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Mr Kanthan Theivendran 2019-06-17 Person 5 5 0

My name is mr JSJones. Approximately four years ago I started having pain in my right shoulder. I did as many do and went to my doctor. This led to two and a half years of pain killers, inflammatory creams, physio, X-rays, cortisone injections. After all this I was told I had osteoarthritis. I had severe pain in my shoulder many times. To relieve this pain I would throw my arm out like a fast punch, my shoulder would make a sound like a crack and the pain would go. On two consecutive days I had this severe pain I tried to throw my arm out as normal this time it did not work. The pain was excruciating after thirty minutes I asked my wife to phone a ambulance because my arm was turning blue. After calling an ambulance out on two occasions I was referred to city hospital. This was when I saw Mr Kanthan Theivendran, after looking at my X-rays he said I must be in some serious pain. This is when he gave two options, which were to live with the problem, or have a complete shoulder replacement. At that point I didn’t even know you could have a shoulder replacement. I stated I would rather have my arm and shoulder amputated than live with it. I decided I would go for the shoulder replacement. Mr Theivendran explained all procedures in plain English. I was admitted to Sandwell hospital on the 12th of June 2019, the operation was started at approximately 9.00am that morning by M Theivendran. I came to at approximately 3.30 that day. The service I received from all the the staff throughout the whole three days was excellent. It is now one year on, my shoulder feels absolutely fantastic. At this point I would like to say thanks to all the staff at Sandwell hospital. And to Mr Theivendran, I really appreciate the quality work carried out on my shoulder and many thanks for giving me my life back.