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carol r.
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 Posted - 08/13/2004 : 12:06:37
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| ih ave written many times about my friend who has had different areas where the pains are tms related. she is curently in flordia with her sick parents for about 3 weeks. she is very upset becuase her father is in the first stages of alzheimer's and her mother is handicapped. she feels her father doesn't like her any more becuase they are always fighting. she is with them 24hrs a day and is trying her best. she goes every month. hse is at the point of not wanting to go. she alos has low self esteem and wants ot be in control of situations. she now has had a pain in the upper part of her stomach for about a month. in the past she has had back pain. shoulder pain, muscle pulls jaw pain etc. can this latest episode of pain be tms. |
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bernard lewis
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Posted - 08/14/2004 : 19:37:38
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| It is very common in tms to have gastric problems. I have had pain in the upper area of the stomach several times. Although probably it is a benign problem it is better to check it. One problem is that we use to take a lot of drugs as painkillers that potentially can damage the stomach so a persisten pain must be checked. |
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Suzanne
USA
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Posted - 08/14/2004 : 23:01:37
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Originally posted by carol r.
she now has had a pain in the upper part of her stomach for about a month.
can this latest episode of pain be tms.
Dr. Sarno would say yes, I assume. But as Bernard pointed out, it should be checked out first. But from personal experience, I would say that it very well could be TMS and from your description of her current situation, it surely sounds as if she is in a very vulnerable position to develop TMS in a gastric form. I am sure, and Dr. Sarno is sure, that I had TMS (gastro), or a TMS equivalent, since my gastric problems went away and a new problem arose coincidentally at the same time. But even TMS in this area can cause irritation that can become serious IMO.
Before I developed TMS, I had gastric problems for about 7 years, but nothing so bad that I was on medication, and I never bothered to see the doctor. It did hurt and did distract me and make life uncomfortable many times. I was also constantly belching...bad acid reflux, after meals. Two years before TMS, I was suddenly woken at 2am with severe stomach pain that got so bad I was taken to the emergency room. I was there all weekend and they couldn't figure out why was wrong with me. The pain was excrutiating and never really ceased for more than an hour during the whole weekend. I actually thought I would die. Last Sunday night, it lessened enough for them to send me home. As soon as we were home, it returned as bad as it was at the hospital. I saw a specialist on Monday who sent for for the full GI series and I had a bad irritation in my upper stomach that was on it's way to turning into something worse. I was put on medication and remained on it for 6 months, and had to stop drinking coffee and using spices, etc. The belching, relux, and stomach aches really never completely stopped. I got tired of the medication and took myself off it, and slowly began drinking coffee again. I really paid the gastric problem no attention from then on, and just never went back to drinking tons of coffee. I also ignored the belching, and laughed it off and warned people jokingly if I was out to dinner. I'd just say "be warned, I burp!"
Skip ahead two years...suddenly, I have massive pain when I sit and end up in the ER again after it gets very bad within 2 weeks. What I didn't realize until later on was that my gastric problems were gone. Completely 100% gone. Months passed and I was going from doctor to doctor for my "pain in the @ss" and not realizing that I had no stomach aches, wasn't belching, no "acid gut"...nothing. By the time I realized it, I really didn't care or think about it, wonder why, because I was so consumed with my search for what was wrong with me.
When I finally found Dr. Sarno and saw him, we went over my history. He asked about other medical problems, or former medical problems. I mentioned my past gastric conditions and ending up in the hospital. He examined me, we spoke more, and later on he said that he was sure that I had TMS all along, but it moved to a more distracting spot, since I had fluffed off the former location and made it useless. He then pointed out to me that I'd mentioned that as a young child in grade school, I'd get bad stomach aches at school (I never felt like I fit in, and I was picked on), and I'd get stomach pains at night if I dreaded going to school the next day for a test or if I feared some classmates who planned to make fun of me. It all made sense to me. My mother accompanied me to the appointment, and she is very skeptical of everything, so when we left Dr. Sarno's office, I expects her to tell me he was a quack. She turned to me as soon as we left the office and said "He is the first doctor you've seen who diagnosed you correctly. Everything he said made complete sense and you fit the TMS profile to a T. You better do what he said and forget everything you've been told for 2 years." Now that I typed this, I remember that he'd not have known about my childhood stomach aches had my mother not said to him "she was a nervous child and worried a lot" while I was still putting my shoes on in the exam room and she was waiting in his office. He asked me about this when I got back in and then delved deeper.
Wow, guess I really over-did it in saying that I think yes, it can be TMS 
Lately I just keep rambling on with everything! |
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Dave
USA
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Posted - 08/15/2004 : 10:32:44
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All of her symptoms are likely TMS, given that the situation with her parents is a huge source of rage.
Nevertheless persistent pain should always be checked out to rule out anything serious. |
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stomach problems
