Recent content by WesternShores

Hi all - Thanks for the kind words and support! It was a nice respite, but it did come back a few hours into the day. However, the key for me is I am not one bit discouraged by that. As I said, I knew it was likely to come back, and I was not worried that it might. I think that's the key -...

I woke up this morning and for the first time since December, my back pain was completely gone. IT. WAS. GONE! I even "searched for it" for a few minutes before telling my wife. I had to be sure. I couldn't help but think "OK, what are you up to?" But it was gone. I even had kind of a...

Over the weekend, I realized that it has been a long time since I have felt truly CHILL. On Saturday, which should be the chillest day of the week for me normally, I had a big social event I had to attend. As I was getting ready for the event, dressing up and all that, I felt awful. I had the...

Thank you both for the encouragement!

Thanks everyone! Really appreciate all of the perspectives offered to me here. Last night falling asleep had a TON of pain, the most I've had yet. Didn't panic, and I think it was an extinction burst. I think my TMS guard is starting to worry I'm going to escape...the pain wasn't fun, but...

I have no lingering actual / concrete doubts, just the lingering “doubtiness” / skepticism of wanting to know the results of the TMS approach first hand. I'm fully committed psychologically in large part because I have burned all my other bridges (no more chiropractor / surgery / pills / PT /...

"don't go down the everything is fucked route" Love this and a great reminder. I have a major case of the Mondays this morning, but the funny thing is I'm feeling kinda OK physically. I wonder if it's another way my unconscious is attacking me to prevent me from achieving full healing. Crazy...

I'm on Day 8 of the Structured Education Program, first heard of Sarno / TMS a little less than a month ago. I think TMS treatment is the solution for me, and I feel like I'm making progress. My question is this: what do others do when it REALLY HURTS. Like, when the pain gets overwhelming, it...

Hi Volcano1963 - Thanks for sharing. I agree that we are in a similar boat. I am still a relative newbie to the Sarno/TMS mindset, so stories like this, and my doctor's own reaction to my situation, help me reinforce the belief that TMS treatment is the right approach for me. I do think I'm...

Adam - Great points. It was relieving when the Ortho didn't push back on my plan to "do nothing" and was fully on board with the "motion is lotion" approach. He was insistent that if I started feeling numbness in my groin or started getting incontinent, that I contact him immediately. So I see...

Hi Diana-M, Yes, I've binged Sarno's books the last few weeks. I buy in to it pretty well at this point, but as an engineering type, it's hard for me to completely embrace the notion that my repressed emotions are driving the pain when there seems to be a clear mechanical cause. I get it on one...