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Keeping Those Squirmy 5-Yr-Olds Still While Getting Stitched in the E.R. |
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Monday, 29 December 2008 |
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Dear Belleruth and Health Journeys,
My 5 year old son, a very active little boy, tripped while running around the living room and fell against a coffee table with sharp corners. He suffered a deep cut on his forehead. I took him to the E.R. to get him stitched up, and of course he started squirming and protesting the minute he realized what was about to go down. The more the nurse and I tried to hold him still, the more upset he became. Things went from bad to worse. |
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Guided Imagery Does It Again with Surgery |
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Monday, 08 December 2008 |
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Hi Belleruth, I was given a CD to help people through surgery using guided imagery. When I first listened to it, 3 days before my hysterectomy, I became afraid, visualizing the OR. Shortly, after that part of the CD, the visualization of your own personal team of well wishers was very powerful. I thought of my dear uncle, now deceased, being part of that group and as the one who nodded and smiled at me before I went under. |
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What To Do for “White Coat Hypertension” When They Show Up with that BP Cuff |
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Monday, 10 November 2008 |
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  Since you have Successful Surgery, I was wondering if it would be possible for you to do something on the order of fear of medical procedures? Specifically, for when getting your blood pressure checked. A good 30% of people, I've read, suffer from White Coat Hypertension. It's something subconscious that we have no control over that beckons the fight or flight response in a doctor's office but is fine at home. This is a very worrisome condition causing many doctors to convince their patients they actually do have high blood pressure and give them dangerous unnecessary medications. I can find nowhere on the web that offers this title. It would be a valuable service and I know I would buy it.
Thank you for reading this.
Lana
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Mom asks what if her child will not be able to hear the imagery during the procedure? |
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Monday, 01 November 2004 |
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A worried mom asks how her four-year-old son can use imagery during surgery when the operation is on his ear, using noisy instruments, and his ability to hear the imagery is sure to be impaired.. |
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