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Bob Ash
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 Posted - 07/20/2005 : 10:24:09
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Thanks for the replies to my previous post. I was wondering though, If someone has surgery and has fused the spine in three places, is it still possible to treat the TMS and alleviate the pain? Has anyone had surgery, then found out about TMS and went on to be relatively pain-free? Thanks for your help!
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johnnyg
USA
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Posted - 07/20/2005 : 11:51:58
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Fortunately I never had surgery, but Dr. Sarno's books describe cases where patients had surgery, continued to have pain and then later conquered the pain--making it obvious in such cases that TMS was the cause and the surgery unnecessary. I think Dr. Schechter has had such cases too.
So it is possible, but surgery may act as a catalyst causing the TMS pain to become worse, or forcing TMS pain into another location. Barring a mistake or unusual circumstance during surgery, I think the body can learn to recognize the fused bones in the same manner as it recognizes a naturally caused abnormality--you can live with it pain free just like you can live with bulging discs pain free. |
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Fox
USA
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Posted - 07/20/2005 : 12:40:04
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| The answer is yes. I didn't have three fusions but I did have two -- at L/4-L/5 and L/5-S/1. The surgery didn't help my sciatica one bit even after waiting for improvement well over a year. But after that horror, I got serious about the Sarno work and started believing more in it, and my sciatica is now 85% better due to Sarno. I still must battle my brain and fight my conditioning every day, but it's sure worth the effort. |
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Wilf
Canada
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Posted - 07/20/2005 : 14:39:02
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I have had 4 surgeries on my lower back, the last one in 1963. I was pain-free for a short while (placebo) but then began to experience over 30 years of migrating pain: in the neck, shoulders, middle back, right knee, chest, arm and fingers etc., etc. These pains ranged from mild to excruciating. I tried every imagainable "hands on" treatment, including 30 plus years of Chiropractic. I was given every type of explanation for the pain, but mostly that because the scar tissue from the 4 surgeries had fused my lower back, the vertbrae above that area were doing things they were not designed to do and this produced the pain. What I had been given by all the practitioners I had seen over the years, in essence, was a life sentence. I discovered Sarno just over 3 years ago and have been 90% pain-free ever since.
The short answer is: there is life after surgery. Hang in there. |
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Post-Surgery TMS
