Original Letter:

Hello Matia.
 
My name is ________ and I am your patient _______'s husband.  You and I exchanged
some emails a few months back.
 
I just wanted to say THANK YOU for all of the great work you have done in helping _____
feel better.  We know we still have a long way to go -- but I cannot tell you how amazing it has been to see _____ getting better.  Over the past few months, she has started to be her
old happy, normal self again -- mainly because she is finally not in chronic pain constantly.  She feels better, she looks healthier, she smiles again, and she sleeps through the night.  The transformation has been amazing.
 
We really feel like we are blessed to have heard about you and been able to
get _____out to see you.  We are blessed and lucky that there is someone in this world
who understands ____'s problem, and spends so much time trying to fix it.  We were so
low when we found you.  And after having 10-20 doctors around the country either tell us
we were crazy or recommend some experimental and invasive treatment, we were at our
wits end.  You have made her life (and my life) so much better in the last seven months.  We are very, very thankful for all that you do -- you really have changed our lives for the better.  
 
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
 
If there is ever anything we can do to re-pay for this great gift you have given us, please
do not hesitate to let me know.  You have given us so much and we are just so thankful.

Response after I asked if I could post his letter:

Matia -- of course you have my permission to do that.  That would be great.  We want
everyone to know how great you are.  I know there are lots of women out there right now who were just like _____ was seven months ago -- in pain and running out of hope.  The more
people learn about you, the more people you can help.
 
You absolutely have our permission to post it.  And if you ever want us to write a more
fulsome account of where we were before seeing you and how far we have come thanks
to you, we would love to do that too.  _____ and I have already talked about writing out
the whole story once she is completely better.  We want to do anything we can to spread
the word about how there is hope for women with this illness, and how there is an amazing doctor in California who can help.