Are you having a lumpectomy? Or breast surgery of any kind? Surgery is a frightening experience and especially when the end result is so unknown! A mass in the breast might be one thing and it might be something very different. Anxiety tends to run sky-high and yet you know that you don’t want to […]
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Do you have a fear of anesthesia?
Fear of Anesthesia It’s not too surprising that many people have a crippling fear of anesthesia. As a matter of fact, their fear is so intense and so overwhelming that they choose not to have surgery, rather than subject themselves to their terrifying projections. But is anesthesia really that dangerous? According to Sarah Wassner Flynn, […]
Music and Hip Replacements?
By Dr. Alice Cash on December 22, 2008 in joint replacement surgery, Music and Surgery, Surgery with Music
Music and Hip Replacements This morning I was working with a new client of mine who is having total hip replacement surgery. She’s 75 years old and has had a couple of unfortunate surgical experiences lately in large hospitals. This time she’s decided to go with a small local hospital and to try some alternative […]