Patient Story

Debbie's Story: Chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma

“My biggest hurdle was the psychological effect of losing my hair. You’re told what to expect but nothing prepares you for that moment when you run your fingers through your hair and it starts coming out in handfuls. Again, the oncology nurses were there to help and put me in touch with a wig specialist able to make a wig almost identical to my real hair. Even some of my closest friends and family haven’t noticed which is brilliant.”

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When Denise Pieri embarked on removing skirting boards as part of a DIY project, she didn’t bargain for a splinter leading to an operation at Spire Hartswood Hospital

“Mr Sood is a plastic surgeon as well as a hand surgeon, which meant that he was also concerned to give me the best possible cosmetic result with minimal scarring”

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DIEP (deep inferior epigastric perforators) breast reconstruction

“When the DIEP flap treatment was explained to me I thought, every cloud has a silver lining!”

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Graham Smith, 67, had an anterior cervical decompression procedure at Spire Hartswood Hospital to cure neck pain and a sudden lack of mobility in his right shoulder. Here, he tells his story…

“If I’m going to the tolls for the Dartford crossing, I can pay the guy now; I’m starting to do things that I realise I couldn’t do before.”

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Hayley: Ear pinning (pinnaplasty)

“I can’t express how happy my experience has been”

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Jackie's Story: TVT surgery for stress urinary incontinence (SUI)

“The TVT operation has been a fantastic success and has given me a new freedom. I can’t think of any downside to it”

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Jacqueline Goldsmith had an arthritic joint replaced in her finger eighteen months ago and is now returning to have the same operation on two other fingers. She tells her story here

“The whole process has been excellent and it has made it easier for me to do the day-to-day things I struggled with before. I can even play with my grandchildren more without such painful consequences.”

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Janet's Story: Gynaecological surgery

“I would without hesitation wholeheartedly recommend The Hartswood to anyone requiring medical or surgical intervention”

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Physio for vertigo (dizziness)

“It’s been absolutely brilliant. It’s amazing that it’s all been done without drugs.”

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Mr John Starr from Hornchurch in Essex, had hip replacement surgery at Spire Hartswood Hospital in Brentwood, Essex in March 2010.

“The hip replacement operation gave me my life back. I am so grateful to have had the treatment I received and to still be able to compete at my age. I have been swimming since I was 11 years old and don’t ever want to stop. Now I don’t have to.”