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Hi ,

Well I was thrilled to see there was someone on this message board

that was using alternative non-drug related methods to aid recovery.

I was wondering, did you take arnica tablets before and after your

surgery? I used arnica cream to help heal bruising after another

operation I had but have never taken arnica tablets. My mother has

now stocked up on a huge amount of arnica but I am concerned that my

surgeon will not be familiar with arnica and therefore will tell me

not to take it. He is putting me on iron tablets for a whole month

before surgery so there is always the chance he'll be ok with the

arnica. But I wanted to know if possible what exactly the

anaesthesiologist said to you when you asked him about the

homeopathic remedies and which ones were you using. Sorry about all

these questions!

Sara

> > Thanks for this .

> >

> > I think the problem is that my technician didn't really

understand

> > what exact type of procedure I was having (although she said she

> was

> > also a nurse) so didn't think that I could have my face touched

too

> > much right after surgery. I guess I will have to ask my surgeon.

I

> > plan to do a session the day before my surgery and then hopefully

> one

> > just over a week later. I'm really glad to see that lymphatic

> > drainage technique is finally coming over to North America. I

used

> it

> > in Italy after I had nose surgery a few years back and it really

> > helped reduce the swelling in record time as well as regenerate

my

> > numb nerves.

> >

> > One last question - were all the sessions that you did post-

surgery

> > just to the face or did you also do whole body?

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Sara

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Can someone tell me how to get off this web site- I don't want to get all the

e-mails anymore.

Thanks

fiddlesticks220002 <no_reply > wrote:

Hi Sara,

I don't mind the questions at all, I'm glad to be of some help.

I actually took a lot of different homeopathic remedies post-op, but

I wouldn't want to list them because my homeopath prescribed them

for me personally. I don't believe in just buying them off the shelf

and self-medicating because unless you've studied this practice,

it's hard to know what to take and for how long. As you probably

know, you can cause the symptoms you're trying to relieve with

enough of a dose or by taking it for too long.

Anyway, arnica, yes. I took some the night before (round white

pill), and then afterwards. I believe all of my remedies were in

liquid form post-op, and I had my husband administer them to me with

a dropper bottle.

I asked my surgeon about homeopathic remedies, and he was quite

indifferent about them. He said he'd had patients who had used them,

with no ill effects. He suggested I talk to the anaesthesiologist.

There was no meeting with the anaesthesiologist prior to surgery day

and I met him in the holding tank next to the operating rooms area.

I did ask him (but had already decided to go ahead anyway) and he

was also indifferent. The one thing we did do was not tell the

nurses afterwards and we were discrete about not using the remedies

when they were around. But I took them regularly as prescribed for

me, and they were a large part of my quick recovery.

Ask your surgeon about Floradix - it's a liquid iron and b vitamin

supplement that you can get at any good health food store - it's

more easily absorbed than tablets. I took a dose a day for about a

month pre-op and then 2 doses a day post-op.

I also used some cassette tapes from the Monroe Institute (Surgery

Support Tapes) before, during and after the surgery, and the

resident surgeon said I'd had the fastest recovery from these

procedures he'd ever seen, and attributed it to the tapes.

About the homeopathics - some people are not so well-versed in them

and think they are the same as taking herbs. Some herbs in large

doses are apparently not a good idea if you're having surgery or

taking other drugs. But homeopathics are minute doses and shouldn't

cause problems during the surgery, although I am not an expert in

their use. I would urge you, though, if you can, to seek out a

registered homeopath and get some advice on how to take this, and

also get some advice on other remedies that can help. For example, I

took remedies that were for clearing the anaesthetic, bone breaks,

deep tissue healing, etc. Over the course of my recovery, she

changed the composition of the remedies, stopping some, starting

others. It's not something I would ever be comfortable designing for

myself.

Arnica can also be used (and I've used it twice this way now) to

combat jet lag.

Hope that helps!

> Hi ,

>

> Well I was thrilled to see there was someone on this message board

> that was using alternative non-drug related methods to aid

recovery.

> I was wondering, did you take arnica tablets before and after your

> surgery? I used arnica cream to help heal bruising after another

> operation I had but have never taken arnica tablets. My mother has

> now stocked up on a huge amount of arnica but I am concerned that

my

> surgeon will not be familiar with arnica and therefore will tell

me

> not to take it. He is putting me on iron tablets for a whole month

> before surgery so there is always the chance he'll be ok with the

> arnica. But I wanted to know if possible what exactly the

> anaesthesiologist said to you when you asked him about the

> homeopathic remedies and which ones were you using. Sorry about

all

> these questions!

>

> Sara

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