Recent content by Liz_NL

Today day 25 of the Educational Program. It's going okay... Not that the pain is gone and I feel completely reborn or something magical :D, it's just okay. I am starting to recognize the pattern of current stresses and the effect on my level of pain. I am starting to understand why some of my...

Day 17 of the SEP. The question to ponder today is what part of the program I find the most helpful. And I don't know! I really don't know! :confused: I am getting more and more aware of the fact that (strong) emotions trigger my symptoms - a lot! And I am trying to Think Psychologically! But...

Wow, I just read your story... it's amazing!!! I take great comfort in stories like yours (and I am so glad for you that you recovered so well!!!). Thank you.

Thanks for your reply. I am scared shitless about my symptoms, to be honest. And not because I'm afraid that it will cause permanent damage or something like that, I KNOW there's nothing structurally damaged... it's just that the pain gets worse when I do things and when it's at it worst I can't...

Hey... a fellow Dutchman.... gezellig! :) I hope that this will finally will give me relief of my symptoms... I am so sick of it. (Duh!) Do you know ANY dutch recourses that can help me along the way, everything I hear or read is in English and it's not that my English is that bad, it's just...

Wow, Birder... I just realized that I did the same thing as a teen; I started gaining weight in puberty and from then on I was always either gaining or losing weight. Stopped going to the swimming pool, stopped wearing shorts of skirts, stopped hanging out with people if it was hot (I remember a...

Thank you Ellen, Yes, I've read your story... it gave me a lot of hope! :happy:

Hi, my name is Liz, and I am from the Netherlands (so my English is not all that, my bad!) Twenty years ago I had my first pain symptoms; pain in both my feet. Burning, tingling, throbbing, painful, making it hard to walk or stand. I was 28 at the time. I am almost 48 now. Over the years the...