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mikescott_98
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 Posted - 04/03/2007 : 09:03:51
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In my post on 3/29 "My First Post", Stryder, Suz, and Littlebird mentioned they also have sinus infections and questions about them. Dr. Sarno states in his books that many of his TMS patients have problems with there sinuses, and since I also have had quite a bit of problems with mine, this was one of the reasons I was easily convinced that I had TMS.
I AM NOT A DOCTOR SO THE FOLLOWING IS MY OPINION
As to how the mind causes them, I do not remember Dr. Sarno mentioning it. Here is my non medical opinion. If the mind can prevent blood from reaching parts of you body causing "mild oxygen deprivation" then why not restricting the flow of blood to the sinus cavities. If the sinuses do not get enough blood maybe enough bacteria fighting antibodies do not reach them and a simple infection that would easily be fought off manifest into a miserable experience that takes a few weeks and many over the counter or prescription pills to fix.
I have tried something recently that I have no clue if it will have any effect, but if my opinion above is correct, it might do some good. Since restricted blood flow causes the problem, I am using an inversion table to increase the blood flow to my head and therfore more might be reaching my sinuses, over powerng what the mind wishes to restrict. Any comments on my ideas??
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Suz
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Posted - 04/04/2007 : 09:09:32
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| I completely agree - use the same approach as you would towards back pain etc. I have ignored my infection - had swollen glands etc. Just not thinking about it - it is going away now |
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tennis tom
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Posted - 04/04/2007 : 10:27:39
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Hi MS98,
I feel you are on the right track. I just started reading Dr. Marc Sopher's book To Be or Not To Be...Pain-Free and just a few pages into it am finding it quite good for fleshing out TMS theory as was his chapter in TDM.
He wrote his book to fill in some of the symptom gaps that were lightly or not touched on by the Good Doctor's books. Since Dr. Sarno specialiazed in rehabilitaion medicine, most of his practice dealt with the back and limbs. Dr. Sopher is a family physician, primary care doctor. Therefore he sees the full range of bodily symptoms and is also charged with the prevention of illness and keeping his patients healthy.
He states in the intro to his book that any part of the body is subceptible to TMS. I humbly agree with that notion.
MS98, I think your theory on sinus infection and low WBC's reaching the area has merit. The use of inversion to encourage increased blood flow to the region makes a lot of sense.
In advanced yoga, inversions become a major part of the students work. As we age, inversions help to counteract the effects of gravity, giving all the muscles and organs a respite from the weight of the world bearing down on them.
Somehow, those Yogis hanging out in caves for 5000 years, figured this stuff out, without the aid of elctron microscopes, cat scans or MRI's. The term yoga is sometimes translated to mean "yokeing" the mind and the body--does that ring a bell?
By treating the symptom, the sinus infection, and hopefully resolivng the pain and suffering in that area, you will gain physical relief...in that one area. If it's TMS, then without resolving the emotional issues, the door is left open to the TMS "symptom imperative". After the joy of finding relief at one TMS site the Grmlin may rear it's ugly head in another  .
Regards,
tt
some of my favorite excerpts from 'TDM' : http://www.tmshelp.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2605
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mikescott_98
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Posted - 04/05/2007 : 11:54:03
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Tom,
Thanks for not laughing at my theory. It sounds like you know much more of the benefits of inversion and yoga than I do. Do you fell that increasing blood flow to the brain could also help prevent Alzheimer's? My grandmother died from Alzheimer's, and after witnessing it, I am terrified of being diagnosed with it. |
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tennis tom
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Posted - 04/09/2007 : 01:00:08
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Originally posted by mikescott_98
Tom,
...Do you fell that increasing blood flow to the brain could also help prevent Alzheimer's? My grandmother died from Alzheimer's, and after witnessing it, I am terrified of being diagnosed with it.
Hi mikescott,
I've been meaning to get back to you about the Alzheimer's. It wasn't my Alz that prevented me from replying, just been playing a lot of tennis on vacation.
I feel most of what is dx'ed as Alz is senior citizen/TMS--a form of terminal depression.
I don't recall ever hearing the word Alzheimers until about 20 years ago. Now it's everywhere especially as baby-boomers segway towards it's spectre.
We've created a whole new med/industrial complex around it--follow the money. The drug companies are coming up with new meds for it, special convalescent homes for it, supplements to prevent it, etc., etc., etc.,
I feel a lot of this is mis-dx'ed depression, an affective TMS equivalent. I witnessed it with my father, when he "took to bed" and was dx'ed with dementia. In my opinion he is still as sharp as ever, but at 84, having suffered several faints and falls, while playing the slots in casinos, he couldn't drive anymore, lost his freedom and gave up.
My brother and I took over his life, moved him to a nice independent living place where his wife takes care of him and I got him an electric wheel-chair. After a year he is much improved, I take him to the Indian casino every couple of weeks and he plays the slots like the good old days.
I am thinking of getting him back into his Honda and see how he does. I'm not worried about his driving skills, he steers his wheel-chair with great skill, like it was a go-kart. It's all the a-hole hot-shots on HW 101, between San Rafael and Sausalito, rushing off to yoga, manicures and parent teacher's meetings abiut their 13 year-olds getting caught with weed at school, doing all this while holding cell-phones is what concerns me. I'm a great driver and I'm on full alert while driving the Southern Marin Meditation Corridor.
