saskia
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Update- the pain disappeared about 3-4 weeks ago, which means it took 7-8 weeks for me to recover. My herniated disc took 9-11 weeks, an improvement of ~2 weeks. Yea!
However, I have another interesting story. On NYE, I awoke with a very dry throat. Over a few days, it turned into a sore throat, followed by congestion, and then the need to cough. When I cough, I feel immense pain.....on the left side of my neck, left shoulder, and left forearm!!! The TMS is trying to come back via the cold! This is exactly what happened when I was getting over both the herniated disc and left arm pain. The jolt from coughing and sneezing hurt so bad that initially I tried to brace myself so it wouldn't hurt as much. At some point, I decided to just let it go and deal with the pain. I liken this to the physicophobia that Sarno talks about. The pain only appears when I cough and is very intense, but only lasts a few seconds.
I hope my story has helped some of you and will continue to help others. This second outbreak of TMS has been a huge learning experience. I will never look at pain the same way again and feel very prepared should it decide to ever rear its ugly head again.
If I can overcome this (twice), anybody can. Keep the faith and heal yourself.
Curtis
ps- Since most of you are open minded enough to believe in the mind/body connection, I would recommend researching urine therapy for combating the common cold. Yes, you are consuming some of the urine produced when you first get up in the morning. Not a pleasant experience, but better than being sick. I've done it several times and I believe there's something to it. And it's free!
Thank you Charcol and Lala for you conversation! It helped me too. My pain si moving around, so funny. And again I have started to think about the body and what have I done "wrong", like TMS wants
..Since I got rid of the pain in the middle of the back its now in my neck and shoulder, nothing serious, just a reminder: " I am still here" .. It si really crazy, this TMS. I try to leave as normal as possible not paying too much attention, do what I like to do and not let the fear to rule my life.All best! Sasa