Surgery

Category: Events

Type

Involuntary

Introduction and description

The consequences of Being anaesthetised have their own entry, but this entry refers specifically to the effects of the surgical procedure itself.

Surgery – according to Wikipedia - “is an ancient medical speciality that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance”.

And

"An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical procedure, operation, or simply surgery. In this context, the verb operate means to perform surgery. A surgeon is a person who practises surgery. A surgery can last from minutes to hours, but is typically not an ongoing or periodic type of treatment. Elective surgery refers to a surgical procedure that can be scheduled in advance because it does not involve a medical emergency. Plastic, or cosmetic surgeries are common elective procedures".

So there you are. 

Rather comically the name surgery comes from the Greek: χειρουργική cheirourgikē (composed of χείρ, "hand", and ἔργον, "work"), via Latin: chirurgiae, meaning "hand work". Here in Yorkshire hand work tends to mean something different, although it too has its moments spiritually. I shall look on surgeons with a new found respect.

And it has an impressive record of providing spiritual experiences from out of body, to hallucinations and near death.

Background

The reality of surgery is that you are cutting up the body and the organs, which means in some sense you are carrying out a form of calculated, planned 'wounding' with the intent of removing or repairing diseased and damaged organs and possibly replacing them with artificial ones or replacement ones. 

But it is a risky business, partly because of the anaesthetic and partly because the body perceives surgery as an enormous threat and delivers some very hefty messages of pain to the brain.  The body, despite any pain killers, is in a state of shock after surgery.

Remove the defensive skin of an individual - the person's first line of defense against environmental attack - and you have exposed them to possible attack by bacteria, viruses, parasites, and toxins.

Furthermore, they can lose blood and fluids as a consequence of the process.  Thus the tendency is these days to avoid major surgery as far as possible, and to use such techniques as keyhole surgery, which minimises the area exposed and helps to limit blood and fluid loss. 

There can also be a number of complications caused as the wounds heal.  When someone has surgery or an amputation or is wounded, it can produce what is called 'problematic venous congestion'.  In effect the veins get blocked up. 

This condition is known in medical circles now as 'venous insufficiency.' If this congestion is not cleared up quickly, the blood will clot, arteries that bring the tissues their necessary nourishment will become plugged, and the tissues will die.  This is why doctors have started to take a fresh interest in leeches.  If  leeches are applied to the wound, the anticoagulant in the leeches saliva thins the blood and stops it blocking the veins.  The wound then bleeds more, but the swelling in the tissues tends to subside and healing is aided by allowing fresh, oxygenated blood to reach the area.

This is fine for flesh wounds, but of course it does not work for organs inside the body and there is a danger that the very organ that was rescued can be damaged by 'venous insufficiency'.  This is why doctors give you 'blood thinners' if you have had heart surgery, for example, or a stent fitted.

So, necessary though surgery often is, it is not without its complications. 

People who need surgery are usually asessed on a 'frailty scale' based on five items: unintentional weight loss, muscle weakness, exhaustion, low physical activity, and slowed walking speed. A healthy person scores 0; a very frail person scores 5. A very frail person is often simply not up to surgery. People with intermediate frailty scores (2 or 3) are twice as likely to have post-surgical complications, spend 50% more time in the hospital, and are three times as likely to be discharged to a skilled nursing facility instead of to their own homes. Frail patients (score of 4 or 5) have even worse outcomes. 

Blood transfusions

There is one other area which appears to be a real problem from surgery and that is blood transfusions.  Blood is rarely screened for viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites or toxins, as such if you receive any blood in a hospital you could be receiving all the infections and pathogens of the donor.  In the section on organ donors, there are case histories I have found of people who died from the diseases the donor had [and from which they died].  One of the most horrific examples is that of rabies, where the poor recipient died experiencing all the horrors that rabies can bestow.

Receipt of blood from a donor who is ill or infected, or apparently healthy but infected, could and does have the same effect.  For example

The highlighted sentence is key here, as it is known that blood is infected and in some cases very high levels of donated blood is infected.

How it works

This activity is just one of many that I have classified under the more general heading of Physical hurt.

