'Failed op was a huge blow to me'.GRANDFATHER Keith Willans, of Tyn-y-Parc Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff Whitchurch (Welsh Yr Eglwys Newydd eglwys church + newydd new) is a suburb of Cardiff, Wales. It is approximately 3 miles from the centre of the city on the B12(A) road. Its estimated population as of 2004 was 15,649. , had his knee replacement operation in Weston-super-Mare in the summer of 2005 and it immediately left him in pain. Mr Willans, 73, a retired quantity surveyor quantity surveyor Noun a person who estimates the cost of the materials and labour necessary for a construction job quantity surveyor n → aparejador(a) m/f , paid pounds 17,000 privately to have a second operation for a complete knee replacement to correct the problems. He was told that the Swedish surgeons at the treatment centre had taken too much bone away before fitting the knee. "I was told the new knee would last for 10 to 15 years but within a year I was having a second operation. Obviously I was not happy," he said. Mr Willans first noticed problems a month after the original operation, when he was unable to bend his knee properly. "Within two months, the knee had developed a clunking clunk n. 1. A dull sound; a thump. 2. A blow that produces a dull sound. 3. Informal A stupid, dull person. v. clunked, clunk·ing, clunks v.intr. sound every time I moved it," he said. "It was only when I was referred back to Llandough Hospital by my GP that I was told the replacement had failed. "It was a huge blow tome - it was dreadful. "The previous five months had been awful because of this knee and a problem with my foot. "I couldn't climb stairs or steps properly - that was the main reason why I decided to have the operation to correct the problem." CAPTION(S): Keith Willans from Whitchurch was left in pain after a knee replacement operation in England |
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