by Dr. Lawrence
Wilson
©
May 2019, LD Wilson Consultants, Inc.
All
information in this article is solely the opinion of the author and or
educational purposes only. It is
not for the diagnosis, treatment, prescription or cure of any disease or health
condition.
Table Of Contents
The best of conventional medical care. Some operations are absolutely amazing,
and surgeons are among the most skilled of doctors.
However, there are
problems with all surgery.
Surgeons are all aware of these.
I mention them so you will know about them before discussing surgery with a doctor. Not all doctors inform people about all of them.
Preparing. I receive many
requests for information about surgeries, including when it is necessary,
planning and how to prepare for it using development science. This article answers many of these
questions.
If surgery is
needed, a complete development program can help greatly to reduce the risks of
any surgery. It can:
- help
the body resist infections.
- speed
up healing after surgery.
- reduce
pain and swelling.
- reduce
adhesions and scarring.
- prevent
some problems of improper blood clotting.
- assist
formation of collateral circulation.
- reduce
the chances for a fatal heart attack by balancing the autonomic nervous system.
- remove
nutritional imbalances that cause surgical failures, poor wound healing, and
other complications.
Planning can make a great difference
in surgical outcome. This is known
in a few hospitals that insist that all patients prepare for surgery by taking
certain vitamins and minerals, or by eating certain foods.
Among the most
important are:
1.
Safety. Martin Makary, MD from John Hopkins School of Medicine, reviewed
all pertinent studies of surgery since 1999. He found that surgery caused 251,454 deaths per year in the
United States alone. This makes
surgery the third leading cause of death in America.
2.
Exposure to toxic drugs including anesthesia, antibiotics and others.
3.
Errors. In spite of efforts
to minimize surgical errors such as the removal of the wrong kidney, or leaving
instruments or sponges inside patients, surgical errors occur rather
often.
4.
Sometimes unnecessary. A lot of surgery is
unnecessary and/or not too effective.
According to medical statistics, among the most unnecessary surgeries
are back surgeries, hysterectomies and arthroscopic knee surgeries.
Unnecessary
surgeries cost America as much as 75 billion dollars a year, again according to
medical statistics. If a person
follows a development program, the need for surgery is further reduced.
We formerly
recommended surgery for ovarian cysts and uterine fibroid tumors if they cause
problems. However, in the past
year we found in a few instances that a complete development program with
vaginal coffee implants can dissolve these tumors without requiring surgery.
5. The
rate of complications and other problems is often higher than official
statistics would indicate. The reason is that
many problems and complications are not reported.
Let us discuss the
problems of surgery in more detail.
1. All
surgery is an attack or wound on the body, even if it saves your life. As a result, the following always
occurs:
a.) Nutritional depletion. The shock of any surgery depletes
nutrients from the body.
Recovering from surgical wounds always requires extra nutrients.
This is known, but
for the most part, the medical community ignores this research. This is most unfortunate. In my experience with surgical cases,
those who are well-nourished heal far more rapidly and
thoroughly than average, often in half the time.
b)
Shock reactions are possible. Shock kills a lot of
surgical patients. Shock reactions
are impossible to avoid altogether, and one never knows if shock will
occur. It can be
triggered by cutting a nerve or major artery, or even just manipulating certain
tissues and organs. Major
blood loss, trauma to a part of the body, infection, or other complications
during and after surgery can all contribute.
In older patients,
just the psychological stress and fear of surgery can be a factor causing a
shock reaction. Some people are
terrified of anesthesia. At times,
the operating room is too cold or too stuffy. Careful attention to warmth, fresh air, a caring manner on
the part of the surgeon and assistants, not speaking negatively during surgery,
and relaxing the patient before surgery can help avoid some of these shock
factors, but not all of them.
2. All
surgery exposes a person to many infections. This is a major problem with all surgery,
especially major surgery with the body cavity wide open to the air for
hours. Infection from surgery is a
common occurrence that can easily take oneÕs life.
Infections can come
from the air in the operating room, unclean operating instruments, or the
surgeonÕs hands if a glove breaks, which they occasionally do. They can also come from a sneeze or
cough by the surgeons or nurses, or even a flake of skin from the surgeonÕs
face or hair area that is not protected.
