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Fionnuala
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Fionnuala

Newcomer, Female, from Dallas

Any advise is welcomed, I'm new and scared Aug 29, 2014

Fionnuala was last seen:
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  • My Story

    I'm a 36 year old female living in Dallas, Texas. I am from Ireland and I moved over to America four years ago to marry my Husband. I owned a pub in Ireland for 13 years and I hurt my back by lifting kegs for several years. I have suffered with bad pain since I was 23, coincidently, the same age I had my first panic attack. Alarm bell number one! After a decade of doctors, MRI'S and a host of every alternative treatment you can think of I saw a surgeon in Dallas two weeks ago. He was shocked at the MRI image and suggested surgery, three vertebra fusion, opening me front and back, bolts, screws, ect. The surgery is about four weeks away. I heard about John Sarno's book and ordered it online. It had not arrived before the appointment with the surgeon unfortunately. I read the book and I firmly believe that I am a TMS sufferer. I am on day four of writing and screaming at my brain that it won't win. I was bed ridden for two and a half months before reading the book. I got out of bed, did my chores that had backed up because I was bed ridden, I went back swimming, did a grocery shopping by myself for the first time in months. I am in less pain, but it still attacks and I'm trying very hard to attack it back. I have not cancelled the surgery yet, for my husbands benifit, not mine. He is very supportive of my TMS but he has asked me not to cancel the surgery for the next two weeks to see how my progress is. I WILL NOT be doing surgery. I am tempted to go to the hospital and beat the surgeon over the head with John Sarno's book. I am so so angry. I am also so relieved to have found out in time before the surgery went ahead. I would love to find a support group or a TMS therapist in the Dallas area. I can't find any online, so if anyone reading this can help me on that, I'd be delighted to hear from you. To be honest, I'd be delighted to talk to anyone who knows what I'm dealing with. I feel very alone.
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      Fionnuala
      Any advise is welcomed, I'm new and scared
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  • My Story

    Gender:
    Female
    Location:
    Dallas
    Occupation:
    Housewife
    I'm a 36 year old female living in Dallas, Texas. I am from Ireland and I moved over to America four years ago to marry my Husband. I owned a pub in Ireland for 13 years and I hurt my back by lifting kegs for several years. I have suffered with bad pain since I was 23, coincidently, the same age I had my first panic attack. Alarm bell number one! After a decade of doctors, MRI'S and a host of every alternative treatment you can think of I saw a surgeon in Dallas two weeks ago. He was shocked at the MRI image and suggested surgery, three vertebra fusion, opening me front and back, bolts, screws, ect. The surgery is about four weeks away. I heard about John Sarno's book and ordered it online. It had not arrived before the appointment with the surgeon unfortunately. I read the book and I firmly believe that I am a TMS sufferer. I am on day four of writing and screaming at my brain that it won't win. I was bed ridden for two and a half months before reading the book. I got out of bed, did my chores that had backed up because I was bed ridden, I went back swimming, did a grocery shopping by myself for the first time in months. I am in less pain, but it still attacks and I'm trying very hard to attack it back. I have not cancelled the surgery yet, for my husbands benifit, not mine. He is very supportive of my TMS but he has asked me not to cancel the surgery for the next two weeks to see how my progress is. I WILL NOT be doing surgery. I am tempted to go to the hospital and beat the surgeon over the head with John Sarno's book. I am so so angry. I am also so relieved to have found out in time before the surgery went ahead. I would love to find a support group or a TMS therapist in the Dallas area. I can't find any online, so if anyone reading this can help me on that, I'd be delighted to hear from you. To be honest, I'd be delighted to talk to anyone who knows what I'm dealing with. I feel very alone.