"Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 20:32:24 -0700, "Ken Davey"
> > wrote:
>
>>Puester wrote:
>>> Ken Davey wrote:
>>>> I am only doing this because I promised, and the kind folks here
>>>> deserve to know.
>>>>
>>>> I will be going under the knife on Tuesday.
>>>> The situation is a lot more serious than I had hoped it to be.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sending vibes for a successful procedure and uneventful recovery.
>>>
>>> gloria p
>>
>>To Gloria and the rest of you.
>>
>>I am trying to be positive through all of this.
>>It ain't easy : To be positiive
>>Chances are that I will wake up.
>>If I don't I really won't care.
>>At that point I will be an SEP.
>>An SEP you ask?
>>Somebody else's problem - Douglas Adam's "A hitckiker's guide To The
>>Galaxy."
>>
>
> I am not a believer in happy thoughts curing disease, and the stress
> you are under right now must be enormous, but try to stay as calm as
> possible. Ask your doc for something like Xanax...call the service
> over the weekend and get a prescription.
>
> Even though the reality of the situation will create anxiety, there is
> no reason why you should feel so very uneasy with it. You will have a
> long recovery period after the surgery, which may be only one of the
> treatments necessary to cure you. You need a clear head to make
> important decisions and stress can hinder it.
>
> Do you have a close friend or family member who can be advocate for
> you right now? Hopefully you have. If so, allow this person to take on
> all the burdens except the unavoidable physical ones. Try to focus on
> the most important task at hand - getting you through this, one day at
> a time. If you cannot handle it on a day-to-day basis, by golly, then
> concern yourself with getting though it all an hour at a time.
>
> Think of the "best of you," the wonderful things you have
> accomplished, seen, and shared and concentrate on the joys and
> pleasures as much as you can. You can cry until you can't catch your
> breath, that will happen and is nothing to be ashamed of, but if you
> are so uncomfortable that you cannot relax or sleep, please call your
> doctor and get something. S/he will understand and get you through the
> next days.
>
> All the best,
>
> Boron

I did some visualization when I was recovering -- funny what the mind comes
up with. My everyday visualization when I was up and looking out the window
was seeing a lot of Indians (4-10 of them dressed in Indian attire)
wandering around in my yard keeping 'whatever' away. I "felt" that they
protected me.
I tried to do a lot of visualization techniques using the books' ideas, but
I could never get them going in my head. I think you have to come up with
your own.
Dee Dee