Archive for April 22nd, 2009
PRIVATE CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER: ADMISSION TO HOSPITAL.
PREPARING FOR OPERATION Admission to hospital When you arrive at the hospital, the receptionist will contact the admissions department, and a ward receptionist will come to collect you. If you are paying for your stay in hospital yourself, you will probably be asked to pay your bill in advance at this stage if you have [...]
SURGICAL TREATMENTS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS: ABOUT LAPAROTOMY.
A laparotomy is a major operation involving a cut in the abdomen. Both conservative laparotomy and hysterectomy are performed as part of a laparotomy. This section describes what will happen before, during and after a laparotomy. Things to think about before a laparotomy Before your operation it is important that you make sure that you [...]
COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT FOR BULIMIA: STAGE TWO AND STAGE THREE
Stage two During the second phase, we continue to work on developing regular eating habits. We also begin to change the makeup of her diet. As we have seen, people with eating disorders often adopt rigid rules about what can and can’t be eaten. They create a list of “forbidden foods”-fattening or sweet foods they [...]
WIN THE FAT WAR: A TAPE RECORDER TOOK HER FROM BOTTOM TO TOP
Beth Linden remembers meeting her little daughter’s new friend as if it were yesterday. “She looked at my daughter and said, ‘I didn’t know your mommy was fat,’” the 39-year-old Phoenix resident It was the worst—and, as it turned out, the best—moment of her life. Devastated by the remark, Beth—then age 30 and 240 pounds—took [...]