Guided Imagery During Heart Surgery

First of Its Kind Study Shows Complimentary Alternative Medicine Reduces
Pain and Tension in Heart Surgery Patients

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2006--A recent study led by Vibhu
R. Kshettry, MD, a cardiovascular surgeon from the Minneapolis Heart
Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, shows that those patients who
receive complimentary alternative medical therapies, including music,
massage and guided imagery, before and after open heart surgery experience
less pain and tension during recovery than patients who receive standard care.

The study, which was funded by the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
and is published in Annals of Thoracic Surgeons, is believed to be the
first randomized study of complimentary alternative therapy in heart
surgery patients. It included 104 men and women who were randomly divided
into two groups--one that received alternative therapies at critical points
in the preoperative and recovery periods, and one that received standard care.

Prior to their surgeries, patients assigned to the complimentary
alternative medicine group received relaxation skills training, guided
imagery and 30-minutes of gentle touch or light massage. On the first two
days after the surgery, they listened to 20-minutes of country western,
classical or light instrumental music and more light massage.

Patients assigned to the standard care group spent most of their time
before and after surgery resting.

Physicians and nurses monitored the heart rates and blood pressure of
patients in both groups and had patients rate their levels of pain and
tension on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (the worst pain). While heart
rates and blood pressure for patients in both groups were similar, the mean
post-operative pain and tension scores for patients who received
alternative therapies were significantly lower than the scores of patients
in the standard care group--2.4 vs. 3.5 on day one of recovery and 1.3 vs.
2.1 on day two.

"Our study demonstrates the importance of incorporating complimentary
alternative therapies into the care of heart surgery patients," said
Kshettry. "Heart surgery is often associated with deep, visceral
postoperative pain that, if left untreated, can compromise recovery and
contribute to patient distress. Alternative therapies reduce that pain."

The Power of the Mind

I would like to share with everyone the power of the mind in one persons work with HIV. This is from a Yahoo group that I am a member of :

"I have some amazing news. Most of you know I have been HIV+ for 7 years now. I have had a normally functioning immune system the whole time.That said, the number of copies of the virus had started to exponentially multiple over the last year. I went from 6,000 to 130,000 "viral load". The load, or copies of the virus in one's body, determines degree of contagion and the rate of progression of any condition.

My doctor has been trying to persuade me to go on the medications to take me to an undetectable level of the virus in my blood. I said no and 4 months ago decided to change my lifestyle and do NLP around the condition--I never had. I dropped all alcohol and went on a rigorous diet of liquid proteins,juicing, and other supplements, as well as body building again. She told me that would not affect it--and that it was all managed by genetics and the voracity of my particular strain of the virus, and that lifestyle was only 20% of the game--tops.

In addition I did PARTS work. I did a core transformation on the part of me that had me get HIV and the part of me that did not believe it was possible to resolve the condition. I also did parts work in negotiating what it would take to have the virus disappear. I got agreement and a list of things I have done. I also did a visualization of scrubbing bubbles throughout my system several nights in a row. I got my most recent test results back TODAY--the virus is basically GONE from my blood. 367 copies are left. This is unheard of and a "medical miracle" without meds. I have taken NO medications for this. What that means to me is that it is virtually impossible to transmit it and that I never need to worry about my health--so long as I maintain agreement with the parts of me that assisted in resolution of the previous condition.This is what is available when you dissolve the boundaries of your thinking.This is what is possible through Parts work. Whether you believe in them or not, I certainly will continue to.They have rewarded my belief proportionally. And I can add this "miracle" to the other gifts from NLP that I have eternal gratitude for. This is the power that is available to you through workingwith NLP. And even after working with the technology for over 14 years now,I am still amazed at its power."

Jason