Hi All,

As promised, I am inserting a copy of the response
form the hypnotist who did the hypnosis for the tonsil
surgery (I believe it was in South Africa)

I would have loved to have been there!!!!

Seth-Deborah


Dear Seth-Deborah,
herewith the infromation from Tom Budge"

"I worked with Liesl for two sessions each of an hour
and a half prior to the
operation in theatre.
We spent quite a considerable period of time during
the first session working on the
control of Liesl's gag reflexes. This was done using
a sterile wooden spatula that
is commonly used by doctors examining a patient's
throat. I gave Liesl suggestions
in trance that she could allow the wooden spatula to
touch her throat without
gagging. I then allowed her to take the spatula and
to insert it into her mouth and
to press down on her tongue and to push up on her soft
pallet. With a bit of
practice she was able to achieve this to a remarkable
degree of competence.

I gave her further suggestions to expect similar
activity in her mouth during the
operation and that she would have just as much control
then. In addition, not only
would she be able to control her gagging but the more
the activity in her mouth the
more relaxed she would become.

There were moments during the actual operation when
the suction was inserted very
deeply into her throat and then she wasn't able to
overcome the gag reflex and I
became a little concerned that she might come out of
trance. I counteracted this
with constant suggestions of reassurance that she was
ok. It was usually the
surprise of the insertion of the suction that caused
the gag so I watched the
surgeon closely and almost gave a running commentary
on what was about to happen so
that she could mentally prepare herself for it. This
strategy worked very well and
her gagging stopped.

Everyone in the theatre (some dozen or so observers)
were astounded at how little
bleeding there was. Not only how little bleeding but
how little saliva too. I had
given Liesl suggestions during our second preparation
session to control both
bleeding and saliva control. There was one instance
during the entire operation
when the suction removed a tiny amount of blood (my
guess that it was a tiny amout
mixed in with about 1 or 2 cc of saliva at most).

Most of the medical observers were standing and
watching in awe during the first
part of the operation and then they turned their
attention to the life support
monitor during the removal of Liesl's second tonsil.
They were commenting how
Liesl's blood pressure and heart rate would decrease
as the surgeon worked at
cauterising the tissue. Anaesthetised patient's vital
statistics usually increase
as these procedures are performed.


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