Bernie S. Siegel M.D. - Help Me to Heal: A Practical Guidebook for Patients, Visitors and Caregivers

Words of Praise for Help Me to Heal

Bernie Siegel seems to have a knack for lifting patients out of the realm
of despondent passivity to an attitude of active anticipation of healing.
He hasnt lost his touch. This book can not only change your focus to
healing, but can lift you to the high road of a healing environment.

C. Everett Koop, M.D., Sc.D.,
former Surgeon General of the United States

If you or a loved one have to go through major medical care, the information
in this book can be both life-saving and soul-saving. Read it. Absorb
it. Use it. These are words of practical, essential wisdom from people who
care about you as patients and as human beings.

Andrew Weil, M.D., Director,
Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona

Hospital care is currently one of the leading
causes of death in the United States. Unfortunately,
most of us will require it sooner or later. To help you
survive and learn from this experience, and to heal
afterwards, Dr. Bernard Siegel and Yosaif Augusts
Help Me to Healis an invaluable resource.

Larry Dossey, M.D.,
author of Healing Beyond the Body;
Reinventing Medicine; and Healing Words;
executive editor, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

ALSO BY BERNIE SIEGEL, M.D.

Books

Love, Medicine & Miracles (1986)
Peace, Love & Healing (1989)
How to Live Between Office Visits (1993)
Prescriptions for Living (1998)

Audio Books

Love, Medicine & Miracles (two-tape set)
Peace, Love & Healing (two-tape set)
How to Live Between Office Visits (two-tape set)
Prescriptions for Living (two-tape set)

Lectures

How to Never Grow Old and Die Young at Heart
Humor & Healing: Insights on the Positive Effects of Humor for Healing
Insights for Living WellHow to Be an Exceptional Patient

Meditation Audios

Getting Ready:Meditations for Surgery,
Chemotherapy, and Other Treatments
Guided Imagery & Meditation
Healing Meditations
Healing Relationships: Your Relationship to Life & Creation
Meditations for Difficult Times: How to Survive & Thrive
Meditations for Enhancing Your Immune System
Meditations for Everyday Living
Meditations for Finding the Key to Good Health
Meditations for Healing Your Inner Child
Meditations for Morning & Evening
Meditations for Overcoming Lifes Stresses & Strains
Meditations for Peace of Mind

Affirmation Audios

Healing Images: Affirmations for Envisioning Yourself
As a Unique Individual

Video

Affirmations for Living Beyond Cancer
Fight for Your Life
Love, Medicine & Miracles
Healing Spirit
Innervision: Visualizing Super Health
How to Be Exceptional
How to Live Between Office Visits

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Copyright 2003 by Bernie Siegel and Yosaif August

Published and distributed in the United States by: Hay House, Inc., P.O. Box 5100, Carlsbad, CA 92018-5100 Phone: (760) 431-7695 or (800) 654-5126 Fax: (760) 431-6948 or (800) 650-5115 www.hayhouse.com Published anddistributed in Australia by: Hay House Australia Ltd., 18/36 Ralph St., Alexandria NSW 2015 Phone: 612-9669-4299 Fax: 612-9669-4144 www.hayhouse.com.au Published and Distributed in the United Kingdom by: Hay House UK, Ltd. Unit 202, Canalot Studios 222 Kensal Rd., London W10 5BN Phone: 44-20-8962-1230 Fax: 44-20-8962-1239 www.hayhouse.co.uk Distributed in Canada by: Raincoast 9050 Shaughnessy St., Vancouver, B.C. V6P 6E5 Phone: (604) 323-7100 Fax: (604) 323-2600

Editorial supervision: Jill Kramer Design: Tricia Proctor

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic, or electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording; nor may it be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or otherwise be copied for public or private useother than for fair use as brief quotations embodied in articles and reviews without prior written permission of the publisher.

The authors of this book do not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the authors is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the authors and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Siegel, Bernie S.

Help me to heal : a practical guidebook for patients, visitors, and caregivers : essential
tools, strategies and resources for healthy hospitalizations and home convalescence
/ Bernie S. Siegel and Yosaif August.

p. cm.

ISBN 1-4019-0037-2 (Hardcover) ISBN 1-4019-0060-7 (Tradepaper) 1. Hospital
patientsCare. 2. Healing. 3. Convalescence. 4. Self-care, Health. 5. Caregivers.
6. Alternative medicine. I. August, Yosaif. II. Title.

RA965.6.S56 2003

362.11dc21

2003002500

Hardcover ISBN 1-4019-0037-2
Tradepaper ISBN 1-4019-0060-7

06 05 04 03 4 3 2 1
1st printing, August 2003

Printed in the United States of America

To my beloved Bobbie and our childrenJonathan, Jeffrey, Stephen, Carolyn, and Keith;

To all the exceptional patients who have been my teachers;

To our grandchildren Charles, Samuel, Gabriel, Elijah, Simone, Jarrod, Patrick, and Jason;

And to all the grand children of the world:

May you all feel loved enough to heal the world,

And in your lifetime see the end of mans inhumanity to man.

Bernie Siegel, M.D.

To Tsurah, my love, co-journeyer, and joyful dance partner;

To Max and Anne August and Jean London, teachers about life, love, happiness, and healing;

To Irwin Kritchek, who taught us what being there for each other truly means;

To Marika, Luke, and Gail; and to Harry, Raphael, and all the beautiful children who take our breath away!

Yosaif August

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