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donnroc
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 Posted - 02/01/2012 : 16:02:56
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How do you feel about being at the computer nine hours a day ?
I get Homicidal after two ! |
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chester
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Posted - 08/09/2012 : 09:06:17
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Seven months later and I am still not recovered.
The pain has gotten better to some extent - I'm no longer taking any pain meds. I can usually function, just not comfortably.
However, for the last few days I've had horrible pain on the bottom of my heel. It's so bad that I can barely put weight on it. I'm only 48, but I hobble around like I'm 90.
I'll take any advice I can find at this point, because if it doesn't improve by the weekend, I'm going to have to go to an MD to see if he can recommend some physical remedy. If I can't walk, I can't work. |
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tennis tom
USA
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Posted - 08/09/2012 : 09:33:57
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Sorry to hear about your pain Chester. My advice--since this is the TMS board--is to look at the Rahe-Holmes stress dis-ease, list and see if there is anything tension creating (hence the name TMS: Tension Myositis Syndrome). See if you can recognize any events going on concurrently with your physical pain or preceding it. This may help convince you your symptoms could be psychogenic in origin.
THE HOLMES-RAHE STRESS TEST
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_and_Rahe_stress_scale
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chester
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Posted - 08/09/2012 : 09:39:18
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| Thanks. I don't doubt at all that this is tension-induced, but I need something right now to get me through it, even if it's just a placebo. Painkillers alone aren't cutting it. |
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tennis tom
USA
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Posted - 08/09/2012 : 09:43:58
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| Have you gotten SteveO's new TMS book? If not, you can Kindle it and get an immediate "TMS Knowledge Penicillin" booster. |
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chester
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Posted - 08/15/2012 : 13:13:26
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Originally posted by tennis tom
Have you gotten SteveO's new TMS book? If not, you can Kindle it and get an immediate "TMS Knowledge Penicillin" booster.
I ordered it a few days ago and am about a quarter into it. Good stuff; I hope it can help get me over the hump.
One thing I do have going for me is that the pain moves on almost a daily basis. From my lower back to my heel to my hip flexors to my outer calf. At least from that I know this can't possibly be anything structural. |
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chester
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Posted - 08/17/2012 : 09:36:33
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I'm very pleased to say the Steve O's book is helping me quite a bit mentally and, therefore, physically. In particular, it's gotten me to (finally) stop obsessing about the pain.
In my first bout of TMS (2007-8), I attended a few of Sarno's small group meetings and alumni panel meetings. For me and my personality makeup, the small group meetings were not helpful at all. To me, it was a case of misery loving company. I'm sure many people do get something positive out of such sessions, but I didn't.
The alumni panel meetings, though, did me a world of good because I got to hear specific details of how people healed from conditions far worse than mine. That's what Steve O's book is doing for me know, and I'm quite excited about it. |
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tennis tom
USA
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Posted - 08/17/2012 : 09:43:48
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Kool Chester! SteveO's book is giving me a lot of HOPE too! |
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chester
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Posted - 08/19/2012 : 06:36:03
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So yesterday I hiked 3 miles. Included in that, I jogged for 2 minutes 4 times (as part of a training/motivational podcast I was listening to). It hurt quite a bit, although interestingly, my heel hurt less when I was jogging than when I was walking.
Last night, though, I could barely put weight on it. When I stood up, I felt like a deer in the headlights, unable to take a step. But we had dinner plans and I refused to bail out, so I took some pain meds and gritted my teeth.
The thing I'm wondering is... Was the increased pain tension-induced, or did I just overdo the hike? I know Sarno says to push yourself incrementally. I used to run long distances, but I'm now woefully out of shape. Even if I didn't have any pain, this would have been a strenuous hike for me. |
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tennis tom
USA
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Posted - 08/19/2012 : 07:52:40
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...Even if I didn't have any pain, this would have been a strenuous hike for me.
Sounds like it could be some of both. Only your subconscious knows for sure and it ain't telling. The main thing is you did it and then broke through the pain and didn't let it spoil your plans. Keep doing it and grin and bare it until you break on through to the other side.
Kudos to you!
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joan
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Posted - 08/24/2012 : 08:42:51
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Hello,
I am pretty new to the board but I just wanted to add my thoughts. My issue is not back pain but trigeminal nerve pain, tooth pain, and tongue pain. A year ago I was completely taken over by it. I felt it all day long and all I did was focus on it. It has been such a journey for me to understand how the whole body/mind relationship works. I could absolutely believe none of this a year ago. I was going through tests and living in chronic pain and popping meds to get through a day. Anyway, sometime the whole thing takes time. I was in the same boat with the most horrific pain of my life that could not really be medically explained since it was so very severe. I think it is really a process of learning this stuff and then really believing it. Our mind plays tricks and even if you fully believed it and were healed four years ago, maybe now your mind is telling you that this could not be the same thing or something. I know for me that when I realized that it was TMS there was still a lag period when I felt symptoms all the time. It is like it takes a while to really sink in, even if you think you believe it. Anyway, I think you are doing the right thing by journaling. I have read about people who were upset about their job and developed problems with sitting or typing. I am not saying this is the case with you. Try to stick with it and when you have physical pain, even if it is all the time, try to focus instead on what is bothering you menatlly whether it be people or circumstances or anything else. It can be a long and hilly course but you will heal.
Becca
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