Other sources are
dust or dirt on a machine the surgeon or anesthetist is using, since machines
are used more and more. These
include x-ray machines, other scanners, robotic arms, life support equipment
and much more. Even the water used
to wash out wounds, the gauze used to wipe the wound, bandages, and other items
can carry germs, even when they are supposedly sterilized.
Infection also often
arises after surgery from bed sheets, the air in the recovery room, other
people walking near your bed, and equipment used in recovery rooms.
3.
Surgery exposes the body to numerous drugs, in most cases. If possible, ask for local anesthetics
for this reason. Anesthesia drugs
often affect the brain and nervous system, reducing a personÕs quality of life,
at times for the duration of oneÕs life.
Some day, perhaps acupuncture anesthesia will be employed, and is much
less harmful to the body.
Anesthesia problems
are at least of two general types.
One is acute effects
on the brain, in particular, that occur during the operation when the amount of
drugs in the body is high. The other
type is chronic effects
from drug residues that remain in the body for years.
Brain
damage. Any long surgery
damages the brain. This is because
anesthesia works by depressing brain activity. Getting all of it out of the brain afterwards is very difficult.
Antibiotics are also
used liberally after many types of surgery. We find many of them are quite toxic. Ask for as few antibiotics as possible,
after surgery. Surgeons may be
loathe to Òwait and seeÓ if antibiotics are needed, but this is best if you are
following a development program, since you will be much less prone to infection
after surgery.
Other toxic products
used during and after surgery may include toxic soaps and cleaning solutions,
muscle and nerve relaxants, tranquilizers, IV solutions, and perhaps many
others.
Development support
can help the liver and kidneys remove these drugs faster and more
effectively. Otherwise, some drugs
persist in the body for years, weakening the body and brain.
4.
Venous stasis can occur during long operations due to a lack of movement by the
patient. This is sometimes a
problem because the patient is unconscious, hard to move, and usually has no
place to be moved or turned over.
As a result, blood can pool in the legs or other places. This impairs circulation and can
increase the risk of blood clots or emboli (see below).
5.
Blood clots can plug up an artery, causing a stroke, heart attack, pulmonary
embolism or other problem. These may occur for
at least four reasons:
a) Surgeons must
often tie off arteries and veins that must be cut in order to reach deeper body
structures or to remove diseased organs.
This disturbs the artery or vein and can cause a small piece of plaque
or cholesterol to break off and enter the general circulation.
b) Surgeons must
often manipulate and handle delicate organs and other structures inside the
body.
c) As mentioned
above, surgical patients must lie down motionless, often for hours during
surgery. They often must also lay in bed for hours or days afterwards. This impairs
circulation and is known to increase the risk of venous stasis and blood clots.
d) The use of
certain drugs during, and perhaps before and after surgery, may also increase
the risk of blood clots.
For all these
reasons, a tiny piece of plaque in an artery or vein can break loose and float
through the blood and lodge in the heart, lungs or brain.
6. There
is a risk of uncontrolled bleeding or hemorrhaging. This is an important
risk of some types of surgery involving organs or areas of the body that have a
good blood supply. It is also easy
for a surgeon to nick an artery or vein without even realizing it, since some
surgery is quite delicate.
Also, bleeding can
occur simply due to manipulating and moving around the tissues, especially in
an older, unhealthy person. Such
bleeding may stop by itself, but it may not stop,
requiring more surgery to stop the bleeding.
7.
Scarring or adhesions can occur after surgery. This happens very often, especially
with surgery to the intestinal tract, nervous system, and kidneys. Scarring and adhesions after surgery,
even the best surgery, can cause chronic pain, intestinal blockage, and other
problems.
Some scarring is
common. However, if the body is
healthy and balanced, particularly the metabolism of zinc and copper, there
will be less of it. I know this
because our clients sometimes report that their skin scars fade away when they
follow a development program.
8.
Inadequate healing or recovery can occur after surgery. Surgery may go well,
but the patientÕs wound site may not close and heal well. This is also common.
This can leave open
sores, improperly fused bones, layers of tissues that do not bond correctly or
adhere, scars, sclerosis and fibrosis.
