Goring Hall Hospital - part of Circle Health Group 2023-01-17 Person 5 5 0

After many years of suffering with excruciating pain in both my knees. I couldn’t take the pain anymore, so I made an appointment to see Mr James Lewis, Orthopaedic Surgeon, at Goring Hall Hospital for his expert opinion and to discuss the results of my x-rays. I was not surprised to see just how bad both my knees were, all the cartilage in both my knees was gone. Mr Lewis’ words “They are both shot”. After a long discussion of the options open to me, I knew I needed to move ahead with surgery very quickly because my walking was so limited and painful. I decided to go for the conformist custom full knee replacements on both knees. At 81 years of age, I was concerned about having these procedures, however, Mr Lewis explained everything to me, he gave me great confidence going forward, he explained articulately in great detail what would happen before, during and after each operation. He answered all my questions with patience, and he completely assured me that the whole experience would be life changing. His last words to me as I was leaving his consulting room were “I’ll have you walking again, pain free!” How true those words are, I now have the quality of my life back, walking pain free. His system is very efficient with lots of emails on pre-operation information. I felt that the attention to detail was outstanding and very supportive throughout. I found this extremely helpful in my decision making and preparation. Both operations, September and November 2022, as expected were a great success and the support and care I received was second to none. A big thank you to Mr Lewis and his dedicated team of anaesthetists and theatre staff; they were all fantastic. I also wish to bring to your attention the professionalism of all the nursing staff who cared for me throughout my recovery, they were outstanding, very thoughtful and kind and for providing an exceptional service during my double stay at Goring Hall. The knowledgeable care I received was absolutely brilliant and my two short stays on Ilex Ward was just incredible. I feel very privileged to have been treated so well and made to feel so very special! A huge thank you to you all. Recovery can be the hardest part after major surgery; however, I have to say the nursing and physio teams were wonderful with me. They paid constant attention making sure that I felt comfortable at whatever time. I am now slowly recovering at home with all the aftercare instructions, medication, the physio exercises and what to do and what not to do. I’m pottering about without the sticks now, slight muscular discomfort now and again but without that severe pain, I’m getting there, slowly but surely! Both knees feel brilliant they now feel more like my own normal knees. It’s still a work-in progress, its onwards and upwards from now on! Help or advice was always on hand, to talk through any issues or worries I may have had, I had a few! All resolved very promptly and professionally. I am so pleased that I found Mr Lewis on my google search and will be recommending him to anyone who asks, so if you are considering a knee replacement, don’t hesitate to contact Mr James Lewis: I can’t praise him and his dedicated teams and Goring Hall staff highly enough. Les Cox Worthing