kept on telling me that there was a 1 per cent chance that I would never walk again. He kept repeating this over and over again and I am so glad my mother had come to this appointment with me, as you can well imagine I was already in a delicate state and this upset me even further - I have many tablets at home and if I wasn't a more stable person I would have gone home and taken them, my mother heard this consultant say I would have the best surgeon there was to operate on me - she asked his name and got the reply Barrie White - my mum rang the QMC and within a week I was in hospital being operated on. I was so nervous but when I came round from the operation Mr White (although working on me for 7 hours) rang my mum and told her to come to the hospital to see me (to give her peace of mind). Anyway I WAS able to walk again and when I discussed this consultant with Mr White he said there was probably a 10 per cent chance that I wasn't going to be able to walk but a 90 per cent chance that I WOULD (He is such a positive person). I am still in contact with this very genuine, kind man and I let every know how wonderful he is. I am sorry for going on but I can't say enough about this lovely man.