All of these can leave the patient disabled to some degree.
In this arena,
development is quite amazing, in our experience. Even just improving the diet with more cooked vegetables and
other improvements can have a significant impact on the rate and quality of
tissue healing and regeneration after surgery.
9.
Nutrient depletion always occurs. Reasons for this
are:
a) The stress and
trauma of surgery forces the body to use up more nutrients.
b) OneÕs eating
schedule is often disrupted before and after surgery. Some of this is by doctorÕs orders, and some can be due to
lack of appetite, nausea as the body tries to clear anesthetics and other
drugs, or for other reasons.
c) The use of
anesthetic drugs, antibiotics, or other medications can deplete nutrients
acutely. In addition, drug
residues from surgery can interfere with proper digestion and absorption of
nutrients for weeks or longer after surgery.
d) So far, I am not
impressed with the quality of most hospital food.
Improving the diet
and taking extra nutrients before and after surgery is therefore ALWAYS
helpful.
10.
Surgery tends to cut through some acupuncture meridians, and other subtle
anatomical structures. This may or may not be a problem, but it does occur.
11. The
problem of surgical errors and other mistakes before, during and after surgery. These are unfortunately common. Surgery is a complex process requiring
preparation, administration of numerous drugs, delicate stitching, and
more. All of these processes can
go wrong.
SURGICAL ERRORS,
AND HOW TO HELP PREVENT THEM
About 20 people a
week receive surgery on the wrong arm, the wrong leg or the wrong lung. About another 20 per week have surgery
on the right spot, but they get the wrong operation. About 39 times per week, a surgeon accidentally leaves
something inside a patient, such as a piece of surgical equipment. This all adds up to about 4000 surgical
mistakes every year!
One cannot totally
prevent these mistakes. However,
here are several steps you can take to minimize them:
1.
When discussing surgery with a doctor, bring an ÒadvocateÓ or ÒhistorianÓ with
you, especially if the patient is elderly or ill. Someone should write down everything
the doctor tells the patient such as the name of the operation, where it is,
how it will be done, and so forth.
This person should then accompany the patient in the hospital as much as
possible, keeping an eye on things, checking drugs and checking the chart to
make sure everything is done right.
2.
Invest in a magic marker. While it may seem
unusual, it is fine to mark on your body with a circle where the operation is
to be, and tell the doctor to look for it.
3.
Meet your doctor. Ask to speak with
the surgeon just before surgery begins, and donÕt let them start the anesthesia
until you do this. Tell him you
have a last minute question. The
question is not so important. What
is important is that he knows who you are, and what procedure will be done. If the doctor looks puzzled or
surprised, get out fast.
4.
Hold a family meeting about this now. Be
prepared if someone needs emergency surgery to follow the steps above. Tell everyone in the family to watch
everything the doctors do, since the family member undergoing surgery may not
be able to do so.
By following a complete development program,
many surgeries can be totally avoided.
These may include joint replacement or other joint surgery, some
hysterectomies, prostate surgery, tonsillectomies, most cancer surgery
including skin cancers, bypass operations, eye surgery, and many others. Please keep this in mind if surgery has
been recommended to you.
Surgeries that are
necessary include emergencies such as broken bones and other results of
accidents, and hemorrhoid surgery if the problem is severe and not responding
to a development program. Clearing
out hemorrhoids will allow one to do coffee enemas on a development program,
and this is a great benefit of this type of surgery for some people.
SUMMARY OF THE BENEFITS OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
A complete
development program will help anyone to completely avoid many types of
surgery. This, of course, is the
best way to reduce surgical risks.
If surgery is
needed, fewer complications will tend to occur. This is because the body will be much better nourished. If a complication occurs, such as
bleeding or infection, it will tend to be less severe and handled more
easily. Surgical recovery will
also tend to be faster and less eventful.
If one should need
emergency surgery, a well-nourished and well-balanced
body chemistry will survive all types of accidents, injuries and surgeries much
better, in my experience.
A DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM BEFORE SURGERY IS BEST
If you know you must have surgery, we suggest beginning the Free Development Program at once. If you have three weeks or more before surgery is scheduled, contact one of the Approved Practitioners and begin a complete development program.
