Testimonials
Dr Freeman
I want to express my thanks for the "The Freeman Preparation Program©" and your assistance in helping me prepare for surgery.
I thought I was prepared for surgery until my surgeon mentioned the fact that she might do a bladder repair, if it were needed, while doing the hysterectomy.
In the 1980’s I had a bladder repair and it was the single worst experience of my life. My first memory of waking after the surgery was to screaming. I then realized that I was hearing myself screaming in recovery. I woke later to the most excruciating pain I’d ever experienced, my bladder was spasming the nurses explained and there was nothing they could do. It spasmed for about 8 hours, after enduring 4 of these hours, I had given up trying to cope and would have gladly died if I’d know how.
Prior to that surgery I had spent 4 happy years working in a hospital and then going through Occupational Therapy classes, which included Gross Anatomy and a few other Pre-med courses. After the surgery I grew faint going to the doctor’s office, even for minor problems, seeing anything medical on the television, even just talking about other’s procedures. And now I felt I was facing the same surgery, the same results again.
My Surgeon, upon seeing how upset I was at the prospect of having another bladder repair tried to reassure me that medicine had come a long way. Unhappily the Urologist that performed the prior bladder repair had offered many reassurances too. Once my trust is broken, it’s not easily won back. It was then that she recommended you and "The Freeman Preparation Program©" to me.
I’ve been meditating for about 10 years. I know how strong the mind is, despite the fact that I seem to loose the reins to mine on occasion. Science has proven that meditation techniques assist in lowering anxiety as well as the experience of pain. But I had to be honest with myself my discipline isn’t that good and I certainly did not know how to approach this new surgery.
So it was a delight to hear about your program. After our first meeting I took it home and started using it that night. I listened to the CD once a day up to the day of surgery (5 days) and had become reasonably good at following your instructions, and the day of surgery I found that I didn’t need to listen to it until I got into the surgery suite.
The surgeon found that I did not need the bladder repair and only did the hysterectomy and a recotocele repair, neither of which are small procedures. I’ve known other women to be in considerable pain after a hysterectomy, even a vaginal one. However, I woke in my room (I’ve no recollection of being woken in recovery even though I know they would have done this) feeling quite good.
I used my morphine "button" only twice while in the hospital, once at 6 pm the night of surgery and once at 4:30 am. And honestly, I could have taken a Darvocet instead, however, that would have involved bothering the nurses to see if I had Darvocet available orally and waiting for them to have the time to get to me (recall that I’d worked in a hospital and am familiar with doctors orders and the difficulty of trying to get a change in doctors orders). So I opted for the ease of the button hanging at my side. The next morning (surgery was on March 14, so this was March 15) the nurse got me up for a walk around the ward. I needed no pain medication to do this. The Surgeon visited me, took the packing out and catheter out. We both were delighted in how easy this had been. I felt great! She agreed that if I ate and tolerated a solid diet I could go home in the afternoon.
The IV was disconnected and I ate a good breakfast, walked around, read for a while. My daughter and her fiancé brought me a latte and visited for a while. I ate lunch (well some of it, hospital food has not gotten much better in the years since I worked in one) and still needed no pain medication. I got dressed, wandered the ward a bit and the nurses decided that I could go home. They gave me a Darvocet prior to leaving although I think I could have managed without. I went into the pharmacy with my daughter to get my prescriptions and went home.
The next day I cleaned out my filing cabinet! I felt great.
I honestly do not think it would have been half that easy if I had not used "The Freeman Preparation Program©". The power of the mind has been scientifically proven. It only makes sense to put this power to use when facing a situation such as surgery or in pain management. And it benefits the hospital, insurance companies as well as myself. The nurses labeled me a "model patient"; I was there for only one night, needing little attention other than their fine routine care.
You mentioned that a local hospital was considering offering this to all their surgery or patients in severe pain. I sincerely hope they do. It helped me tremendously. It may not help others as much as it did me but I believe any assistance for a patient prior to something that is frightening and potentially painful is beneficial. Not to mention the benefits to the hospital and insurance companies (hopefully they would pass this onto their policy holders). If you believe this letter would assist in the decision to use this program at any hospital, please share it with the appropriate people. You may give my name and phone number to them.
I cannot thank you enough for your tireless research and work in preparing the "The Freeman Preparation Program©". I’ve told everyone I know about it and will recommend it to anyone whom I think would benefit from the program.
