Forest
Beloved Grand Eagle
I am sad to say that I recently received word from one of Dr. Sarno's most trusted colleagues that Dr. Sarno will be retiring. His last day of seeing patients will be April 25, 2012. While this is very sad news, it is a testament to his incredible dedication to his patients that he has continued to practice until the age of 88.
Words can in no way describe the gratitude that we feel toward Dr. Sarno. As someone who suffered from chronic pain and was able to regain my life through Dr. Sarno's discoveries, I am just one of millions who know first hand the lasting impact his life's work has had on so many people. He has provided us with knowledge that, like penicillin, helped us regain our lives back. While Dr. Sarno will no longer be seeing patients, his ideas, through both his four books and the practitioners who trained under him, will continue to spread and be of help to individuals across the globe.
Potential new patients will be referred to Ira Rashbaum, MD, an attending physiatrist at the NYU-Langone Medical Center. Dr. Rashbaum was a contributor to "The Divided Mind" and has worked closely with Dr. Sarno over the years.
As a way to pay homage to Dr. Sarno, several people whose lives he transformed have been developing a collection of images and thank you messages in a leather bound photo book to present to Dr. Sarno as a retirement gift from the entire TMS Community. Our goal is to have the TMS Community show Dr. Sarno our deepest thanks and appreciation for all that he has done for us. The project is formally called, Thank You Dr. Sarno: A collection of personal messages about how your life's work has changed our lives.
Two of Dr. Sarno's most trusted psychologists, Dr. Fran Sommer Anderson and Dr. Eric Sherman, have graciously agreed to deliver the book to Dr. Sarno, on behalf of the entire TMS Community, on or around April 25. The idea is to create a tangible object Dr. Sarno, and his grandchildren, can hold in their hands and see just how many lives he touched. The Thank You, Dr. Sarno project has been under development for about six months now, but when we recently heard of Dr. Sarno's impending retirement, it was decided that delivering the gift on his last day would make a wonderful and fitting retirement gift and tribute.
Contributions for this project can be sent to thankyoudrsarno@tmswiki.org . Contributions should consist of a personal image and/or a brief thank you message. (No financial contributions will be required as the project is already fully funded.) All contributions will also be placed on a web page, so we can have a powerful and special public testimonial to all of the lives he has changed. For more information about the project please visit Participating in the Thank You Project and Thank You, Dr. Sarno. These pages include further instructions on how to make a submission and other contributions that you can use as an example.
This is a great opportunity to give back to Dr. Sarno, who has given us all so much. Dr. Sarno's last day seeing patients will be a sad one. Hopefully, this gift will let him know how incredibly meaningful and beloved his work has been. We wish him a long and wonderful retirement. He has most definitely earned it!
Sincerely,
Forest
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Enrique has contributed the following short video, illustrating the project:
Words can in no way describe the gratitude that we feel toward Dr. Sarno. As someone who suffered from chronic pain and was able to regain my life through Dr. Sarno's discoveries, I am just one of millions who know first hand the lasting impact his life's work has had on so many people. He has provided us with knowledge that, like penicillin, helped us regain our lives back. While Dr. Sarno will no longer be seeing patients, his ideas, through both his four books and the practitioners who trained under him, will continue to spread and be of help to individuals across the globe.
Potential new patients will be referred to Ira Rashbaum, MD, an attending physiatrist at the NYU-Langone Medical Center. Dr. Rashbaum was a contributor to "The Divided Mind" and has worked closely with Dr. Sarno over the years.
As a way to pay homage to Dr. Sarno, several people whose lives he transformed have been developing a collection of images and thank you messages in a leather bound photo book to present to Dr. Sarno as a retirement gift from the entire TMS Community. Our goal is to have the TMS Community show Dr. Sarno our deepest thanks and appreciation for all that he has done for us. The project is formally called, Thank You Dr. Sarno: A collection of personal messages about how your life's work has changed our lives.
Two of Dr. Sarno's most trusted psychologists, Dr. Fran Sommer Anderson and Dr. Eric Sherman, have graciously agreed to deliver the book to Dr. Sarno, on behalf of the entire TMS Community, on or around April 25. The idea is to create a tangible object Dr. Sarno, and his grandchildren, can hold in their hands and see just how many lives he touched. The Thank You, Dr. Sarno project has been under development for about six months now, but when we recently heard of Dr. Sarno's impending retirement, it was decided that delivering the gift on his last day would make a wonderful and fitting retirement gift and tribute.
Contributions for this project can be sent to thankyoudrsarno@tmswiki.org . Contributions should consist of a personal image and/or a brief thank you message. (No financial contributions will be required as the project is already fully funded.) All contributions will also be placed on a web page, so we can have a powerful and special public testimonial to all of the lives he has changed. For more information about the project please visit Participating in the Thank You Project and Thank You, Dr. Sarno. These pages include further instructions on how to make a submission and other contributions that you can use as an example.
This is a great opportunity to give back to Dr. Sarno, who has given us all so much. Dr. Sarno's last day seeing patients will be a sad one. Hopefully, this gift will let him know how incredibly meaningful and beloved his work has been. We wish him a long and wonderful retirement. He has most definitely earned it!
Sincerely,
Forest
Edit:
Enrique has contributed the following short video, illustrating the project:
I wrote tmskwiki.org rather than tmswiki.org, so your email bounced. The correct address is 