This will enhance your overall health much better than any other method that we are aware of. If you are fortunate, it might even reduce or eliminate the need for the surgery, depending on the nature of the operation.
1. If
you are already following a development program, stay on the entire program. Do not stop it before surgery, and
begin it again as soon as possible after surgery.
2. If
you are not on a development program, begin immediately to follow the Diet For Rapid Development. Most people are slow oxidizers. A few are fast oxidizers and need more fat and oils in their
diet.
3. Do
foot reflexology sessions, at least two daily, for a few days before surgery
and at least a few days afterwards.
Ideally, have a friend or family member assist you after surgery because
you will usually be somewhat weak and tired.
4. Be
sure you are well-hydrated before and after surgery. Drink spring water, ideally. Second-best is
carbon or sand filtered-only tap water.
Water in plastic bottles is fine. Adults need about 3 quarts or 3 liters of water daily, and
children need less.
Do not drink reverse
osmosis water, distilled water, alkaline water or other designer waters. In most cases, they are not as
good. For details, read Water For Drinking on this website.
5. Use
a red heat lamp on your abdomen or back for 1 hour daily before surgery. After surgery, continue to use the red
heat lamp on your abdomen or back, and often you can use it on the wound site
if it is not covered up. Most important,
however, is to use it.
This can speed the
healing of wounds and may reduce a tendency for infection. The energy of a
standard 250-watt red incandescent Ôheat lampÕ is very compatible with human
physiology and acts as a type of nutrient. Do not use other types of lamps such as halogen bulbs or red
LEDs.
6. Just
before surgery, do an enema to clean out the colon. This is difficult if one is in the
hospital, but it is easy if one is at home and will have out-patient
surgery.
An enema before
surgery was formerly standard practice.
Now it is ignored, or perhaps a laxative is given.
However, operating
when the colon is empty and clean is significantly safer because fewer poisons
are generated there, and this reduces the toxicity of the surgery for the
patient. I hope some day this
practice will be revived for surgical patients.
7. If
surgery is elective, ideally do not do surgery if you have the following hair
mineral analysis patterns:
1. A
four lows pattern. Wait until this
pattern is cleared using a development program. A four lows situation is not as safe.
2. An
extremely fast or extremely slow oxidation rate. This indicates a body out of balance,
which is not as safe.
3. A
sodium/potassium ratio less than about 2.
This is another indicator of a body out of balance.
If you must do surgery when any of the above
conditions are present, use extra caution to avoid problems.
8.
Take a few basic nutritional supplements just before surgery:
- Colloidal silver. This
is to reduce the tendency for infection.
It is like taking preventive antibiotics, only much less toxic.
The dosage for an adult is two
tablespoons daily for a few days before surgery, and for five days
afterwards. We prefer Arabesque
brand or Sovereign Silver brand of colloidal silver. Homemade colloidal silver is not reliable enough.
-
Kelp.
Kelp supplies many vital nutrients in a convenient capsule form. Taking three
to six 600 mg capsules per day for a week before surgery, at the very least,
can alleviate the worst mineral deficiencies in most people. Taking it for much longer before
surgery would be better, at least for a month or two.
- Zinc
and copper. These are needed to
heal wounds of all kinds. Zinc and
copper are needed for the formation of connective tissue, a type of tissue that
is disturbed by surgery. It
includes the skin, fascia layers, tendons, blood vessels and other tissues.
Zinc, in particular,
also helps prevent and treat all infections, as does
copper, to a lesser degree. A good
zinc dosage for an adult would be 20 to 30 mg per day for at least two weeks
prior to surgery.
A good dosage of
copper is 1-2 mg daily before, during and after surgery. I would take these in isolated form,
rather than in a multivitamin. In
a multivitamin, the problem is that other nutrients may compete with zinc and
copper, especially iron.
-
Vitamins A and D. Other excellent
nutrients before surgery are vitamin A and D. These help the body fight infection and heal faster, can
assist blood clotting, and help the body maintain itself in the face of the
stress of surgery.
