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Michele
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 Posted - 12/09/2004 : 07:15:23
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The invasion of TMS! Lately my eyes have been wide open to seeing just how horrible this TMS has become. This morning our receptionist was reciting everything the doctor told her yesterday about her MRI: arthritis, will only get worse; spinal stenosis; bulging disc, etc., etc., ad nauseum (to quote the good Dr. Sarno). I happened to bring my HBP book to work today, so I asked if she would please read it. She agreed. Yippee!
Yesterday, the bookkeeper was complaining that she couldn't eat the foods she wanted to eat because of her reflux, then started to complain about her stomach problems, and after that, began to tell me about her daughter's fibromyalgia problems. TMS!! I'm not ready to hand the book over to her just yet - she doesn't seem like someone who is open to it.
Today I handed over my HBP CD with my lawyer boss, to give to our former colleague who is facing another back surgery. I told him to please listen with an open mind. He is the perfect TMS example, and I hope he can see that he doesn't need to suffer.
So much pain, so many stomach problems, so much reflux, heartburn, headaches.
Is TMS trying to tell me something? If so, I'm laughing in its face!
I got out and ran this morning for 2 1/2 miles. It was wonderful, cold, clear and no wind. I felt energized. I just wish everybody could feel that way, and they can, if they learn about TMS and do the work. One thing I did think about this morning while running was my fears. I then acknowledged that I am fearful when I run in the morning. It's dark, it's quiet, and it's scary. As a woman, I fear being attacked. As a survivor of sexual molestation, I fear being raped. So I acknowledged the fear, kept running, got home, and there's been little if any pain this morning. Many people who know I run in the wee hours of the morning have said, "Gee, you are so brave!" "Don't you ever get scared?" My response has always been "Of course, but I take precautions. I love it! It's so peaceful!" But this morning I realized it has been a real internal struggle for me to go out there in the dark, alone, and push forward.
Wouldn't it be great if we could just scream to the world how much better they could feel!!  |
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tennis tom
USA
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Posted - 12/09/2004 : 07:39:00
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| Great post Michele, congratulations on your running breakthroughs, very inspiring. |
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moose1
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Posted - 12/09/2004 : 08:16:04
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| just be prepared for some people to think you're nuts and a wierdo for subscribing to these "radical" ideas about chronic pain. i don't even bother talking to other people about it anymore. |
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Baseball65
USA
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Posted - 12/09/2004 : 16:44:11
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Hi Michele.
My hat is off to you for having the courage to face those type of fears.I can't even begin to imagine how painful that must have been.
My TMS childhood rage came from being ignored....I read stories like yours and wonder if I would have been brave enough to work through something of that magnitude.
In regards to your topic, I am a SICK,deranged obsessed BASEBALL FAN.
Every time my favorite players Go down,I want to mail them a copy,but they have ARMIES of doctors around them constantly....and Sarno even comments on pro athletes unlikelyhood to accept it in the book.
One of my favorite players,Darin Erstad of the Anaheim Angels is a TOTAL TMSer....he's really intelligent and conscientious(He donated 15%..1 million dollars!! of his first contract to inner city kids to play baseball)
...anyways,one year he was in a horrible slump,hitting .240(if you don't know,that's marginal at best)...they kept saying in the press how his back was killing him,and he had to be massaged before EVERY game...finally he went out the rest of the season because of his back.
The next year,he was back to hitting .290..his regular self....and they just happened to mention...HE'd BEEN Going thru a DIVORCE the entire season before!!!!
I see this all the time in Baseball...a guy goes in a slump and THAN they announce he has some sort of "injury"...it's the chicken and the egg...is the slump the result of "injury", or the "injury" the result of the slump???????
If you look at a Baseball card from the 70's or earlier,it was rare for a Baseball plaer to miss more than a couple of games a year..They also hadn't invented the MRI,and athletes weren't making Millions of dollars where any injury could "end" the gravy train.
In the old days,ballplayers had jobs in the offseason,and although well paid,had to get a day job when they retired....now with the gigantic money at stake,it's no wonder they focus on every little twitch!!!
...ahh..it hurts being a fan and watching these pro athletes go down as if they are stitched together with gossamer.
...and of course,I see it all over my work,but like Moose...I don't approach any but the most desperate.
Peace love and Baseball
Marc
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Kavita
USA
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Posted - 12/10/2004 : 06:32:07
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Michele-
You are an inspiration to me. Keep posting! |
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TMS all around us!
