Mr Simon Monkhouse 2017-03-16 Person 5 5 0

Mr Simon Monkhouse performed bariatric surgery on me nearly 3 years ago. All had been going well until recently when I started to regurgitate food periodically and have some issues with swallowing. I buried my head in the sand hoping things would get better on their own (nothing surgically had gone wrong, it was due to scar tissue forming) On Friday at work I became grey, clammy, sweaty, pains in my chest and trouble swallowing. I phoned Simon who called me straight back. I had an emergency deflate, and an ECG. However there was not much difference to before the deflate. Simon told me to go straight to SAU at East Surrey Hospital, where he would brief the on call team and arrange for a CT scan to see if I had a band slippage. He looked at my results, and nothing untoward showed up. As I was able to swallow a bit more, and would have someone at home Simon allowed me to go home. On Saturday he kept in touch with me to assess my progress. But the time Sunday had arrived, I was regurgitating water, and couldn't even swallow yoghurt. Although it was Simons day off, he phoned to speak to me and advised me to go straight back to the hospital, where he would come in and operate on me to un clip my band. He was so reassuring and calm, even though I told him I was really scared. He saw me before I was put to sleep and explained the procedure to me. I felt very safe in his hands and thoroughly trusted him throughout. Simon kept up to date on my progress, and came in to see me on Monday morning to discharge me. Simon is a complete professional, he has unlimited empathy with his patients and is such a genuine person. I would have no problem in recommending him to anyone, and whoever has him as a surgeon is very lucky and in safe hands.