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Fox
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 Posted - 09/28/2009 : 14:33:15
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| I got over nearly 3 months of extreme heel pain (PF) in my right foot in late July. Took the pure Sarno approach and it eventually worked. I know the whole thing was my BS and it was TMS...I think I finally convinced my brain that I was just not going to believe that any heel pain was structurally based...Now guess what! My brain over the last week has made a pitiful attempt to give me pain in my LEFT foot (where I have had pain off and on for many years, in different and primarily isolated areas, and I considered it to be TMS based sciatica) and EVERY PART of my left foot is now tender and hurts like heck, especially upon walking, EXCEPT my heel. This is one for the funny papers!..Significantly, I had a wish fulfillment (Freudian) type dream that, upon investigation, reflected my biggest childhood trauma - so something is trying to come to the conscious level regarding that experience, I believe, and my brain is trying to "protect" me through the distraction of pain and functional limitation. |
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njoy
Canada
188 Posts |
Posted - 10/01/2009 : 00:46:43
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This is dumb but it works for me. Just yell "stop it" at your symptoms. Tell them to beat it, that you don't want them so get lost. Crankier the better. Keep doing it (in private, preferably, lol). I know, ridiculous, but so is TMS.  |
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Fox
USA
496 Posts |
Posted - 10/02/2009 : 07:06:32
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| I had said in earlier posts - about PF in my right heel - which is gone now - that I didn't use ice...This time - in my left foot - I got substantial swelling on top of the foot and around the ankle. Saw gp yesterday. Got X-ray. No stress fracture. Dx is PF but in the mid part of bottom of foot. No heel involvement. So I am using Aleve and an ice wrap this time - but only because of the swelling - apparently people don't get (much) swelling with the much more frequently occurring PF of the heel. |
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Fox
USA
496 Posts |
Posted - 10/14/2009 : 07:16:00
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| Left foot slowly getter better. I stopped ice. I also got rid of the Dr. Scholl's PF gel pads. They were helpful when I had heel pain in the other foot months ago (the gel gave cushioning for that extremely tender-to-touch heel), but I think my mind grabbed onto the unfounded premise that this could be a structural issue when I kept wearing them and feared to stop wearing them - even when they were no longer essential because the heel tenderness had subsided - and maybe that's why I got the mid-foot pain in the other foot. My brain had grabbed onto the "creeping structuralism" idea provoked by the wearing of the PF gel pads and tried to milk it for the best distraction purposes that it could. |
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Fox
USA
496 Posts |
Posted - 10/14/2009 : 10:46:29
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| I should explain that Dr. Scholl's PF gel pads not only have a gel cushioning component but also are advertised as providing some degree of arch support (a Sarno no no, I believe, because this presupposes that you have a structural abnormality - or weakness - in regard to your arches). |
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forestfortrees
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Posted - 10/18/2009 : 10:17:29
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Hi Dan,
If you get a chance, I'd love to speak with you for a moment. Please email me at "Forest@ tmswiki. org" (remove the spaces) if you get a chance and don't mind. Thanks!
Forest
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Fox
USA
496 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2009 : 06:42:57
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| Left foot getting rapidly better now that I have gotten rid of Dr. Scholl's PF foot pads. Got the arc support crutch thing out of my mind now and I know my foot is not intrinsically weak or vulnerable! Still have pain but much less upon walking, less consistent pain, no limping like an old dude (wait a minute, I am an old dude - but I generally don't limp), and no more swelling. Did use the convenient ice wrap about 5 days ago when I was experiencing a lot of acute pain, but it accomplished absolutely nothing so I must at this point only recommend ice for PF if you have visible swelling. Another good thing about getting rid of the PF gel pads - my shoes don't feel so dang tight on my feet. |
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Fox
USA
496 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2009 : 06:47:53
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| Oh - I forgot to say that I walked 2 miles through the pain on Saturday morning and on Sunday morning. I had a bit of a flare-up the first day after walking (but I think this was conditioning). The second day there was no flare-up and it was a much better day pain-wise than I've had since the problem began in my left foot. |
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pan
United Kingdom
173 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2009 : 01:45:19
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Weird....am currently experiencing a similar thing!
Had a very sore arch on my right foot...almost like a deep bruise pain, which ached like hell when I walked and which I attributed to PF. This lasted for about 2 months or so and about 10 days ago I noticed that my right foot was pain free...woo hoo!
About 2 days later my left foot started hurting, this is a different pain and location as it is in the front of my foot and seems centered around my toes flexing and stuff...I think about 2 years ago before my anxiety/hypochondria and TMS madness began I would be convinced that this was a stress fracture but now I'm determined to treat this as another somatic visitor. I have so many aches and pains springing up this just gets added to the pile anyways...lol. |
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Fox
USA
496 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2009 : 06:19:53
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| Very similar. Join the club. Just go pure Sarno/anti-structural and wait it out. You'll be fine in a month or two most likely. Don't get fooled into treatments and orthotics or you may be stuck for good. |
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kelvin
USA
103 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2009 : 14:16:59
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Just in case, why not have your blood glucose level checked? If you know someone with diabetes they can check it with their monitor (if you don’t want to pay for a doctor visit). If the cause is truly TMS then no harm done. Keep following Dr. Sarno's treatment and it will eventually go away or at least get to where it is not a problem.
However, if your blood sugar level is seriously high you need to see an endocrinologist and get it down to a safe level before you do permanent nerve damage.
Speaking from experience here.
Kelvin
Additional TMS files and links http://www.etexwebservices.net/kelving (may not work with FireFox browser) |
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flutterby
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/20/2009 : 16:24:44
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Thanks, Kelvin - a lot of useful stuff!
And I use Firefox - no problem whatsoever! |
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Fox
USA
496 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2009 : 10:43:17
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| I agree that one should check out the possibility of a physical cause first - before going the Sarno route - in many cases - though not in all cases. I did go to see my general practitioner this time (because of the foot and ankle swelling - which is now gone - I didn't the first time [the other foot] because there was no swelling). I'm sure that my gp considered diabetes during his exam and discussion with me and I do have yearly physicals (since I am age 60) so I think I was covered in regard to the possibility of diabetes (of which there is a family history). I also followed the gp's instructions as to getting a foot x-ray to rule out a stress fracture. This is all consistent with Sarno's writings. (I still think you should only see a physician sparingly - when your gut tells you it is absolutely necessary.) |
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Ridiculous Bizarro world left foot pain
