Spinal surgery

20 years ago I had my annual wellness visit with Dr Zaino at 8am. The wellness check up went fine and there were no issues or problems identified from the test results. As I was getting dressed Dr Zaino asked me if there was anything else I wanted to discuss. I answered "not really". Dr Zaino replied what do you mean not really?

I told him I had a tingling sensation on my left side like when you hit your funny bone. He said sounds like you have a pinched nerve. I want you to go downstairs and get an x-ray. I told him I had to be back at work by 10am. He insisted do I got the x-ray. He looked at the x-ray and said I need you to get an MRI right now. He made an appointment for me immediately the same day.

I went to get the MRI an hour later and headed back to work. As I was headed downtown to my job Dr Zaino called me on my cell phone. He told me he had a preliminary reading of my MRI and needed me to go immediately to a neurosurgeon and they were expecting me right away. I told Dr Zaino that I had to get to work. He responded "work is not important today get to the neurosurgeon right away.

I went to the neurosurgeon and found out I needed emergency spinal cord surgery. I was a violent sneeze or just a slip or stumble from being a quadriplegic for the rest of my life. I had the spinal cord surgery twice within 6 weeks to fix the problem.

Thanks to Dr Zaino as he saved me from being a quadriplegic. He is the best Doctor in the world as far as I am concerned.