The recommended
dosage of A is about 20,000 iu
or more daily. Start with at least
this amount and ideally a week, at least, before your surgery and continue all
nutrients for at least three weeks after surgery.
Vitamin D can also
be taken in large doses safely.
Take about 5,000 iu
daily for at least a week before and for several weeks after surgery.
-
Omega-3 fatty acids. Everyone needs a
supplement of these. Adults need
about 900 mg daily of EPA and DHA.
(This is not the same as 900 mg of fish oil). They also support wound healing and can help reduce
infections.
- Bioflavinoids.
Another set of nutrients that may be helpful are
called vitamin P or bioflavinoids. These help strengthen cell membranes,
especially those of capillaries that are often cut during surgery. They can also help reduce excessive
bleeding, reduce excessive inflammation, and have other beneficial effects. Take about 500 mg daily.
-
Vitamin C. Vitamin C can help reduce bleeding, can control some infections,
and can assist wound healing. A
safe dosage for most adults is 500 mg daily. Do not take larger doses because they can upset body
chemistry, lower copper and cause other problems.
Certain nutrients,
if given in excessive amounts, are not helpful for surgery. The most important are those that tend
to cause increased blood clotting time (or less tendency for blood to clot). While these help some people, in others
they may make surgery more hazardous.
This may be one
reason surgeons stay away from all nutrients, though it is a silly reason. Let us examine these.
Vitamin
E. Too much vitamin E can cause more
bleeding in some people. It does
this by acting as a powerful anti-oxidant, which is normally a good idea. During surgery, however, the reaction
of the tissues to the knife is such that oxygen is present and this enables the
blood vessels to clot.
Therefore, anything
that interferes with this could, theoretically, assist the body as an
anti-oxidant and therefore slow the clotting of the wound. Having said this, a little vitamin E,
up to 400 iu/day, is fine and, in fact,
recommended. Higher doses are not
recommended.
Nattokinase.
This is an enzyme that thins the blood, to some degree. It is helpful to prevent or reduce
blood clots. However, too much
would not be helpful before or right after most surgery unless one needs it to
normalize blood clotting.
If you take this nutrient all
the time, I suggest stopping it a few days before surgery. If you are not taking it, do not start
just before a surgical procedure of any kind, even the removal of a tooth, for
example.
High
doses of any nutrients. These often
unbalance body chemistry and should be avoided just before surgery, and in fact
all the time. The only exception
is if a development program requires them, which occurs occasionally.
OTHER THINGS TO DO
TO PREPARE FOR SURGERY
Visiting with the surgeon.
- Bring an advocate who takes
notes and asks questions.
- Make a list of questions
before you see your doctor.
- Ask for more information about
tests and procedures.
- Ask if there is anything you
should do or not do to promote healing.
- Think outside the box. Explore other options besides surgery.
- WeÕre not sure that it is best
to share with your doctor other natural therapies you are using. This is sometimes good, but often the
doctor will discourage other methods even though he or she is not familiar with
them.
- Ask about possible
complications what the symptoms are and what the doctor would do about them.
- Get a second opinion.
- Ask for medical personnel who
are highly experienced in your procedure.
- Try to prepare for problems.
Give your own
blood before surgery. Blood transfusions always carry some risk or infection, toxic
metals, and even parasites. If you
may need blood during surgery, preferably give your own blood before surgery
rather than using just anyoneÕs blood.
Another alternative if blood is
needed are some of the other types of blood products, instead of whole blood,
when it is possible to use it.
If you may need a lot of blood,
try to find a friend or relative with your blood type whom you know is fairly
healthy, and ask that person to donate blood before surgery so it is there if
you need it. Donating blood is a
wonderful gesture of friendship.
Although it depletes the body of some nutrients, it is far better than
accepting just any blood from a blood bank today.
Scheduling surgery:
- Schedule procedures early in
the morning and in the middle of the week. Statistics show this is safest.
- Avoid weekends. This is because the senior doctors are
often unavailable on weekends.
- Schedule procedures at least
one or two weeks before a holiday and not just before a holiday.
- Schedule so you are released
early in the day. This is so if
complications arise, it will still be daylight hours when more help is
available.
- Do not schedule elective
procedures during July in a teaching hospital. This is because new recruits start in this month and surgery
is less safe.
