After our initial consultation you were confident I could get back to some sort of normality with your help. After various consultations it was agreed that surgery would be needed in my case. You operated on me in September 2017, and after waking from the operation I was immediately pain free, (I couldn’t believe it). A word of caution you said, “this was due to the pain killers and pain could and probably would return for a while once the pain killers wear off”. I’m still waiting.
I can honestly say it is the best decision I have ever made coming to see you and having that operation (a side getting married). I did everything you told me to do in the rehabilitation phase of my recovery and recovery has been fantastic.
I have kept up the cycling thanks to you in 2021 I completed the Yorkshire Beast, 203 miles with over 16000ft of climbing all round the Yorkshire Dales completed in just 1 day. I managed to get in with 30 minutes to spare before the cut off time, they do have a 25 – 30% failure rate . I completed each day in a respectable time and overall at the end of the week I finished in 66th place (for me a very good time).
All of the above would not have been possible without your help back in 2017.
Thanks once again.
Dave Woods
