Mr Erlick Pereira 2022-06-22 Person 5 5 0

I am just back from my follow-up consultation with Mr Pereira after my surgery and would like to share what a great and life-changing experience it has been. Mr Pereira operated me to remove a benign intradural spinal cord tumor just two weeks ago. For four month prior to the surgery I have been suffering from unbearable radiating rib pain, weakness and numbness in my legs and restricted feet motion. After I did MRI - Mr Pereira gave me exhaustive overview about my condition. He explained the risks of further tumor growth and how surgery can help. I was impressed with how detailed and careful Mr Pereira was with describing all the risks and benefits of the surgery. Mr Pereira always invited me to ask any questions I may have and I felt comfortable addressing any smallest doubts. Even though I was terrified by the diagnosis and oncoming surgery, consultation with Mr Pereira have me more confidence and comfort to move ahead. The waiting time for the surgery has been the hardest emotionally, so I hope these comments will help and support others who are about to go through similar experience. I am incredibly happy to share that my surgery went very well and most of the symptoms cleared in the first couple of days. I am now back to normal life apart from sports that will take a bit longer to come back to. I couldn’t imagine the surgery to go smoother than it has. I had my surgery at London Spine Clinic where Mr Pereira came to see me prior to my surgery and then couple more times during five days of my inpatient stay. I spent first night in ICU (as planned for close supervision), managed to sit down on day 2 and stand up on day 3. Every day I felt very well cared of by the nurses and physio therapist. There hasn’t been a time when any of my need hasn’t been addressed by the stuff. Mr Pereira also made a very important extra step for me. Since I am living in London by myself with whole of my family abroad, they were not able to be there with me and were extremely worried. Mr Pereira informed my family that everything went well by phone message, which was a huge relief for them as I couldn’t get access to my own phone for a couple of hours post surgery. I wish everyone to have the same smooth experience as I had with Mr Pereira! I am grateful beyond words for having my normal pain-free life back!