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Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster empowers patients to lead the way to recovery by allowing them to take their appropriate place on the surgical team.
Mehmet C. Oz, MD Host of The Dr. Oz Show Professor of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Cardiothoracic Surgeon, New York-Presbyterian Hospital
I recommend Peggy Huddlestons book and Relaxation CD to all who require surgery and want to recover faster.
Andrew T. Weil, MD New York Times best-selling author, 8 Weeks to Optimum Health Director, Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona
Christiane Northrup, MD New York Times best-selling author, Womens Bodies, Womens Wisdom
This book is a great guide for anyone having surgery. It includes easy to follow steps that contribute to healing, self-knowledge and self-care.
Jean Watson, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN Distinguished Professor, Endowed Chair in Caring Science University of Colorado Denver & Anschutz Medical Center Founder, Watson Caring Science Institute
Patients with unusually high levels of anxiety use Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster to go forward with surgery in a confident manner.
Lawrence H. Cohn, MD Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Harvard Medical School Former Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Womens Hospital
This book is essential reading for those who desire to participate in their healing. I enthusiastically recommend it.
Susan L. Troyan, MD Surgeon, Department of Breast Surgical Oncology Brigham and Womens Hospital Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
www.HealFaster.com
This is the best book I have ever seen showing how to prepare for surgery physically, emotionally and spiritually.
Joan Borysenko, PhD Author, Minding the Body, Mending the Mind Co-founder, Mind/Body Clinic at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School teaching hospital
Every patient undergoing surgery should prepare for it. They will indeed heal faster with the techniques in this useful book. The attitude of the patient entering surgery is probably as important as the skill of the surgeon.
C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD Founder, Shealy Institute for Comprehensive Health Care Founding President, American Holistic Medical Association Research & Clinical Professor of Psychology Forest Institute of Professional Psychology
Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster is a wise guide for anyone having surgery. If you want to reduce the fear of surgery and be an active participant, read this book.
If you have to have surgery, Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster shows you how to use five healing steps to make it easier.
Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster fills a gap in our social fabric as an insightful and deeply compassionate guide. This book represents a breakthrough in our approach to surgery because it provides a means to end the feeling of overwhelm that surrounds a patient during the vulnerable time of surgery. In easy and comforting language, Huddleston describes the steps a patient and his or her family can take to minimize the fears that emerge during the surgical process and the recovery period that follows.