Recent content by Al Salmon

Ditto, bring it on! Its beginning of the end.

If there was a TMS Champioships I’d enter mine in it immediately. Holy hell, it doesn’t like progress, today has been intense, it’s really going for it all over my body. Ouch!

Great insights again, thanks people.

I think I’m in the thick of an extinction burst. The pain is under my left shoulder blade which isn’t an area I usually have issues with, it comes and goes but when it comes it’s a very intense spasm which immediately disables me. My progress before this was amazing and I was starting to feel...

Appreciate all the great advice and encouragement.

I’ve noticed that I’m clenching my teeth a lot, this has been happening on and off for a couple of years along with puffy knuckles, I think if these start to settle down I’ll be really getting there.

Hi All, I’ve just finished a 40 hour fast, couldn’t make it to 48 as I was feeling wibbly wobbly. I suffer from left hip pain due to arthritis and last night in bed the pain was very bad which is unusual as it only usually hurts when I walk. Clambered out of bed this morning and did my usual...

Day 4 here. I’m with you on the walking/running thing, the fear loop is stopping me doing so much because I walk with a limp and I’m paranoid of how I look. Sometimes I wonder what would happen if I set out walking and just carried on through the hip pain. I wish you all the luck. Al

Thank you Diana, that’s powerful stuff, I’m glad I’m here ☺️

Thanks for all the advice. I’ve never had gut issues with any foods but I subscribed to the leaky gut theory causing my inflammation so went for testing. Perhaps I’ve been missing out on butter and cheese all this time for no reason. Bugger!

Hi Jan, thanks for the eloquent reply, sounds like you’ve been through the mill and I’m glad you’ve found some relief. My issues are most certainly stress related due to a collection things over the last 10-15 years, I felt fine at the time and coped very well but I think it built up to a...

Off I go! I’m 95% convinced my back and hip pain plus general inflammation is TMS. I’m determined to convince my silly brain of the last little bit. Worries - Opinions of professionals, thoughts of loved ones, can AS and RA be TMS? Quite a wall to bust through! I have a short attention span and...