The brain is unconscious when you are having surgery under anesthesia. however, there is still a lot of processing going on in your brain that we do not understand, depending on the dose of anesthesia used, the environment that you're having surgery in, and your relationship with the operating room staff while you are unconscious. positive affirmations appear to have a powerful effect relative to the risk of side effects that they pose to patients in this vulnerable state, while unconscious and having surgery! these may be able to reduce the pain of surgery, without the side effects of opioid based pain medications!
