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| Plantweed |
Posted - 05/22/2006 : 06:40:03
All this week on their 6:30 broadcast; will be interesting to see their take; I hope Sarno is represented. |
| 10 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| n/a |
Posted - 05/25/2006 : 06:18:17
Ralph Hyde
Many people recommended Sarno on that blog. I posted something also. Here is what one person, Patty Smith, wrote on that blog (http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2006/05/dr_tim_johnson_.html#comments) Her e-mail is below for those who think they can communicate with her or had similar symptoms:
"prior to a knee revision replacement, in 12/05..i did have a litle numbness in my other legs toes. after the knee revision, that operated leg, the foot became numb, best described as vise/like pain, or if i was stepping in a log, that was in my shoe. a chiro ordered a mri, after doing some spinal decompression of L4/L5 . i took the mri to a ortho/spine guy at a teaching hospital, who ordered thereapy. i had it, for 6 weeks, and they said it was unethical, , to continue, not helping. i am going for my 3rd epidural, it's maybe 30% better. it's spinal stenosis, and DDD. the next step is fusion, with graft, which i do not want to do, because i have had, failed ankle fusions, with grafts, and screws. i have severe rhuematoid, using methotrexate, humira,, once a week. since this pain med anesthesiologist, said i have a facet, and pulled out synovial fluid, i think from L4 and L5, also, the back pain is better. i wonder about the relation of rhuematoid and back problems. seems not to be a connection known, they just say disc problem is from aging, and i am 57. the orth/spine guy, says he is open to alternative medicine. i don't think dr sarno's book will help me. anyone else with a numb foot, the rest of the legs are ok. i have to take 600mg of gabapentin a day"
Email: patty-smith@comcast.net |
| Plantweed |
Posted - 05/25/2006 : 05:50:34
Yeah, Johnson mentioned that 20% of MRIs given to the general population would show disc herniation, with the vast majority having zero pain. His main point was that most back pain just goes away by itself. I would think many here would dispute that assertion, including myself. |
| ralphyde |
Posted - 05/25/2006 : 01:52:09
Here's the link to Wednesday's segment on ABC Nightly News. It wasn't too bad, made the point that surgery is recommended in only 1 to 2% of back pain, and that disk anomalies don't necessarily cause pain, that many people have them without pain. But he didn't mention Dr. Sarno's approach at all.
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2001130
Ralph |
| ralphyde |
Posted - 05/23/2006 : 23:47:24
There are links to more segments of this back pain series here:
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/SpecialSeriesCoverage/
Ralph |
| ralphyde |
Posted - 05/23/2006 : 23:26:05
Here's the link to the video of tonight's segment on back pain on ABC News:
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=1996393
It wasn't so bad, but of course, didn't buy into emotionally caused pain.
Maybe they'll talk about that tomorrow. Yeah, right.
You can still post to the blog for the series, where so many people have posted with TMS symptoms, at:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2006/05/dr_tim_johnson_.html#comments
Ralph |
| Michele |
Posted - 05/23/2006 : 11:03:11
I posted too, but I doubt it will make much difference. |
| Plantweed |
Posted - 05/23/2006 : 05:39:44
It looks like it's going to be the same old-same old. I went to Johnson's blog and posted a Sarno recommendation. The story they did last night, and the desperate posts on the blog are heartbreaking. |
| ralphyde |
Posted - 05/22/2006 : 19:18:53
Go to Dr. Tim Johnson's blog on this series and tell him about Dr. Sarno and TMS.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2006/05/dr_tim_johnson_.html#comments
I already did, but we need more testimony there.
Ralph |
| scorsese |
Posted - 05/22/2006 : 19:00:13
She has TMS.Unnecessary surgery. |
| marytabby |
Posted - 05/22/2006 : 18:03:06
Plantweed, did you watch tonight's on the girl who had the disc replacement surgery? If so what was your concensus? |
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