after seeing a few neurosurgeon and all opted to surgery doc gave me options as not a fan for surgery. others gave me no option but its now come down to operation as only option. He is straight to point which i believe is great and taught me a lot of how to manage pain as others didnt. would refer to any but they must remember the truth might hurt
Posted Date : 01/01/1970
The best of the best! Referred to as “The King” around my ward, Graeme conducted what the nurses called the “Brazey Special” fusing me at L5/S1. I was out of hospital after only 5 days (6 days earlier than predicted) feeling 1000 times better than when I went in. His is one straight shooter, which I found intimidating at the start but that quickly became a very comforting trait. I am only 21 and his conservative nature was frustrating to start with (2 months of bed rest to see if disc would heal itself – I wanted it fixed there and then after hearing about what he could do) but I think this compulsory bed rest was reassuring to my family who were hesitant towards surgery option. The blend of his dry sense of humor, firm/stern advice and colorful bowties made for an interesting experience; you would never know what to expect entering his office. Not even the finest bottle of wine could show my appreciation to A/prof G.A.Brazenor. He will go down in my books as a hero
Posted Date : 01/01/1970
Anonymous
Clearly not up to it ,hence the reason he acts as a mouthpiece for insurance companies.Avoid this paid for stooge like the plague.
Resigned from his former job at midnight las the whinging sook I exactly expect him to be .What sort of dummy spitting sook does that ? Simply highlights his lack of professionalism,seems to be on many levels.
Retire Graham you’re not up to it ,rather pathetic actually from a man of you “self deprecating “ standing .
I’d just say low life may be more accurate
Anonymous
t was March 1984 at around midnight when I was taken by ambulance to Alfred Hospital’s emergency department coming from Gippsland hospital,
(It is needless to describe here what I was going through at that time, you imagine it and then multiply X 10)
Within a few hours the hospital staff prepared me for an emergency operation at the left back of my head, (Cerebellum) to relieve the fluid pressure that nearly killed me,
Dr. Brazenor and the hospital team inserted a shunt going from the back of my head to the belly to drain the fluids.
Three days later second operation to remove the tumor (1 mm from my brain) that was blocking the fluids circulating.
After this….I only had to put up with the pain of the cuts and the stitches for a few days.
For 38 years I did not have the slightest of problems regarding the operation,
No restriction to my life style at all!
18 months ago (new year’s eve) te shunt snapped in the neck area and Alfred came to the rescue again
I am still here living a normal life without even thinking about what I went through!
I met Dr Brazenor next morning when he visited all of his patients.
He was radiating lots of hope, confidents, trust, and what he said to you you knew….it was the truth, he wouldn’t give you false hope (that was exactly what I was expecting from him, no “BS”)
He seemed like he was sent by God to me,
(I know he was just doing his “job” but it seemed much more than that to me)
I know he was fighting the governments for years for more funds to the hospitals so they would provide better healthcare to all of us,
I read lots of negative reviews here about him, most to do with unfavorable for them reports regarding insurance claims,
People blame him for working for the insurance companies!
(I wonder if any of these people bothered to get a second opinion before they blamed him)
Insurance claims have always been tough, any kind of claims, they don’t exactly throw money at you, we all know that.
I can not imagine that the Dr. Brazenor I knew to have become an insurance “puppet” as many people say here,
I believe that he is a man of principles and high standards and a life saving neurosurgeon, He saved my life for sure.
When I was in hospital there were two levels at the Alfred full of his patients, one with head operations and one with heart operations patients!
For me it is almost impossible to imagine that for a doctor to go from performing life saving operations all his life to becoming an insurance “puppet” at the and of his career as these people claim.
Thanks again Dr. Brazenor, God bless you