Patient Feedback

All the nursing staff were absolutely brilliant, they cared for me really well, the surgeon was very helpful and explained things to me well. The theatre staff were also excellent, really putting me at ease prior to the procedure. Unfortunately it's been over eight weeks since I had the procedure which was foot surgery and I still cannot bare to wear a shoe. My toes and foot are still swollen and go off in opposite directions, I saw my G.P. a couple of weeks ago and she said, bone surgery does take time to heal and I was to see her again in four weeks to see if it was any better. I hope I can get a shoe on soon as the weather is starting to get colder now. After my last procedure I received an email from Ramsey healthcare asking me for the above review, when they received it I was asked if I would like to get another appointment to see the surgeon and see if anything could be done to improve it. I saw the consultant just before Christmas and he agreed that it didn't look good, and he asked me if I would like to have it done again and I said yes please. The surgery date was set for March this year, so for six months I had to wear an open shoe with a plastic bag to keep my foot dry, all through the coldest part of the year. After the second surgery there was a good improvement to my big toe enabling me to wear a proper shoe, it's been three months now and my second toe is still not good, it curves to the left and twists over to one side. It starts the day being not comfortable and as the day goes on the discomfort turns to pain, Mr Keruppiah has given me an open appointment in case I need to see him again, but if I did would he be able to do anything for me and am I sure that I ever want to go back to Woodthorpe hospital.