POST-SURGICAL PAIN

In November of 2003, I was recovering from emergency surgery to re-attach four fingers of my left hand. My hand specialist Dr. Sherman informed me that the healing process for the bone and flesh is accompanied by a lot of pain. She accordingly prescribed two strong pain-killers to help me along. I took as much pain medicine as the prescription allowed for, but still had major discomfort and unpleasant side effects. Dr. Sherman did not oppose my consulting Matthew and Wang Yao Miller as a "supplement" to the pain medicine. Well, a solitary half-hour's acupuncture treatment and a good night's sleep dispensed with strong pain medicine entirely! I needed no more than a headache's dose of ibuprofen for a couple of days, and have used no pain medicine of any description since. I can make no claim to understand how acupuncture works, but I can happily testify to the results.

Thank you, Matt and Wang Yao.

Sincerely,
Charlie Seawell
Amherst, VA

:: LINKS ::

Click here to read a report from the Duke University Medical Center on how acupuncture can reduce pain following breast surgery.

Click here to read another case of acupuncture treatment for post-surgical pain.