As for his pain, have they mentioned alternative medicine? I was a massage therapist for 7 years before nursing. There are many things that may help, not necessarily massage, but acupuncture may help his pain. Also bio-feedback helped my mom with her pains, she was in a couple good car accidents & lost an eye. She is intolerant to many drugs, and found it helped a ton.
As for alternative medicine, that's my forte. One thing about AM is that you absolutely must interface with a doctor on this since using AM can cause improvement so quickly that medication would have to be adjusted accordingly. Also, if you're ill and under a doctor's care, AM is to be use only as complimentary to medical treatment but
not in lieu of treatment.
If you choose to consider AM in addition to medical treatment, here's my 2 cents worth ..........
First of all - Mary Kay, I'm so sorry to hear about Mike's health problems. Having you as his wife with your great care and love will be his best energy received. Also having good energy and prayers coming your way helps. Its been both scientifically and medically proven. My prayers, wishes and energy for a favorable outcome and speedy recovery are with you both.
Speaking on behalf of the alternative health paradigm ........
There is a quantum physics practitioner that heals by touch in Sarasota, FL, by the name of Dr. Frank Kinslow (OD) if Mike needs help with pain management/accelerated healing afterwards. If Sarasota is near you and you were to consider something like this, you could first to go to amazon.com and search under his name for the ratings and testimonials. And actually, what he would do, you could do yourself for Mike everyday (in your own time and privacy) for only the price of the book he authored titled
The Secret of Instant Healing.
If Mike would like to be active in his own accel. healing, he could help, himself, with "The Healing Code" (by Alex Loyd, PhD, ND and Ben Johnson, MD, DO, NMD). Over 400 ppl on amazon have reviewed the simplicity and effectiveness with a 5-star rating. This method was also presented by network tv stations PBS and TBN to spread the word. One of the authors, Ben Johnson MD, cured His Lou Gehrig's disease (aka ALS) with it, and Lou Gehrig's is labeled as non-curable. This method is also extremely effective for depression and other emotional ails.
Then there's a nutritional method of helping heart disease/cancer/(and more) written by the late Dr. Johanna Budwig (PhD) who was a 7-time Nobel Prize nominee; a world-renowned scientist and biochemist; and Germany's foremost nutritionist. She used to go to clinics and take patients home with her that had only a few days/hours left and healed them using flax oil and mega nutrition. I love her flax oil cookbook; it is extraordinary.
As healer for my family and friends, I practice many forms of healing - some bodies accept some modalities better than others. As the norm, I clear energy blockages first with powerful qigong, then I follow up with qi~ssage (pressure point therapy mixed with massage) as re-enforcement so their body will relax into a meditative state and accept the energy healing. A couple of weeks ago, my grandson came over after suffering from a headache for two days, and with his youth and usually good health, it only took only about 5 min. to knock the headache out. I was in a hurry, so I used a method called Quantum Touch (by Richard Gordon).
The best part of energy healing is that the healer heals their own body as they heal others. I know this may sound a little woo-woo, but as Albert Einstein proved, everything is energy. Besides, since it works, I can't knock it, only be grateful and blessed by it. I was able to successfully knock out a case of diabetes type II with qigong. Also cases of severe hot flashes, chronic lung congestion, insomnia, inflammation and back pain.
The last method I could recommend specifically for
pain is jin shin jyutsu (choose author Alice Burmeister). I've never tried it, but it has great testimonials and is rated as being quite effective - also beneficial for the liver.
For testimonials on effectiveness, you could search every one of the modalities I've described on uTube - as well as amazon, and they're all availabile at amazon (free shipping over $25). If you want the easiest and quickest to learn, I would suggest the Healing Code and Quantum Touch. For the most powerful (including full-body health + emotional), definitely Spring Forest Qigong. If you go to uTube and/or amazon, also search for the name Donna Eden thats my next purchase.
@ Keyz, my commiseration with you on the delay and wait with your husband. My prayers and energy for you and your husband in a speedy and peaceful operation and recovery. My father had heart surgery at the age of 86; his brother had bypass surgery done at age 90 and they both did fine with it. When you get depression or anxiety, you can both together do energy breathing to feel more at ease - and that is the opposite from yoga breathing. You would breath in sucking in your tummy with your breath high enough into your lungs until you feel your shoulders slightly rise with breath. When you exhale, breath out toward your lower torso (crotch) letting your tummy rise with the exhale. This mixes the yin and yang for better energy balance.
