Recent content by Jenny

Thanks Walt. It is so true that thinking about the pain keeps it with us. I think I have to work on the anger amd grief I'm still holding inside because I feel like I was let down by my medical practioners not looking far enough to realise I had a fractured hip. I'm not sure how to overcome that...

So, it's been eight weeks since I started reading The Mind Body Prescription and three weeks since I've been following the TMS Wiki site. I am 95% pain free and can even stare a potential flare up in the face. My biggest realisation is that my pain is so very conditioned. I actually lived with...

I have been in constant pain for over seven years. I know how hard it can be. You will get better! All the best. Jenny

Hi - I found that what Dr Sarno said is true. The pain can sometimes get worse before it gets better. In fact, about 10 days in my neck pain got severly worse - it would physically make me flinch. Around day 15 it got so bad I had nausea and vomitted. I refused to let it get to me and got really...

Thanks Walt. It's really hard especially when members of your close family are pharmacists and just can't understand why strong pain killers like valium and Panadeine Forte don't work anymore. Makes you question yourself, but actually learning about TMS, quitting my osteopathy treatment and...

Thanks Ellen. I will. I had a day today sitting in an uncomfortable, unsupportive chair with my legs crossed and I had no shooting pains! I need to keep reminding myself that my pain is not caused by sitting in an uncomfortable position for a few hours.

So, I'm following the suggestion to post on Day 1. I've been following Dr Sarno's books for four weeks now and I am 95% pain free. I've realised that what is perpetuating my pain is fear that it will come back and worry about it popping up again in the future even if I have overcome it now. It's...