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Jena
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 Posted - 01/26/2006 : 16:08:11
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| I went to gym class at my college today for the first time which i was very nervous because i didnt want to be embarrased if my back went out and theyd have to call the ambulance to come and get me off the floor! but I WAS IN NO PAIN! i mean my biggest problem is conditioning and we didnt do that much exercising on my back besides crunches which was an improvement for me... but its funny because my teacher is about late 50s and very in shape and i told her about my back and just so she knows if anything happens why its happening i mean i didnt go into sarno because ill tell u why...she explains to me that her daughter (at the chance of being paralyzed) had back surgery for a herniated disc.. i was like really? knowoing surgery is a placebo but whatever there was no time to get into Sarno conversation at this point...she said to me i feel sorry for people with herniated discs because they will be in pain the rest of there lives... which made me furious! because THATS NOT TRUE@!!!! and in a year or less to come im sure the placebo of her daughters surgery will not last... so then i thought i know if you were to take an MRI of this womans back i guarentee there would be herniated or bulging discs and not to mention degenerated disc but of course! and shes in the best shape of her life as she says!!! i feel get an mri of her spine and show it to her ..have a few nieve doctors tell her how horrible it is and she'd feel like her daughter before the surgery...now this is me venting sorry if im boring you... so anyway after we have this talk there is a girl standing next to me my age about 20 years old...who was trying to get out of the class because she says she has 3 herniated disks so after leaving my professor...we talked...and of course i told her about sarno. now who knows she probably thinks im crazy because its hard to discuss sarno in 10 min but she said shes going to google him tonigght so well see how it goes i said but dont quit the class even if its painful because one day you wont have to be in pain. she said to me well im only in painwhen i ride horses. i said huh? oo classic case of TMS |
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Jim1999
USA
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Posted - 01/26/2006 : 22:47:08
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Good for you, Jena! Let us know if you have any more conversations with her about Dr. Sarno.
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lastlostmonkey
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Posted - 01/27/2006 : 04:49:17
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Hi,
I think the googling is a good sign that she's open to suggestions. I have mentioned Sarno in a small way to several people with back and RSI-type pain. One guy ordered the books the next day and is reading them now, others, in more pain, have been sceptical or been interested but done nothing about it that I know of. All you can do is point people at it and they have to do a bit of work themselves I think. If they are open and ready for Sarno's ideas they will, if not they won't. I found the same thing when I was on an evangelical physical tip and finding that exercise really helped (with RSI-type pain), people with the same condition who I saw every day could see me recovering but weren't interested in finding out what had been (apparently) successful or doing it themselves. They just wanted painkillers. In the end I gave up talking about it. Good on you for trying, it takes a bit of guts I think, there's always the worry that people might take it the wrong way.
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Stryder
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Posted - 01/27/2006 : 11:08:32
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Hi Jena,
Good to hear that you now have TMS on the run. Keep going you are on the right path.
Your classmate is lucky that they are receptive and will look into TMS for themselves. You will find that trying to spread the word will have mixed reactions, some people will get it and some will not. Just don't dwell on those that don't want to do any work or won't get it despite your knowledge and good intentions.
Take care, -Stryder
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Jena
USA
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Posted - 01/27/2006 : 11:19:00
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| thanks guys and your absolutly right. if shes in that much pain shell do but if not oh well its her loss then. thanks for the replies =) |
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Spreading Sarno
