The video discusses the vital role of encouragement and reassurance by healthcare professionals in post-operative care. It highlights the importance of addressing the psychological elements of recovery, and how therapy can assist patients in recognizing their progress and understanding their experiences.
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The fifth question, what could a health care professional do for you to make you feel better? So really I think it's time, encouragement, reassurance. As a patient, I'm always really mindful that doctors and surgeons are very busy people with lots to do and I don't want to be a burden or a nuisance. I find it really useful because I found a psychotherapist who works with post-operative care with patients who've had major surgery and it's useful just to acknowledge that there is a psychological element to large traumatic surgery, not just the physical, and having time and patience and just sort of knowing that what you're going through is normal, what you're feeling is normal, that your progress is going in the right direction. It's difficult to judge, especially at the beginning, how much you should be doing, how little you should be doing, what's good progress and what's not, how hard to push yourself. So those are all things that would be useful to hear as a patient.
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