Aug 2009
Professor Mundy
Monday/August/2009 07:52 PM Barrie`s BlogBarrie`s
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Barrie
was back at London Bridge
Hospital this morning to see Prof. Anthony Mundy regarding the troublesome hernias. Anthony
Mundy trained in surgery and urology at Guy’s
Hospital in London and became a Consultant in 1980
and a Professor of Urology in 1990.
After a extensive, painful examination this morning the surgeon said he would perform the hernia repairs at the next available date convenient to both of them and it appears that this will be early November. It will only require a two night stay in the hospital and a couple of weeks of taking it easy so this procedure should not be too disruptive to Barrie's rehab program.
Barrie is still troubled by very poor renal performance, recent blood tests show this is not improving and will see Dr. David Goldsmith at Guy's Hospital on the 1st of September in order to see what, if anything can be done to improve his kidney function. He does get very tired due to his blood not being in the best order.
After a extensive, painful examination this morning the surgeon said he would perform the hernia repairs at the next available date convenient to both of them and it appears that this will be early November. It will only require a two night stay in the hospital and a couple of weeks of taking it easy so this procedure should not be too disruptive to Barrie's rehab program.
Barrie is still troubled by very poor renal performance, recent blood tests show this is not improving and will see Dr. David Goldsmith at Guy's Hospital on the 1st of September in order to see what, if anything can be done to improve his kidney function. He does get very tired due to his blood not being in the best order.
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Dr Martin Bircher
Thursday/August/2009 06:38 PM Barrie`s
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Today August 5th, Barrie was seen by Mr. Martin Bircher.
Mr. Bircher is one of the few surgeons skilled in vital surgery for crash victims with pelvic and other orthopaedic damage.
This is a highly specialised field, and patients from throughout the country are referred to him as soon as possible after their crash.
Sadly Mr Bircher did not see Barrie for the 1st time till December 08, some five months after the accident, at that time Barrie was advised to see Prof Mundy to get the very urgent urological problems sorted this was done in February of this year.
Today Mr. Bircher advised that he was not going to do any pelvic surgery, he said Barrie would never be the same as before the accident due to the 65mm gap in the front of his pelvis, however as he is walking without too much pain the risks of further surgery for only limited gains were not worth taking at this point.
So it is now down to Prof Mundy to try and repair the two hernias which will make life more comfortable and Barrie will continue to get as fit as he can with rehabilitation physio.
It was not altogether bad news and Barrie will see Mr. Bircher again in six months to see how the walking has progressed. Hopefully by then the hernias will have been patched.