Seniors in our society face a tough lot unless they have done some very good planning for their golden years. A grand example is the recent "Gov Medicare Drug Plan". That bureaucratic, government hatched nightmare would have had Einstein pulling his hair out.
So to make a long story short, I feel most of what we call Alz is late life depression/TMS thanks to the rigors of the moderne world with it's lack of respect for seniors, total adulation for the youth culture, looking to babes for guidance rather than the reverse,
the hectic hi-tech pace, and the constancy of change for change's sake. Most elders don't have the energy to keep re-inventing themselves as the youngsters can. My pop's has said F-U to the modern world and I'm with him.
In the old days, about a century ago, when we were barely out of the cave, life was less complex. You woke with the sun, milked the cow, chopped wood, boiled the water and went to sleep--then you did the same thing over and over again. This routine did not take a whole lot of cognitive ability. It was probably difficult to discern who was senile and who wasn't back then.
some of my favorite excerpts from 'TDM' : http://www.tmshelp.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2605
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Susie
USA
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Posted - 04/09/2007 : 08:05:42
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| Hi mikescott-I had a horrible sinus infection before the big back pain attact about 4 years ago. I felt awful all the time. No energy,dizzy,anxious,nothing would stop it. I took many different antibiotics and allergy medications that would seem to have a positive effect for a few days but then back it would come. This went on for about 8 months. Then came the back pain and Sarno. Since the backpain got more of my attention than the sinus infection, I really didn't realize the sinus symptoms were leaving with the backpain. I felt so good to not be in pain and then realized my head was also clear. I am convinced it's all the same thing. I have several friends with the same symptoms from time to time when they get stressed. My best friend's doctor wanted to do sinus surgery on him telling him his nose had been broken as a child and that was the cause of his problems. He was 62 years old and his nose hadn't bothered him up til then. His pain then switched to his neck and shoulder so he kinda believes me. I think you are 100% on the right track. It's all the same thing!!! |
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Suz
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Posted - 04/09/2007 : 13:34:45
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Tennis Tom,
I applaud you for your lovely treatment of your dad. I am appalled how the elderly are treated in general - as if they are no longer of any use and so are forgotten about or really mistreated in some of the State run nursing homes. I visited a friend of mine's grandfather last Friday and saw how awful the conditions can be. It was really depressing. The patients were so depressed and their eyes lit up when we visited. It breaks my heart.
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drziggles
USA
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Posted - 04/09/2007 : 15:44:54
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TT--
I have to say that in this case you are completely wrong (i.e. Alzheimer disease as a form TMS). Your personal experience has misinformed you because your dad may have been misdiagnosed with dementia, which can certainly happen. Depression in the elderly can look a lot like dementia, early on, and treating the depression can make a huge improvement in memory, functioning, etc. I'll also agree that various factors (e.g. disintegration of the extended family, decline in group activities, loss of spirituality (not necessarily religion, mind you)) have contributed to an increase in depression in the elderly. As true dementia progresses, however, it becomes more clear, as the person deteriorates cognitively and physically.
Alzheimer disease is all too real, is increasingly prevalent as our population ages, and is devastating to patients and their families. It wasn't seen much a century ago because the average life expectancy was in the 40's! It is also a disease that is increasingly diagnosed because doctors no longer say, "well, grandma is just getting older..." and are more likely to make an accurate diagnosis.
In this case, your tendency towards pharmaceutical conspiracies is way off base. I'll admit that their medications for Alzheimers barely work at all, and are very expensive; however, they are not inventing this disease, which also has zero relationship to TMS.
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tennis tom
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Posted - 04/09/2007 : 18:41:36
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Thanks DrZiggles for setting me straight. It's greatly aprreciated having some professionals here from time to time to set us amateurs straight when we go too far off course.
I agree with you that there is some real Alz out there. Like TMS, dx'ing it properly is somewhat gray. How do you dx Alz, versus dementia, versus sinility? Are there any clear definers for these terms?
If I live long enough to get it someday, I hope they put me in a big sand-box with my fellow Alzees. Dress me in diapers and let us play 4-square, tether-ball and dodge ball, just like the good old days. Graham crackers, milk, re-runs of the original Mickey Mouse Club and a nappy-poo sounds good to me. Are we there yet?
some of my favorite excerpts from 'TDM' : http://www.tmshelp.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2605
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mikescott_98
USA
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Posted - 04/12/2007 : 06:50:27
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DrZiggles
I agree with TT that having a pro helps keep us straight! I know much research has been done on the cause of Alzheimer's with few answers, but has inadequate blood flow to the brain over many years been ruled out? I know it sounds like a very simple solution to a complicated problem, but sometimes people can't see the forest because of the trees. Are there any statistics that show more Alz cases in people with more circulation problems? I agree with your explanation the Alz is not the mind intentionally causing this as a symptom of TMS, but would forcing blood to the brain through yoga and inversion prevent it from deteriorating at the same rate? |
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