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 symptoms got worse and started spreading throughout my whole body.
I have pain in my feet and hands, arms, shoulders, legs, neck, back, hips, knees, you name it! Sometimes in only a couple of places, sometimes in all of the above.
I have brain fog, bad memory and often trouble finding the correct words, so speaking can be exhausting. I am very tired all the time.
Diagnosis: fibromyalgia.
Which is not a real diagnosis, I know.
I’ve been to many doctors in the earlier years and when that didn’t help I did everything in the book… alternative treatments, supplements, diets (no gluten, no dairy, no fat, juicing, raw food, etc.), yoga, exercise…
I already accept that there is nothing physically wrong with my body for some years now. I always say that there is nothing wrong with my body, but that my brain interprets the signals it gets from my body wrong.
So, okay, I was partially right… and partially wrong.
I now absolutely accept that it’s TMS!
But I must admit that it scares the shit out of me… give me a diet, a series of physical exercises, a ‘do this, not that’ list, whatever, and I will do that to the letter, but this… there really is no manual for this, everybody has to find his own path and that kinda freaks me out. I am a bit of a control-freak (hence the TMS, LOL!) so I want to know where I stand. And this is day 1 of the Educational Program, so I have absolutely NO idea where I stand… yet!
But, I am looking forward to the program as well. I am going to do this.
I’ve read Healing Back Pain last year, and now I am reading the Divided Mind.
I started on this website with the Pain Recovery Program and that made it a bit more clear.
I am looking at and reading about success stories and that’s really motivating, so now on to this 6 week program! Wish me luck
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 symptoms got worse and started spreading throughout my whole body.
I have pain in my feet and hands, arms, shoulders, legs, neck, back, hips, knees, you name it! Sometimes in only a couple of places, sometimes in all of the above.
I have brain fog, bad memory and often trouble finding the correct words, so speaking can be exhausting. I am very tired all the time.
Diagnosis: fibromyalgia.
Which is not a real diagnosis, I know.
I’ve been to many doctors in the earlier years and when that didn’t help I did everything in the book… alternative treatments, supplements, diets (no gluten, no dairy, no fat, juicing, raw food, etc.), yoga, exercise…
I already accept that there is nothing physically wrong with my body for some years now. I always say that there is nothing wrong with my body, but that my brain interprets the signals it gets from my body wrong.
So, okay, I was partially right… and partially wrong.
I now absolutely accept that it’s TMS!
But I must admit that it scares the shit out of me… give me a diet, a series of physical exercises, a ‘do this, not that’ list, whatever, and I will do that to the letter, but this… there really is no manual for this, everybody has to find his own path and that kinda freaks me out. I am a bit of a control-freak (hence the TMS, LOL!) so I want to know where I stand. And this is day 1 of the Educational Program, so I have absolutely NO idea where I stand… yet!
But, I am looking forward to the program as well. I am going to do this.
I’ve read Healing Back Pain last year, and now I am reading the Divided Mind.
I started on this website with the Pain Recovery Program and that made it a bit more clear.
I am looking at and reading about success stories and that’s really motivating, so now on to this 6 week program! Wish me luck
