Posts Tagged ‘MedicalHypnosis’
How Hypnosis Helped A Weight Loss Surgery Patient Heal Faster
When Mara underwent gastric bypass surgery, she expected to lose weight. What she did not expect was the wave of anxiety that followed. Every gurgle, twinge, or ache felt like something was wrong. Despite her surgeon’s reassurance, her body’s natural healing sensations felt foreign, even frightening. Then something unexpected happened: her bariatric nurse referred her…
Read MoreReducing Pain and Scarring: The Surprising Role of Hypnosis in Burn Recovery
In 1998, Patricia, a 21-year-old laboratory technician in training, suffered second- and third-degree burns over her arms and torso after an explosion in her chemistry lab. Morphine dulled the edge of her agony but did not touch the waves of panic that came every time her dressings were changed. After visiting an anesthesiologist, she was…
Read MoreHow One Woman Used Hypnosis to End Years of Night Sweats
A case where medical hypnosis helped one woman reclaim her nights and her life. Few people talk about what it is really like to wake up drenched in sweat, night after night. Linda, a 52-year-old nurse and mother of two, had menopause. , which was unrelenting. She had gone six months without a full night’s sleep.…
Read MoreWhat Happens When A Cancer Patient Uses Hypnosis Along With Chemotherapy Drugs?
The Chemotherapy Patient Who Felt No Nausea: How Hypnosis Helped a Woman Reclaim Control Most people think chemotherapy comes with one unavoidable side effect: nausea. For decades, cancer patients have braced themselves for the waves of sickness that often follow treatment. But one woman’s story offers a rarely told truth: the mind can be trained…
Read MoreOver One Year of Hiccups Are Now Gone: What Hypnosis Teaches About Healing
Most people have experienced the annoyance of hiccups. You have a few minutes of involuntary spasms that eventually fade. But imagine living with hiccups for over a year. That was the reality for one of my patients whose life became a daily struggle. Eating, speaking, and even resting were interrupted by relentless contractions of her…
Read MoreThe Hidden Power of the Mind: How Hypnosis Accelerated Surgical Wound Healing
In 1986, in our southern Colorado Hospital, we witnessed something remarkable. Karen, a 43-year-old woman, had undergone surgery for breast cancer. She participated in a clinical hypnosis session before and after her mastectomy. At that time, other patients required an average of eight weeks for complete wound healing. However, Karen healed in half the time, with…
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