In January 1978 a team of nine people, including myself, went to Mexico
to study Pachita's methods.
I decided to undergo instant surgery myself before allowing any of my own
patients to be operated on by Pachita. For two years I had been suffering the gradual
onset of otosclerosis (spongy bone growth) in both ears, causing progressive loss
of hearing. The operation was to correct this.
I was not hypnotised before the operation, nor was any medication given.
I lay down on the table, and some cotton pads were placed around the ear to absorb
bleeding. Three witnesses were present, one of whom took photographs. Holding the
knife in her right hand, Pachita quickly inserted 3 inches (7.5 centimeters) of the
knife blade into the right ear canal; the forefinger of her left hand guided the
blade in. The pain was acute; yet I did not scream, or try to avoid the knife,
even though it felt as if the tip of the blade had penetrated the eardrum. After
holding the knife in the ear canal for about forty seconds, Pachita withdrew it,
and the pain ceased immediately. The left ear was operated on in a similar way;
this time the pain was even greater - close to my breaking point. As soon as the
knife was withdrawn however the pain stopped.
The surgery had taken three minutes; no sterile procedure was used, and
Pachita's bare hands were covered with blood from previous operations.
After the operation there was only minimal bleeding. But a new complication
appeared. My head was ringing with loud noises - so loud that I could not hear what
people were saying to me. I was give a tincture (contents unknown) and told to put
one drop in each ear daily; the noises decreased gradually, and by the eighth day
after the operation had ceased altogether. In fact my hearing was now so acute that
I suffered painfully from hyperacusis (abnormally increased power of hearing); this
condition lasted for about two weeks. One month after the operation my hearing was
completely back to normal.
After this experience I felt completely confident in Pachita's treatment,
and able to recommend her instant surgery to patients.