Mr Narendra Kumar Rath 2024-01-10 Person 5 5 0

JANUARY 2023 A year today I had surgery ACDF level 3 for Cervical Myelopathy. Following Mr Raths final appointment after my surgery at the Nuffield, Chester last week. I wanted to tell others how important it is to get checked if you have any of the following symptoms. I will take you back to July 2022. I suddenly started with spinning vertigo, I couldn't walk more than 5 steps and was on a walking stick, I lost the use in my hands and was dropping things, I needed support with washing and dressing and had to have a chair in the shower, my eyes were affected and neurologically I was using the wrong words known again. My life had fell apart in minutes. After a few weeks of having medication off my GP for vertigo I felt I was getting worse. I didn't hesitate to contact Mr Rath and received an appointment within a few days. MRI was booked immediately and they could see that 2 discs C4, C5 had collapsed onto my spinal cord. I needed surgery as soon as. Mr Rath arranged my operation for January 6th and here I am a year later writing this. I have to go at my pace and am slower but I now have the use back in both my hands bar 2 fingers go slightly numb known again, I am walking just over a mile a day, I can now drive, I can see to myself showering/dressing, I am starting to do little chores around the house. My quality of life has improved and I still have another year of recovery. I will say this again I can't thank Mr Rath enough he is a brilliant surgeon, made me feel at ease the whole time and is a very caring person. I would also like to thank his secretary Linda for all her support throughout and his team of people on the day of my operation.