Full Anesthesia Surgery Traumatizes Your Brain, Here's How To Protect Yourself

About this episode

Tracy Duhs discusses the long-term effects of anesthesia on the brain with Dr. Sande Bergeron, revealing critical insights for patients undergoing surgery.

You've had surgery. You woke up. You moved on. But your nervous system? It never forgot. Tracy sat down with Dr. Sande Bergeron - anesthesiologist, PhD, and the person inside the OR asking the questions no one else is asking. What she's uncovered after 22 years in medicine will change how you think about every surgery you've ever had, and every one you might have next. Because there's what anesthesia does to keep you alive on the table and then there's what it does to your brain long after you leave the hospital. And nobody is connecting those dots. Find Dr. Sande: Website: https://beyondbrainhealth.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beyondbrainhealth/ Connect with Tracy: Website: https://tracyduhs.com/ Hydration Shop: https://sanctuarysd.com/ Instagram: @tracyduhs Flow FAM Community: https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:48 - Dr. Sande's journey from conventional medicine to anesthesia 6:47 - The OR moment that changed everything 11:38 - "Safe" vs. optimized: what medicine never asks 13:32 - The tool built to measure your brain's resilience before surgery 23:14 - How anesthesia gas bonds to your brain tissue 25:12 - Your body keeps the…

People in this episode

Host: Tracy Duhs

Guest: Dr. Sande Bergeron

Topics covered

• anesthesia
• surgery
• nervous system
• brain health
• patient safety
• medical insights

Keywords

• anesthesia effects
• surgery recovery
• nervous system trauma
• brain resilience
• patient awareness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Beyond Brain Health, Hydration Shop, Flow FAM Community

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