Renewed Hope for an 83-Year-Old Fighter

When I first came to The Brooklyn Hospital Center, I was losing hope. I had been treated by countless medical professionals who consistently told me nothing could be done, that I had to learn to manage and live with my condition. The life that I had worked so hard to create for myself was being taken away from me.

For all my 83 years I have been a fighter. I raised my 11 children and my grandchildren. I joyfully dedicated my life to my church and to my community. I pushed through chronic pain for years, but it became unbearable. Years were stolen, spent in bed, unable to move or fully participate in life.

Then I met Dr. Anders Cohen, Chief of Neurosurgery and Co-Director of the Neurosciences Center at TBHC. Dr. Cohen and his team of expert surgeons did for me what no other doctor had been able to: they fixed my condition. Within days of my procedure I was walking and moving like my old self; within months, I was able to travel, even para sail.

TBHC gave me back the life I was meant to live. My mind and my body are no longer at odds with each other.