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

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: @tracyduhsFlow FAM Community:https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/Timestamps:0:00 - Introduction0:48 - Dr. Sande's journey from conventional medicine to anesthesia6:47 - The OR moment that changed everything11:38 - "Safe" vs. optimized: what medicine never asks13:32 - The tool built to measure your brain's resilience before surgery23:14 - How anesthesia gas bonds to your brain tissue25:12 - Your body keeps the score even when you're asleep31:52 - Why some people wake up in fight or flight34:19 - The cosmetic surgery risk nobody is talking about43:42 - How to protect yourself before going under