Thank you again.
I want to express my thanks for the "The Freeman Preparation Program©" and your assistance in helping me prepare for surgery.
I thought I was prepared for surgery until my surgeon mentioned the fact that she might do a bladder repair, if it were needed, while doing the hysterectomy.
In the 1980’s I had a bladder repair and it was the single worst experience of my life. My first memory of waking after the surgery was to screaming. I then realized that I was hearing myself screaming in recovery. I woke later to the most excruciating pain I’d ever experienced, my bladder was spasming the nurses explained and there was nothing they could do. It spasmed for about 8 hours, after enduring 4 of these hours, I had given up trying to cope and would have gladly died if I’d know how.
Prior to that surgery I had spent 4 happy years working in a hospital and then going through Occupational Therapy classes, which included Gross Anatomy and a few other Pre-med courses. After the surgery I grew faint going to the doctor’s office, even for minor problems, seeing anything medical on the television, even just talking about other’s procedures. And now I felt I was facing the same surgery, the same results again.
My Surgeon, upon seeing how upset I was at the prospect of having another bladder repair tried to reassure me that medicine had come a long way. Unhappily the Urologist that performed the prior bladder repair had offered many reassurances too. Once my trust is broken, it’s not easily won back. It was then that she recommended you and "The Freeman Preparation Program©" to me.
I’ve been meditating for about 10 years. I know how strong the mind is, despite the fact that I seem to loose the reins to mine on occasion. Science has proven that meditation techniques assist in lowering anxiety as well as the experience of pain. But I had to be honest with myself my discipline isn’t that good and I certainly did not know how to approach this new surgery.
So it was a delight to hear about your program. After our first meeting I took it home and started using it that night. I listened to the CD once a day up to the day of surgery (5 days) and had become reasonably good at following your instructions, and the day of surgery I found that I didn’t need to listen to it until I got into the surgery suite.
The surgeon found that I did not need the bladder repair and only did the hysterectomy and a recotocele repair, neither of which are small procedures. I’ve known other women to be in considerable pain after a hysterectomy, even a vaginal one. However, I woke in my room (I’ve no recollection of being woken in recovery even though I know they would have done this) feeling quite good.
I used my morphine "button" only twice while in the hospital, once at 6 pm the night of surgery and once at 4:30 am. And honestly, I could have taken a Darvocet instead, however, that would have involved bothering the nurses to see if I had Darvocet available orally and waiting for them to have the time to get to me (recall that I’d worked in a hospital and am familiar with doctors orders and the difficulty of trying to get a change in doctors orders). So I opted for the ease of the button hanging at my side. The next morning (surgery was on March 14, so this was March 15) the nurse got me up for a walk around the ward. I needed no pain medication to do this. The Surgeon visited me, took the packing out and catheter out. We both were delighted in how easy this had been. I felt great! She agreed that if I ate and tolerated a solid diet I could go home in the afternoon.
The IV was disconnected and I ate a good breakfast, walked around, read for a while. My daughter and her fiancé brought me a latte and visited for a while. I ate lunch (well some of it, hospital food has not gotten much better in the years since I worked in one) and still needed no pain medication. I got dressed, wandered the ward a bit and the nurses decided that I could go home. They gave me a Darvocet prior to leaving although I think I could have managed without. I went into the pharmacy with my daughter to get my prescriptions and went home.
The next day I cleaned out my filing cabinet! I felt great.
I honestly do not think it would have been half that easy if I had not used "The Freeman Preparation Program©". The power of the mind has been scientifically proven. It only makes sense to put this power to use when facing a situation such as surgery or in pain management. And it benefits the hospital, insurance companies as well as myself. The nurses labeled me a "model patient"; I was there for only one night, needing little attention other than their fine routine care.
You mentioned that a local hospital was considering offering this to all their surgery or patients in severe pain. I sincerely hope they do. It helped me tremendously. It may not help others as much as it did me but I believe any assistance for a patient prior to something that is frightening and potentially painful is beneficial. Not to mention the benefits to the hospital and insurance companies (hopefully they would pass this onto their policy holders). If you believe this letter would assist in the decision to use this program at any hospital, please share it with the appropriate people. You may give my name and phone number to them.
I cannot thank you enough for your tireless research and work in preparing the "The Freeman Preparation Program©". I’ve told everyone I know about it and will recommend it to anyone whom I think would benefit from the program.
Thank you again.
Mary Jackson