Mr Constantinos Simillis 2020-12-01 Person 5 5 0

I was diagnosed with aggressive T4a bowel cancer at Addenbrookes in Sept 2020. After several rounds of chemotherapy and then a short hospital stay with acute cholecystitis, I presented with more abdominal pains - my tumour had blocked my bowel, causing it to become iscaemic. Mr Simillis was my surgeon in a 5-hour emergency operation to degas my bowel by removing my appendix, and to resection my bowel, removing the tumour and providing a stoma. Pre-op, he was very calm whilst stressing the urgency of the operation and explained matters as far as he was able before seeing inside me! On the ward, he and his time came to see me a number of times and he always took care to stress the positives and to ensure I had understood everything. It was a long and complicated operation and Mr Simillis clearly saved my life. Recently, he saw me and my husband to explain the positive outcomes of my histology and other matters. I hope to have a stoma reversal next year and am delighted to continue to be under Mr Simillis's care for this. I would not hesitate to recommend him to any patient.