Surgery Recovery

In this first-person account, author Eric Douglas examines his own recovery from open-heart surgery and the road back to health and fitness as a Heart Survivor. In January 2016, Douglas failed a stress test and ultimately had quintuple bypass surgery. Looking back over the previous year, he recognized many times that he denied symptoms and ignored the possibility that his heart was in trouble. Following the surgery, Douglas made two promises: to be as public as he could about his own recovery process so others could learn from it; and to get back in shape so he could return to scuba diving....

Congratulations! You are planning or have just had plastic surgery to improve your appearance. Isn’t it frustrating that before you can begin to enjoy your new face or body, you have to spend days or weeks feeling swollen and bruised? Board Certified Plastic Surgeons in San Diego, across southern California, and in Tijuana, Mexico refer their clients to me to reduce the heavy, tight feeling that post-operative swelling can bring. Even if you’re not my client, you can still benefit from this advice. In the Plastic Surgery Recovery Handbook, I share my top tips picked up from my training ...

Are you or someone you know thinking about having shoulder surgery? Are you at the end of your rope trying to figure out how you are supposed to manage during the long months of recovery? Here's great news! This book is chock-full of tips and strategies to help you navigate through all the different phases of recovery. You'll learn everything from where to sleep to how to dress yourself with only one hand without falling over! Learn how to work smarter, not harder, during your own unique recovery.

In this neuroscience-based, faith-infused, and immensely practical guide, Dr. W. Lee Warren, a practicing neurosurgeon, trauma survivor, and award-winning writer, reveals how to take control of your own mental, emotional, and physical healing by reordering your mind to change your brain—resulting in a radically transformed life that is healthier, happier, and more hopeful.

A set of powerful experiences to achieve the maximum benefit and a speedy recovery from surgery through conditioning your mind and body. Techniques in this program have been shown to speed up post surgery healing by up to 25 percent! Use before and after surgery to reduce swelling, pain, bleeding, infection, and the side effects of anesthesia.

Imagine only seeing a single number. Everywhere you look, all you can see is eight. You can’t spell your name. You can only draw a circle. You can’t add two plus three. This was Nathalie Jacob’s life after an invasive brain surgery. Nathalie hadn’t realized anything was wrong. She held a high-level job as a marketing executive and was discussing beginning a family with her husband when the doctors gave her the bad news. She had an intraventricular meningioma. She would need brain surgery. In the aftermath of the operation, Nathalie experienced everything like a small child. She had ...

There's a moment when you stop negotiating with the pain. Maybe it was on the stairs. Maybe in a parking lot. Maybe one ordinary morning when you lowered yourself into a kitchen chair and realized you didn't trust your own leg to get you back up. There was no drama. Just a thought, quiet and brutal: I can't keep living like this. The Night Before I Walk Again wasn't written by a doctor behind a desk. It was written by Reid Marcus Hayes, a recovery coach, knee replacement patient, and the son who sat beside his father in that same waiting room years later. He wrote it because the night ...

Most people considering gastric bypass have already read information on how the surgery is performed and the implications of this life saving procedure. This book is different because it is a first hand, true account of the author's experience with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB)/RNY surgery and the struggles that followed in the next year. This book details the physical and mental challenges and benefits of the surgery with real-life, straightforward information that cannot be found in a medical journal. The journey she explores includes preparing for surgery, her gastric bypass surgery ...

Acclaimed actor Jeremy Renner narrates his gripping and inspiring story of a near-fatal accident and what he learned about inner strength, endurance and hope as he overcame insurmountable odds to recover, one breath at a time. This program includes a note written and read by his daughter, Ava...

Discover how to harness your body’s innate healing mechanisms to recover faster and more completely from virtually any condition, from common colds to chronic disease, by the author of Be Fruitful and cohost of the Body of Wonder podcast, and in collaboration with the AARP. What if your body...

Are You Considering Plastic Surgery, But Don't Know Where to Start? Not Sure About What Type of Procedure is Best For You? Ultimate Guide to Plastic Surgery is a comprehensive, beginner-friendly, easy-to-read guide to plastic surgery that includes everything you need to know about cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery procedures available for men and women - including breast augmentation, facelifts, liposuction, hair transplants, penis enhancement, and more. With well-organized, detailed, and easy-to-read chapters that break down the pros and cons, contraindications, typical costs, ...

