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Mr Erlick Pereira 2016-12-06 Person 5 5 0

I had an unfortunate Mountain Bike accident in August this year (2016) as a result of which I broken most of my ribs on left hand side, my left hand, left clavicle and left scapula as well as fracturing my L3 vertebrae which was the injury that the doctors were most concerned about. I was flat on my back not moving for two days before Mr Pereira could operate. The operation basically consisted of relocating the broken piece of L3 and securing it between two rods which were secured to L2 and L4. The operation appeared to be succesful and some 36 hours later I was up on my feet walking around and life felt pretty good. Unfortunately I started to get shooting pains down my left leg when I moved around, which gradually got worse and worse. Mr Pereira re-examined me via a CT scan and it was discovered that one of the screws in L4 had become loose and was placing a strain on my spinal cord, causing the shooting pains. I was back to being flat on my back not daring to move in case I did any more damage, fearing the worse. As I laid there I had some pretty dark thoughts of maybe not being about to walk again or even worse being paralysed, all because I had fallen of my bike due to a stupid mistake on my behalf. Anyway a day later Mr Pereira operated for the second time. I went down around 16:30 and was back on the ward around 21:30, having been told the operation was succesful and the loose screw was firmly secured. The next morning at around 08:00 I was up on my feet walking around with no pain. It was truly like a miracle as far as I was concerned. One minute I was contemplating never walking again and the next I was running around (not quite, more like shuffling). People have asked me if I was annoyed by the screw becoming loose and having to have the second operation. I can honestly say no and it was better it came loose while I was still in hospital so I could get treated straightaway. I think people forget how difficult and complicated operating on the human body is, such is the impact of TV Hospital shows, and sometimes for nobody's fault things go awry. All through the process Mr Pereira kept me informed on what was going to happen and what had happened. I appreciated his honesty in revealing the first operation was not as succesful as they had hoped and what the second operation would achieve. Anyway some 4 months later my legs and back are all good and the rest of my body is also healing. I still consider what Mr Pereira did for me was a miracle and I will always be grateful to him and his team, they are truly miracle workers!