Mr Nicola De' Liguori Carino 2022-11-13 Person 5 5 0

My name is John holehouse and I live in the Hull University Teaching Hospitals area of the NHS. In May of this year I was taken ill, after referral I was admitted to Scarborough hospital were I had a MRI and CT Scans and then sent home, a week later I had a PET scan and later a biopsy of a lymph node at Castle Hill Hospital. I was then diagnosed with Gallbladder and Lymph node cancer. I then had an appointment with a surgeon at Castle Hill hospital and I was told I had a non operative cancer and my only option was Chemotherapy, which would not cure but would only hold the cancer back giving me only a few more weeks of life. As a family we could not except this, so my daughter and granddaughter went on to the Internet to research the cancer which I had been diagnosed with and to hopefully find a surgeon for a second opinion.They eventually came upon Mr Nicola de Liguori Carino who is an expert in my type of cancer. They made an appointment to see him in his surgery at the Alexandre Hospital in Manchester. On looking at the results of the scans and biopsy he decided in his and his teams opinion my cancer was operable. After a upto date CT scan Mr Carino operated on me in August 2022 removing my Gallbladder 3 lymph nodes and a liver resection. The operation was done at the Manchester Royal infirmary under the NHS, I spent a week in hospital and then went home to complete my recovery. Me and my family cannot thank Mr Carino and his team enough and will always be grateful for giving me my life back. He is not only a brilliant surgeon but also a very nice and humble man, who showed me nothing but compassion and empathy throughout my difficult journey. What me and my family cannot understand is that Manchester NHS Trust through Mr Carino could operate on my cancer and give me life ,yet my local NHS Trust wouldn't operate and gave me a terminal diagnosis we a maximum of 12 months to live I writing this to hopefully give hope to others who may have none like I did ,I am now having mild chemotherapy as a extra precaution and doing well and looking forward to the future, All thanks to Mr Nicola de Liguori Carino and his excellent team. Thank you John and family