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Jill says she had six spinal surgeries before seeing Dr. Melamed, including what she believes were three re-fusions on one level. She describes a six-hour surgery done through her front and back, and says she never felt a day of pain after it. She also mentions his follow-up calls at home and recommends him to anyone who needs his help.
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Medically reviewed byDr. Hooman Melamed, MD, FAAOS
From the video's automatic YouTube captions, edited for punctuation, capitalization and paragraph breaks. Filler sounds such as "um" are left out, and clearly misheard names and medical terms are corrected. Words that could not be made out are marked [inaudible].
Hi Jill, do I have your permission to post this online? Yes. And live, thank you. Go ahead.
Oh, first of all, I have to say Dr. Melamed changed my life. I got my life back, my back back, after six spinal surgeries. I went fus-, I think I had three re-fusions on one level, and he went in my tummy and my back and re-fused me, and I’ve never felt any pain. Feel perfect. My back is great, my legs are perfect, everything.
After my surgery, just, I was completely out of pain after seven surgeries, and just wonderful, magic hands, so kind, and so an old-fashioned doctor. Calls at home, make sure you’re okay, just such wonderful follow-through. And honestly, it was a six-hour surgery, front and back, and I just, I never felt a day of pain after that, ever, ever.
So I recommend Dr. Melamed highly to whoever needs his help, and just know how lucky and blessed you to meet such a wonderful doctor. And anyone has any questions, they can feel free to call me at home, they can give my number out. And just know, changed my life and fixed me and saved my [inaudible]. Thank you.
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