Mr Kanna Gnanalingham 2022-09-29 Person 5 5 0

I am a 62 yrs young equestrian who’s horses are my life. I was suffering with debilitating pain in my back and neuropathy pain down my right leg and foot. I was unable to sleep sit or walk properly. My everyday work load was a struggle even getting dressed was a task. I was referred to Mr Kanna Gnanalingham and on first meeting was put at my ease with his compassion and understanding of my issues and his reassurance that he could help me. He was open to all my questions and ordered the relevant tests to evaluate the situation keeping me fully informed at all time. On reviewing my results he explained my problem. I had an L4/L5 grade1 degenerative slip disc with lateral recess narrowing. Mr Gnanalingham prescribed pain relief but to no avail. I then had a caudal epidural but again no relief my only option left was surgery. Mr Gnanalingham was reassuringly optimistic that I would be riding again after recovery as long as I understood the recovery time and didn’t rush it. He explained about the procedure and also what could go wrong. I felt thoroughly supported and informed and with that I agreed to go ahead. My surgery was scheduled for 19/3/22. I was thoroughly supported throughout my pre ops and visits and questions I needed to ask would be answered promptly by Mr Gnanalingham. Nothing was too much trouble and I didn’t feel at any time I could not contact his secretary and Mr Gnanalingham would reply. On the morning of my admission Mr Gnanalingham came to see me and reassured me about my procedure. His anaesthetist and physiotherapist followed not long after. I awoke from my operation to the voice of Mr Gnanalingham asking me if I had any pain and to my shock after nearly two years of leg pain I was able to say “no I have no leg pain”. He also explained that he had found and removed a cyst that was at L4/5 and it had been sent to the labs for testing and that all else went well. I was able to get up and walk the next day with no pain in my leg on walking, sitting or lying down. During my recovery in hospital Mr Gnanalingham was in contact with me and visited me and went through again the outcome of my procedure. After discharge home, I was able to contact his secretary at any time and he would ring me back to answer any query I had. My follow up zoom calls with Mr Gnanalingham where very informative going through my procedure and my results together and he explaining what I was looking at in the before and after scans. I felt these were helpful in understanding how important it was to follow Mr Gnanalingham’s instructions on the do’s and don’ts on recovery to get the best possible outcome. I would not hesitate to recommend a more professional and dedicated consultant. Thanks to his expertise care and attention I am now back in the saddle.