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| Edbl79 |
Posted - 01/11/2014 : 15:05:22
A little over 2 years ago I started experiencing severe back and leg pain around thanksgiving and was diagnosed with a disc and sciatica problem. The pain persisted for months even with pain meds when one day I came upon dr sarno's books. I jumped right into them and began talking to myself about what the triggers for the pain might be. I worked my way through it, writing in a journal and reading this forum and relatively quickly I began to feel better. Soon there after I jumped into a more active lifestyle including a running program that I grabbed onto and felt great about. Things have been really good since than until about a month ago. Out of nowhere I began to feel lower back pain that would come and go. Each day however it seemed to last a little longer until last night when I went to pick up my tantruming daughter and I felt that pain in my lower back suddenly intensify.
My immediate reaction was that picking up my daughter somehow pushed the slight pain I was feeling into another category, that I had really damaged myself this time. I fell asleep in the recliner after finding a comfortable position and woke up at 2:30am with the pain now gone from my back but in my hip/butt area. I made my way up to bed and fell asleep rather easily but would wake periodically due to discomfort. Of course I woke up with the pain in my hip feeling intense and began to think about how I would get through the day like this. Fortunately I soon remembered the books so I have now started reading them again. I have a firm grasp on the trigger, picking up a tantruming toddler. Her tantrums and my frustration with them set off this latest wave but I've also started to look at those other things going on in work and life causing these physically painful symptoms to manifest. I'm sorting through them now, talking to myself about the things I've been ignoring because as my hip is telling me these things can't be ignored or repressed any longer. |
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| Dave |
Posted - 01/14/2014 : 11:18:41
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Originally posted by Edbl79
...Fortunately I soon remembered the books so I have now started reading them again. I have a firm grasp on the trigger, picking up a tantruming toddler. Her tantrums and my frustration with them set off this latest wave but I've also started to look at those other things going on in work and life causing these physically painful symptoms to manifest. I'm sorting through them now, talking to myself about the things I've been ignoring because as my hip is telling me these things can't be ignored or repressed any longer.
Good job. This is the right mindset. Your mind might not give up without a fight, and might intensify or vary the symptoms, but it seems like you have the upper hand. |
| njoy |
Posted - 01/13/2014 : 02:21:20
Oh my gosh, serious sympathy, Edbl79. My own kids are now in their mid-40s but I certainly remember that tantruming toddler time. Awful.
To me you have reached such an important stage when you say, "I'm sorting through them now, talking to myself about the things I've been ignoring because as my hip is telling me these things can't be ignored or repressed any longer."
Right on and good to have you on the forum.
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