Successful Surgery: A Doctor's Mind-Body Guide to Help You Through Surgery

by Robert W. Baker

Are you having surgery? Are you worried about it? In this remarkable book, Dr. Robert Baker shows you how to take advantage of recent advances in mind-body medicine to make your surgery and recovery as quick, comfortable, and easy as possible. Drawing on the latest scientific research, Dr. Baker presents proven effective mind-body scripts, a pre-surgery diet and exercise program, and step-by-step psychological preparation. Learn how to reduce stress, speed healing and recovery, alleviate pain without drugs, minimize blood loss during surgery and maximize comfort afterward, strengthen your immunity against infection, and return to your normal life quickly and comfortably.

242 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1996