Chronic back pain is often treated as a structural problem. Discs, posture, degeneration, and biomechanics take center stage. Yet for millions of people, scans show little that explains the pain, and treatments fail to deliver lasting relief. In “Dr. John Sarno’s Mind-Body Breakthrough: Healing Back Pain for Good” a different explanation emerges. Drawing on the pioneering work of Dr. John Sarno, this book explains how chronic back pain is frequently driven by the brain’s response to emotional stress, not physical damage. Known as Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS), this mind-body ...

The Big Sick meets Dad is Fat in this funny and heartfelt New York Times bestselling memoir from writer, director, wife, and mother, Jeannie Gaffigan, as she reflects on the life-changing impact of her battle with a pear-sized brain tumor. In 2017, Jeannie's life came to a crashing halt when she...

Facing a liver transplant can feel like stepping into the unknown. Whether you’re the patient preparing for surgery or a caregiver offering support, it’s natural to feel overwhelmed. This guide is here to help make the process clearer, less intimidating, and more manageable for everyone involved. Liver transplants are life-changing procedures, offering patients the chance to regain their health and quality of life. But the road to recovery is a journey, and knowing what to expect can make it much smoother. This guide breaks everything down into easy-to-follow sections so that you and ...

Get a patient's perspective on eyelift surgery. Your surgeon will cover the technical aspects of the surgery, but only another patient's first-hand account can prepare you for what to expect day-to-day. "Eyelift surgery and recovery diary" covers both drooping eye (ptosis) correction and regular eyelift surgery. Would you be able to work the day after the surgery? Would you get black eyes? When would you be comfortable going out in public? What items do you need to buy to aid the recovery? Learn what to expect after the surgery and see the healing process through daily photos. Kady Dash ...

HGTV star real estate investor Tarek El Moussa reveals how the grounding principles that make him such a successful house flipper are also applicable to improving our personal lives. With over a decade of experience, flipping close to 1,000 properties, selling over 1,000 houses, and owning...

Every surgery patient receives instructions about physical preparation. Almost no one receives guidance on how to work with their nervous system to support recovery. This guide fills that gap. Preparing Your Body to Heal is written for anyone facing a medical procedure who wants to contribute to their own recovery in every way they can. Drawing on research in surgical psychology, neuroscience, and mind-body medicine, psychologists William Matulich, Ph.D. and Shirley Lanyi, Ph.D. explain how your nervous system responds to your internal language, and how that response shapes the biological ...

Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) or Coronary Artery Disease or Ischaemic Heart Disease is now proving to be one of the leading causes of death in the world. The main cause of this disease is the deposition of cholesterol and fat in the inner smooth lining of the blood vessels (Coronary arteries ) supplying blood to the heart resulting in their blockages and obstruction to blood through them. This book is based on a Ph.D. thesis on "Effect of Relaxation, Meditation, and Visualization on Coronary Heart Disease Patients". These methods were very effective on Coronoray Heart Patients who followed ...

In the winter of 2024, the author was diagnosed with significant blockages in four arteries. The lesions were too long to allow stenting, so he was told open heart surgery was necessary. He began reading about the procedure and the recovery but soon discovered that most of the information about long-term recovery involved statistical studies of those who had lived (and died) following the surgery, but nothing from a personal, human perspective. Seven months after his surgery, he began writing about his recovery from a layman’s point of view, thinking it might help others. This book also ...

You’re not lazy. You’re not weak. And you’re not alone. If you’re lying on the floor wondering if your back will ever let you stand tall again—this book is for you. The McKenzie Method Bent Over and Broken isn’t another textbook full of anatomy terms or a “just stretch more” guide. It’s a raw, real story about finally finding relief—after years of trial, error, painkillers, and dead ends. Through the voice of Tom, a lifelong skeptic who tried everything from ER visits to lying on the floor for 12 hours straight, you’ll discover the McKenzie Method: a simple, no-fluff ...