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    @Cactusflower , thanks just being mindful is helping already with my tightness of my back. It's a small thing but even if I wake in the middle of...
    Post by: jokeysmurf, Jan 6, 2026 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    @Cactusflower I have been thinking about what you called "gassing off" and it has been helping when I do exercise. I have also been addressing my...
    Post by: jokeysmurf, Jan 4, 2026 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    @Cactusflower , I have been there one time before for sure when I felt much worse but I was certainly pushing myself too hard physically but I was...
    Post by: jokeysmurf, Dec 6, 2025 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    That's a good question and I am trying to sort it out. It feels like a mixed bag, sometimes plain old resistance other times a form of fear. When...
    Post by: jokeysmurf, Dec 1, 2025 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    I just wanted to give an update on my TMS, my sternum and stomach pain is gone and has been gone since my last reply to the post. I am doing...
    Thread by: jokeysmurf, Dec 1, 2025, 10 replies, in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    The TMS has returned

    I spent sometime slowing this whole thing down. When the symptoms are there, I can feel a sense of urgency in my body. That is certainly fight or...
    Post by: jokeysmurf, Sep 2, 2025 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    The TMS has returned

    Update: I did some of the exercises in the Pain Recovery Program and I followed along in the videos only I was imagining they were about stomach...
    Post by: jokeysmurf, Sep 2, 2025 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    The TMS has returned

    Update: Well, the progress has been a little up and down, but that still feels promising. I can feel at times, that when my symptoms ramp up,...
    Post by: jokeysmurf, Aug 19, 2025 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    The TMS has returned

    Thanks to all who replied. Something very strange happened the following two days. I was on a long drive to visit family and I had been having the...
    Post by: jokeysmurf, Aug 16, 2025 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    The TMS has returned

    It's been a pretty long while since i have been on here to post. As of last Feb I started having tight squeezing at the base of my sternum. It...
    Thread by: jokeysmurf, Aug 14, 2025, 12 replies, in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Has dry eye been addressed?

    My dry eyes has gotten like 90% better, some days I don't have it at all and for the most part it's nearly normal now. The trigger for me is...
    Post by: jokeysmurf, Sep 7, 2024 in forum: Alan Gordon TMS Recovery Program
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    Day 24 Let's talk Stomach Issues

    Today I am much much better. Not had an IBS episode in however long since I last posted about it. I've had some very short lived gastritis...
    Post by: jokeysmurf, Jul 3, 2024 in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    My Coffee Experiment

    What a dumb comment, chicken has glutamate along with cheese an like a million other foods lol! If this was the case you'd get the jitters from...
    Post by: jokeysmurf, Apr 16, 2024 in forum: General Discussion Subforum