This section also describes in detail how physical hurt can cause spiritual experiences

References and further reading

More paintings of Igor Morski and a biography of him can be found in the section on Nausea

 

Related observations

Healing observations

• Activity of Polish unifloral honeys against pathogenic bacteria and its correlation with colour, phenolic content, antioxidant capacity and other parameters 020929
• Bach, Dr Edward - The wisdom of old 011134
• Banana (Musa spp) from peel to pulp: ethnopharmacology, source of bioactive compounds and its relevance for human health 019294
• Bugs as drugs, Part 1, Insects the the 'new' alternative medicine for the 21st century? 021341
• Calendula - wound healing and antibacterial action 010863
• Cobalt Toxicity from Hip Replacement: Symptoms and Treatment 025373
• Comparing the Antibacterial and Functional Properties of Cameroonian and Manuka Honeys for Potential Wound Healing-Have We Come Full Cycle in Dealing with Antibiotic Resistance? 020933
• Diagnosis and treatment of primary lymphedema. Consensus document of the International Union of Phlebology (IUP)-2013 016657
• Dioscorides and De Materia Medica - Mandrake and the Nightshades 018070
• Dr Duke's list of Plants with Vulnerary activity 018927
• Effect of cataract surgery on cognition, mood, and visual hallucinations in older adults 017677
• Effect of homeopathic Arnica montana on bruising in face-lifts: results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial 019737
• Effects of acacia honey on wound healing in various rat models 020540
• Evaluation of the effect of aromatherapy with Rosa damascena Mill. on postoperative pain intensity in hospitalized children 019794
• Green, Drs Elmer and Alyce – Hypnosis used in helping the body recover from surgery and other physical injury 027379
• Histidine, histamine and its multiple healing roles 019131
• Manning, Matthew - The Link - 29 Thomas Penn and an accurate diagnosis of a gammy leg 011229
• Model of anesthetic induction by unilateral intracerebral microinjection of GABAergic agonists 020136
• Mrs Grieve on Elecampane 019928
• Mrs Grieve on Winterberry 020503
• Placebo: Cracking the Code 016557
• Skin grafts and healing ointments 010128
• Standardised antibacterial Manuka honey in the management of persistent post-operative corneal oedema: a case series 020932
• Superating wounds and Peru balsam 010130
• The dangers of surgical operations under hypnosis 007897
• The effect of hemispheric synchronization on intraoperative analgesia 020760
• The Healing Power of Sleep 026790
• The use of music therapy in surgery and anaesthesia 021834
• TMS, TDCS and pain relief 006490
• Tom Kennard 012608
• Topical application of Acalypha indica accelerates rat cutaneous wound healing by up-regulating the expression of Type I and III collagen 019187
• Wound healing activity of ent-kaura-9(11),16-dien-19-oic acid isolated from Wedelia trilobata (L.) leaves 019419

Hallucination

• Acute reversible Charles Bonnet syndrome precipitated by sudden severe anemia 019464
• Auditory Hallucinations after surgery 006865
• Botox 018051
• Bozzano, Professor Ernesto - Psychic phenomena at the moment of death – 11 The death of little Tommy Brown 027231
• Clopra 018215
• Cobalt poisoning and hip replacement 006878
• Cobalt poisoning from hip replacement 006876
• Delirium caused by surgery 006498
• Delirium due to scopolamine patch in a 4-year-old boy 020074
• Delirium in Alzheimer disease 019471
• Delirium in hospital 006436
• Dramatic fall and surgery cause blindness and hallucinations 010184
• Effect of cataract surgery on cognition, mood, and visual hallucinations in older adults 017677
• Extraneal 018983
• Hallucinations after anaesthetic 006780
• Hallucinations after operations 013005
• Hallucinations and bone infection 006443
• Hallucinations from a laparoscopy 006787
• Hallucinations in hospital patients 006850
• Hallucinations of children in ICU 006818
• Hallucinations, blindness and surgery 006350
• Hip replacement 003655
• Hypnagogic hallucinations after pinealectomy 007008
• ICU - Rats, cats and scorpions 006819
• ICU Delirium and Cognitive Impairment Study Group - The terror from a broken nose 012208
• Intensive Care Unit Hallucinations and Delirium 012141
• Justin Kaplan - Besieged by despotic aliens 012142
• Kalbitor 019231
• Manic depression and its causes in the elderly 007173
• Maxolon or Metaclopramide 017335
• Metal on metal hip replacement and cobalt poisoning 006877
• Metoclopramide 019525
• Mineral deficiency causes mental illness after extensive small bowel resection 006909
• Procalamine 019864
• Protamine Sulfate 019978
• Santyl 020020
• She said she was going to die - all her dead relatives had come to visit her that afternoon and they were ready for her in heaven 021256
• Surgery causes hallucinations 006349
• Toxoplasma gondii infection in psychiatric inpatients in a northern Mexican city 012729
• Transderm Scop 020067
• Trasylol 015758
• Trasylol 020288

