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Plantweed
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 Posted - 05/22/2006 : 06:40:03
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| All this week on their 6:30 broadcast; will be interesting to see their take; I hope Sarno is represented. |
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marytabby
USA
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Posted - 05/22/2006 : 18:03:06
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| 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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scorsese
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Posted - 05/22/2006 : 19:00:13
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| She has TMS.Unnecessary surgery. |
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ralphyde
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Plantweed
USA
109 Posts |
Posted - 05/23/2006 : 05:39:44
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| 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. |
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Michele
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Posted - 05/23/2006 : 11:03:11
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| I posted too, but I doubt it will make much difference. |
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ralphyde
USA
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ralphyde
USA
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ralphyde
USA
307 Posts |
Posted - 05/25/2006 : 01:52:09
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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
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Plantweed
USA
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Posted - 05/25/2006 : 05:50:34
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| 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. |
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Posted - 05/25/2006 : 06:18:17
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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"
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ABC News Series on Back Pain