- Ideally, stay out of all
teaching hospitals. Too often, a
young intern or resident will participate and they are not as experienced.
DEVELOPMENT MAY
ALTER DRUG NEEDS
Doctors, nurses and
other hospital personnel are accustomed to handling patients whose level of
overall health is very low.
Specific drug protocols are used with these people for safety and
effectiveness. Also, hospital
personnel take certain precautions that are needed with these people to prevent
infections and other complications of surgery.
If you have
carefully followed a development program for at least a year, especially the
diet, your body should be much better nourished and much healthier than the
average person. As a result:
1. You may react
differently than others to standard drug protocols. For example, you may need less
drugs to achieve a drug effect.
This is common. A standard
dose is too much for a very healthy person, and can cause complications.
2. Your body might
remove a particular drug faster than occurs in others. This can cause serious problems, as
well, such as with certain types of anesthesia.
3. You may not need
some surgical precautions such as the heavy use of antibiotics, which add more
toxicity to the procedure and slow down healing.
This is a difficult
area because it is very individualized, doctors are often hesitant to change
their familiar and well-known protocols, and because this is an area that has
not been well-researched.
I suggest discussing
these possibilities with your doctor if you follow a complete development
program so that lower doses of drugs are tried first. This may prevent significant discomfort and perhaps avoid disability
or other bad outcomes.
DURING SURGERY
An
advocate or helper. Any time one is in the hospital, if
possible have a friend or partner read your medical chart, talk with the
nurses, and oversee everything that goes on related to your case. This is vital, at times.
Hospitals make many mistakes,
unfortunately. Many nurses work 10
or 12 hour shifts, and this is not the best. Many nurses and doctors are also in
poor health themselves.
For all these reasons, it is
very wise to have a friend and advocate hover over the doctors and nurses
whenever one must be in the hospital.
Have an ozone air
purifier in the surgical operating theatre. This will
increase the oxygen content of the air to a small degree, which increases the
safety of surgery. It is helpful
for both the surgeons and the patients.
Diet. Eat lightly after any surgery for a few days. Never force food, and it is fine to
live on chicken soup with plenty of vegetables in it, for example. Avoid all candy, cookies, sugar, ice
cream, baked goods, and chemicalized foods.
Lifestyle. Rest as much as possible. Peace and quiet are
most helpful for healing. If
possible, sit in the sun for half an hour daily and get as much fresh air as
possible without becoming chilled.
Also excellent is to sleep with a window open at least a crack.
Coffee enemas, not
painkilling drugs. Instead of taking pain-killing drugs
after surgery, if possible use coffee enemas daily to relieve pain. They are often effective. For more on this excellent method of
pain control, read Coffee Enemas on this
website.
Rub the patientÕs
feet. This simple and safe natural method of
healing can help restore balance and heal wounds much faster. For more, read Reflexology on this website.
Removing
anesthesia drugs and other toxins from the body. An excellent step after surgery, particularly after a long
operation, is to remove the anesthesia and other drug residues as fast as
possible.
The safest, fastest and most
reliable way to do this, in my experience, is to follow a complete development
program administered only by one of the Approved Practitioners
listed on this website. A year or
more on a complete development program is needed to remove the bulk of the
anesthesia and other drugs.
If going on a complete program
is not possible, I would at least follow the Free
Program listed on this website.
If a person has had surgery of
any kind, during a development program one may have a healing reaction or
retracing episode related to the surgery.
In most cases, it takes the form of mild sensations in the area of the
surgery that go away within a day to a week, usually.
This occurs because the body
will revisit the site of the surgery to fully heal the wound if it did not
fully heal right after surgery.
Scars. Scars from surgery may also reduce in size and intensity
during a development program. This
is also an effort by the body to fully heal the surgery site.
SURGERIES
THAT ARE NOT TOO EFFECTIVE
According to a recent article by
Julian Whitaker, MD, the following surgeries are often not effective:
Arthroscopic knee surgery,
arthroscopic subacromial decompression, spinal
fusion, laminectomy, vertebroplasty,
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI or
angioplasty), prostatectomy, and cesarean section.
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