Francesco98
New Member
Hello everyone, I'm a 23 years old italian guy.
I dont speak english fluently, I'm sorry for that, hope you'll understand anyways.
my symptoms started a year ago with severe pain in my left foot, I did an ultrasound which revealed plantar fasciitis, I took months of rest but the pain never went away.
over the months the pain not only did not ease but also spread to the right foot.
I made any type of visit, I did various ultrasound scans that never showed anything abnormal, I put on orthopedic insoles, I did physical activity prescribed by a physiatrist. nothing helped me.
my second symptoms involved lumbar, trapezius, neck and shoulders. as main symptoms I can point out a strong feeling of stiffness, pain and inability to lift certain objects causes too much pain.
Here, too, I made several visits which led to nothing,
my third symptoms concerned my fingers (especially the ring and left little fingers) and elbows. as for the fingers I perceived severe pain, paresthesia, numbness and tingling.
on the other hand, as regards the elbows, I presented a phenomenon similar to what happened to me with my feet. The pain started in the left elbow and then expanded to the right after a few weeks.
I don't know if this 'specular' phenomenon is common in tms cases, the fact is that in my case it happened.
at this point I began to understand that there was something strange in my symptoms, all this was not normal, it was not possible that in just one year I was reducing myself thus and that no doctor had yet given me an exhaustive explanation regarding my condition.
so instead of blaming my job for foot pain, too long gaming sessions for back, finger and elbow pain and any physical action on my problem and started investigating a possible psychological condition.
about 1 month and a half ago I ran into Dr. Sarno for the first time, thanks to a boy who explained how thanks to a book by him (the mindbody prescription), he had managed to heal from various chronic pain conditions.
He convinced me immediately, I bought the book and read it, after a month of having done it I can say that I am 90% cured of all the aforementioned chronic conditions.
I wish my story ended here and it was in the success story folder, but unfortunately it isn't.
once all the symptoms I have listed passed, the pain in the left testicle began, it started as very mild and then worsened.
I visited a urologist and andrologist who told me that I had an epididymal cyst, but it was only 1cm in size and was not the cause of my pain.
he also explained to me that it is a very common condition in man and that they are usually asymptomatic. I basically have nothing back then, but the pain has been going on for a few weeks now.
I know it may sound strange, especially after overcoming various other issues, but in this specific case it is as if I cannot accept that it is tms.
in this it is different, I perceive something abnormal in the painful area, I can perceive the cyst through self-examination and this makes me think that the problem is real. that there is something wrong.
rationally I think that this speech is analogous to back pain localized at the point of the herniated disc, which as the studies cited in Dr. Sarno's book say are not the real cause of the problem,
stating that the brain knows any abnormalities in our body and localizes the pain in those points.
I also believe that the mechanism of the bricklayer with the nail stuck in the shoe has been triggered in me, who feels a lancinate pain but once taken to the hospital it turns out that the nail is in the middle of the fingers (it is an example that I found in Pain Recovery
Alan Gordon program that I am currently following)
the nail is the metaphor of the cyst and the foot of my testicle lol. I hope I understand this far.
The underlying problem is therefore the acceptance of the tms, I know that if I do not accept this diagnosis 100% then I will never recover.
some days I succeed, others less, I still have a long way to go.
I hope to find someone with a similar story to mine, so that I feel less alone.
of course I omitted many things, there would be many other things to talk about, if you have any doubts, just ask, I will answer with pleasure
I dont speak english fluently, I'm sorry for that, hope you'll understand anyways.
my symptoms started a year ago with severe pain in my left foot, I did an ultrasound which revealed plantar fasciitis, I took months of rest but the pain never went away.
over the months the pain not only did not ease but also spread to the right foot.
I made any type of visit, I did various ultrasound scans that never showed anything abnormal, I put on orthopedic insoles, I did physical activity prescribed by a physiatrist. nothing helped me.
my second symptoms involved lumbar, trapezius, neck and shoulders. as main symptoms I can point out a strong feeling of stiffness, pain and inability to lift certain objects causes too much pain.
Here, too, I made several visits which led to nothing,
my third symptoms concerned my fingers (especially the ring and left little fingers) and elbows. as for the fingers I perceived severe pain, paresthesia, numbness and tingling.
on the other hand, as regards the elbows, I presented a phenomenon similar to what happened to me with my feet. The pain started in the left elbow and then expanded to the right after a few weeks.
I don't know if this 'specular' phenomenon is common in tms cases, the fact is that in my case it happened.
at this point I began to understand that there was something strange in my symptoms, all this was not normal, it was not possible that in just one year I was reducing myself thus and that no doctor had yet given me an exhaustive explanation regarding my condition.
so instead of blaming my job for foot pain, too long gaming sessions for back, finger and elbow pain and any physical action on my problem and started investigating a possible psychological condition.
about 1 month and a half ago I ran into Dr. Sarno for the first time, thanks to a boy who explained how thanks to a book by him (the mindbody prescription), he had managed to heal from various chronic pain conditions.
He convinced me immediately, I bought the book and read it, after a month of having done it I can say that I am 90% cured of all the aforementioned chronic conditions.
I wish my story ended here and it was in the success story folder, but unfortunately it isn't.
once all the symptoms I have listed passed, the pain in the left testicle began, it started as very mild and then worsened.
I visited a urologist and andrologist who told me that I had an epididymal cyst, but it was only 1cm in size and was not the cause of my pain.
he also explained to me that it is a very common condition in man and that they are usually asymptomatic. I basically have nothing back then, but the pain has been going on for a few weeks now.
I know it may sound strange, especially after overcoming various other issues, but in this specific case it is as if I cannot accept that it is tms.
in this it is different, I perceive something abnormal in the painful area, I can perceive the cyst through self-examination and this makes me think that the problem is real. that there is something wrong.
rationally I think that this speech is analogous to back pain localized at the point of the herniated disc, which as the studies cited in Dr. Sarno's book say are not the real cause of the problem,
stating that the brain knows any abnormalities in our body and localizes the pain in those points.
I also believe that the mechanism of the bricklayer with the nail stuck in the shoe has been triggered in me, who feels a lancinate pain but once taken to the hospital it turns out that the nail is in the middle of the fingers (it is an example that I found in Pain Recovery
Alan Gordon program that I am currently following)
the nail is the metaphor of the cyst and the foot of my testicle lol. I hope I understand this far.
The underlying problem is therefore the acceptance of the tms, I know that if I do not accept this diagnosis 100% then I will never recover.
some days I succeed, others less, I still have a long way to go.
I hope to find someone with a similar story to mine, so that I feel less alone.
of course I omitted many things, there would be many other things to talk about, if you have any doubts, just ask, I will answer with pleasure