Wisdom, Inspiration, Divine love & Bliss

• Angie Wilson's near death experience 025800
• Associate Professor at the University of California, Mrs J P, has an OBE during surgery 027940
• Bach, Dr Edward - The wisdom of old 011134
• Botched Surgery produces Ecstasy 013062
• Diane Sherman's near death experience 007390
• Mrs V D S goes out of body during an operation and sees her grandmother, who had died ten years earlier 027990
• Wendy has NDE from surgery 013064

Out of time

Near death, Out of time, Out of body, Rebirth

• Allan Pring undergoes a life review during his NDE 021113
• Angie Wilson's near death experience 025800
• Associate Professor at the University of California, Mrs J P, has an OBE during surgery 027940
• Botched Surgery produces Ecstasy 013062
• Diane Sherman's near death experience 007390
• Dr Robert Crookall - More Astral projections – Mr and Mrs C. M. Langridge, of Poole, Dorset have OBEs 023729
• Dr Robert Crookall - More Astral projections – Mr C. Arnold has a NDE 023746
• Dr Robert Crookall - More Astral projections – Mr J. Evans, of Selly Oak, Birmingham has an OBE 023770
• Dr Robert Crookall - More Astral projections – Mr R. H. Manns, an airman, of Bristol has an OBE 023754
• Dr Robert Crookall - More Astral projections – Mrs E M Dawson has an OBE 023745
• Dr Robert Crookall - More Astral projections – Nurse C. H. Normanby has an OBE when her tonsils are removed 023769
• Gail, Frances - 04 The operation and her out of body experience 023716
• Grandmother's OBE in surgery 014531
• Hamilton, Dr Allen - Sarah's out of body experience when clinically dead 011904
• Laubscher, B J F - Jamie goes out of body whilst having his leg amputated 023209
• Mrs V D S goes out of body during an operation and sees her grandmother, who had died ten years earlier 027990
• Out of body back to the battlefield 010447
• Out-of-Body Experience During Awake Craniotomy 023094
• Taylor, Elizabeth - Describes her Near Death experience 012464
• Taylor, Elizabeth - Near-Death Experience, The Oprah Winfrey Show 025807
• The life review and the NDE 02 022991
• Tom Kennard 012608
• Wendy has NDE from surgery 013064
• Woolger, Dr Roger - Other Lives, Past selves – Eliza and the baby with the deformed heart 022068

Enlightenment

Kundalini, Ecstasy, Moksha, Nirvana and Annihilation

• Botched Surgery produces Ecstasy 013062

In time

Synaesthesia, Pure or enhanced perception, Inter composer communication, Vision, Dream, Perception recall, Exploring group perception

• Allan Pring undergoes a life review during his NDE 021113
• Bozzano, Professor Ernesto - Psychic phenomena at the moment of death – 11 The death of little Tommy Brown 027231
• Delirium in hospital 006436
• Dr Robert Crookall - More Astral projections – Mr C. Arnold has a NDE 023746
• Hallucinations and bone infection 006443
• Hip replacement 003655
• ICU Delirium and Cognitive Impairment Study Group - The terror from a broken nose 012208
• Intensive Care Unit Hallucinations and Delirium 012141
• Liver transplant patient meets his donor 005304
• Manning, Matthew - The Link - 29 Thomas Penn and an accurate diagnosis of a gammy leg 011229
• Mrs V D S goes out of body during an operation and sees her grandmother, who had died ten years earlier 027990
• She said she was going to die - all her dead relatives had come to visit her that afternoon and they were ready for her in heaven 021256
• Styka, Jan - A premonition about his grandson Caspar 017081
• Taylor, Elizabeth - Describes her Near Death experience 012464
• Taylor, Elizabeth - Near-Death Experience, The Oprah Winfrey Show 025807
• The life review and the NDE 02 022991
• Tom Kennard 012608
• Wendy has NDE from surgery 013064
• Woolger, Dr Roger - Other Lives, Past selves – Eliza and the baby with the deformed heart 022068

Dying

• Bozzano, Professor Ernesto - Psychic phenomena at the moment of death – 11 The death of little Tommy Brown 027231
• Hamilton, Dr Allen - Sarah's out of body experience when clinically dead 011904
• She said she was going to die - all her dead relatives had come to visit her that afternoon and they were ready for her in heaven 021256
• Woolger, Dr Roger - Other Lives, Past selves – Eliza and the baby with the deformed heart 022068

Other observations

• Gastric sleeve for obese causes problems 006847
• Genetic damage in operating room personnel exposed to isoflurane and nitrous oxide 027604
• J goes as rigid as a plank of wood 007899
• Obesity illness and medications 005756
• Surgery without an anaesthetic 006391