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Empowered Surgery (Part 5): The Healing Power of Words and Mindset

What We Hear Under Anesthesia Still Matters  When we think about surgery, we often focus on the technical aspects—skilled surgeons, effective anesthesia, and a successful outcome. But what we hear during the surgery may also play a critical role in how we heal.   Although research to date is inconclusive, clinical experience has repeatedly shown that not only do we …

Empowered Surgery (Part 4): Surgical Trauma and Altered States of Consciousness

As stated in earlier blogs, surgical trauma is one of the more complex categories of trauma to treat because of the multiple factors that combine in a surgery. Immobilization, altered states of consciousness, physical injury, the body’s feeling that it is being attacked, as well as the sometimes thoughtless conversations that happen in the operating room can all work together …

Empowered Surgery (Part 3): Empowering Conversations with Your Surgeon

In this blog, I will discuss some tips for choosing a surgeon, and talking to them about your surgery. I am aware that in cases of emergency, socialized medicine or medical providers that offer limited options, that choice of a doctor is not a luxury that everyone has access to. However in all cases we have some choices and exercising …