No. The first visit is only to understand the problem and your choices - surgery and non-surgery both. Take it home. Talk it over as a family. Come back with more questions. Nothing is booked until you are ready.
What should I know before I meet Dr Mahajan?
Make the most of your first visit.
A short guide to your first consultation - for you, and for the family member coming along.
Do I have to decide about surgery at this visit?
No. A first consultation is not a commitment to surgery. It is to understand what is going on in the joint, and what your options are - including the non-surgical ones.
What will make the visit worth it?
Coming in prepared. Three things do that:
The right papers and scans
The person who decides with you
The questions you want answered
What happens at your first visit
What will they actually do when I go in?
The first visit is to understand your problem - not to commit to surgery.
01
We listen & examine
Your symptoms, and your joint.
02
We read your scans
Reports and X-rays, with you.
03
We explain options
Including the non-surgical ones.
Tests, fitness checks and planning all come later.
Is mine a knee, a hip, or a failed replacement?
Most first visits are one of three conversations.
Why is the wait sometimes long?
There is a wait because Dr Mahajan looks after every patient himself.
Some days you may wait past your appointment time. The reason is simple - the same doctor who sees you in the clinic is also in the operation theatre that day. Here is what that wait means for you.
01
Your surgery is done by Dr Mahajan himself
Not by a junior doctor or an assistant.
02
He examines every patient himself
Before you meet him, a doctor in the next room notes your history and gets your reports ready - so your time with Dr Mahajan is spent on you, not on paperwork.
03
He checks on you himself after surgery
he visits every patient in the ward, at least once a day.
Yes, some days that means a longer wait. But the full attention the patient ahead of you is getting today is the same attention you will get tomorrow - from Dr Mahajan himself, at every step.
What do people get wrong about all this?
What do these terms mean?
The consult room, in plain words.
Tap on a card to see what it means in plain terms.
I'm deciding for my mother or father - what's my part?
If you're the one who brought them.
- Before you come
Records, scan films, medicines list, and the insurance details.
- In the room
Ask what they hold back - cost, risk, timing. Take notes.
- After the visit
Plan the help-at-home window, and time off work - yours and theirs.
You are not expected to have the answers today - just to understand the options.
What do I bring, and what should I ask?
Walk in with two lists.
Preparation turns a feared visit into a task. Bring two things - a folder of papers, and a short list of questions.
The papers to bring
A folder to carry in
The questions worth asking
A short list to ask
There are no wrong questions. These help most:
A good visit should leave you clearer, not more confused.
What happens after surgery?
Recovery runs to a rhythm.
If surgery becomes part of your plan, the days after are mapped, not unknown:
GOOD DAYS AND BAD DAYS
For the first day or two, pain medicines keep things well controlled. As they ease off at home, swelling can make pain and stiffness come and go - that is normal. A bad day is a speed-breaker, not a stop sign - slow down, keep icing and resting the joint, then start again. What matters is the trend over the first month, not any single day.
THE TEAM STAYS REACHABLE
Before discharge, every patient is given a set of contact numbers spanning the team - doctors, physiotherapists, dieticians, emergency and admin - so a question in week two never has to wait for an appointment.
Questions families ask before the first visit.
What do others say after they have been through it?
In their own words.
Public reviews from Google, shown as they were written. Most are written by the family member who brought them in.
What does Dr. Mahajan actually say about this?
A few minutes, in his own words.
Short clips on the questions that come up before a first visit. Each one opens on YouTube.
Who will look after me through all this?
Your care is a team effort.
Alongside Dr Mahajan, you may meet our patient coordinator, our nursing and operating-theatre team, and our physiotherapists. Each has a clear role in helping you prepare, recover, and get moving again safely.
