(in the laparotomies) or the dread feeling of not quite knowing where I was and being in a haze. The tape made me feel that although I was feeling pain, I would be able to manage it and I was! It helped me feel that I could manage until my blood Pressure came upa little and they could give me an injection of Demerol™. Later I learned that while I was listening to the Intra-Op tape during the surgery, the surgeon and anesthesiologist listened to some of the Recovery tape. In one part of the tape it says that the caregiver should check that the message is going into the right ear of the patient. The surgeon and anesthesiolo- gist joked that they hadn't known they should check and wondered if it had rearranged the hemispheres in my brain for me. Was I left-handed now?! Tuesday, the day after the surgery: On the Recuperation tape, the soothing voice says that the pain signals are no longer important, for now, to allow you to sleep. I like that very much—a way to be aware of what's happening to your body so you can take the necessary pain meds or rest or not try to do too much, yet at the same time not to let the pain and discomfort messages take over. It helps impart or put you in touch with a wonderful sense of equilibrium. Wednesday, the second day after surgery: I feel better but then become restless, a little blue, irritable about the music and voices upstairs—is this the third-day blues? I put the Recuperation tape on and despite my restlessness and inability
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to sleep find a sense of peace and relaxation. It’s amazing how effective these tapes are. As one woman wrote about her spleen surgery in The Monroe Institute newsletter, “Every sound and HEMI-SYNC™ JOURNAL word took on a special therapeutic meaning.” Fifth day after surgery: So sore—I overdid it yesterday! I felt so good I forgot I wasn’t really supposed to be out more than three or so hours. I feel good, though sore, just no energy. I want to read but just don’t have the energy, not really tired enough to sleep so sew instead while listening to the post-op tape called, appropriately, Energy Walk. The soothing voice guides the listener to imagine being on a beach, a grassy meadow, and looking at your favorite tree at the end of the meadow. It’s really quite beautiful. The tape even helped us on the trip, apart from the surgery, when our nine-year-old developed bronchitis and a touch of pneumonia. Imagine being cooped up with a sick nine-year- old in a small motel room while awaiting surgery. She was so uncomfortable and restless she couldn't sleep, so I gave her the Energy Walk tape because the description says, “Play Energy Walk . . . whenever s/he is restless, in pain, or unable to sleep.” Our daughter went from being restless, frustrated (and frustrating her parents) to lying perfectly still, eyes closed, smiling, relaxed. “This is wonderful, Mom. It’s so beautiful. I feel so good.” She drifts off into a light nap after a while.
The tapes are also very useful in pain management. One of them, Recuperation, is also sold separately under the title Pain Control. For surgical use of the tapes, be sure to use a Walkman™ or other battery-operated [tapeplayer] with automatic reverse so that the tape can keep playing no matter how long the surgery or recovery time. We encourage chapters and support groups to obtain a set for lending to members at the time of surgery. Encourage your doctor and hospital to obtain a set for loan to women at the time of surgery. / @ | THE MONROE INSTITUTE i bet BOARD OF ADVISORS Journal James Beal Wilson Bullard, PhD Thomas Campbell, MS Gregory D. Carroll, PhD Albert Dahlberg, MD, PhD Arthur Ellison, DSc (Eng) Eleanor Friede Arthur Gladman, MD William €. Herrmann Fowler Jones, EdD Paul F. King Mary Jane Ledyard, PhD James MacMahon Joseph Chilton Pearce Jill Russell, LCSP Ronald Russell, MA Bill D. Schul, PhD David Stanley, MD Charles Tart, PhD Constance M. Townsend, MD Stanley J. Townsend, PhD Stuart Twemlow, MD Raymond O, Waldkoetter, EdD) David J. Wallis Suzanne Evans Morris, PhD | Marguerite Q. Warren, PhD The HEMI-SYNC™ JOURNAL, a publication of The Monroe Institute's, Protessional Division, offers current re- porting on research and application of the Hemi-Syne™ technology in a variety of professional fields. The Monroe Institute is a 01(c\(3) onprofit research and educational or- ganization dedicated to exploring and developing the uses and understanding