?4Fiddlesticks

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Just wanted to let you know that I ordered the " surgical support " tapes from

Hemi-Sync yesterday. My upper/lower surgery is scheduled for June 2nd. My

question is this. How did you persuade your surgeon to allow you to have the

tape played intra-op? Did you have to get the anesthesiologist involved?

Knowing how you did it would help me figure out how approach my surgeon with the

subject matter. Also, do you have any personal input on how to get the maximum

benefit from the tapes? Thanks for all your help!

With regards,

Dale

[Guest guest]

can answer for herself the question about how she managed the

persuasion. (And it is sooooo nice to see that someone else remembers

that word and uses it when needed, instead of " convince " !)

anyhow, I asked my surgeon whether I could have music. He looked

surprised and said, " You mean in the operating room? "

To his great relief, I said, " no, you get to pick it there. I just

want my CD player and earphones in recovery. " With that he had no

problem.

I have an idea that he would have resisted my wearing the earphones

in the OR, but maybe not. I didn't push it to find out.

I had to fight the hospital people a bit to get to keep the player on

the gurney, but the nice nurse got it out for me as soon as I had any

consciousness, and I think Bach's orderly music helped me stay

relatively grounded through the mysterious, swirly world of morphine.

Cammie

> Hi ,

> Just wanted to let you know that I ordered the " surgical support "

tapes from

> Hemi-Sync yesterday. My upper/lower surgery is scheduled for June

2nd. My

> question is this. How did you persuade your surgeon to allow you

to have the

> tape played intra-op? Did you have to get the anesthesiologist

involved?

> Knowing how you did it would help me figure out how approach my

surgeon with the

> subject matter. Also, do you have any personal input on how to get

the maximum

> benefit from the tapes? Thanks for all your help!

> With regards,

> Dale

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I posted this reply on site 2, but I've repeated it here for the

benefit of anyone else considering the surgical support tapes.

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Hi Dale,

I actually ordered 2 sets last week myself, one for our home first-

aid kit, and one for my parents. My dad had emergency surgery almost

2 weeks ago (long story, he's recovering ok now, but we nearly lost

him), and my mom had lent her set to someone who was having a

mastectomy same day. I told her to lend the old set and keep the new

one for themselves.

My surgeon said it was ok, but to clear it with the anaesthesiologist

(and that ear bud type earplugs would be the best, since they are

working around my face). Well, I never got an appointment with the

anaesthesiologist before the op, so I just boldly took it with me

down to the holding tank. That's where I met the anaesthesiologist,

he said " no problem " . It was the OR nurses that didn't like it. One

said " hey, you can't have that in here " . I said " yes, the surgeon

said it was ok " . She said " it didn't take a shower with you this

morning " . I said " it's ok, it'll make your job a whole lot easier,

believe me " . When I got back to my room post-op, I discovered they'd

put the recorder in a baggie for me. The earplugs were still in, but

I was all wrapped up (you can see a wire sticking out in my post-op

photo here).

My mom's used them for 2 surgeries, my dad for one, she's loaned them

out countless times to people undergoing surgery. I'd tell the

surgeon what the benefits are of using the tapes, it's in the booklet

you'll get with them, but you could also print out stuff from the

site on the hemisync benefits for surgery.

One hint: the stereo split needs to be good in the earphones for the

proper effect, my earphone jack kept moving and affecting that, so I

found the right angle and used cloth tape to tape it in place. Worked

like a charm. Also, you'll need to ask the OR nurses to change the

tape once you get out of surgery as you won't be awake to do it

yourself (I changed to the intra-op tape just before I went down to

surgery, and carried the recovery room tape with me).

Getting maximum benefit? Be open minded, and just follow the

instructions that come with the tapes. I used them the week before

the surgery, and as much as possible afterwards, I would always fall

right to sleep listening to the tapes.

Hope they work as well for you as they have for our family and

myself!