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    Could UTI also be TMS?

    Hi She, I just got an email from my doctor that the urine culture (the one they sent out to the lab) came back as normal. (Although the quickie...
    Post by: Mara, May 27, 2016 in forum: Support Subforum
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    Could UTI also be TMS?

    Thanks LL. The doctor's instructions said to call back if the symptoms don't get better in a week. So, I am only on day three of that "week" and...
    Post by: Mara, May 24, 2016 in forum: Support Subforum
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    Could UTI also be TMS?

    Oh, that's interesting! Okay, I will just stop thinking about this for a while. And it's not like I'm not following the doctor's advice--I took...
    Post by: Mara, May 24, 2016 in forum: Support Subforum
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    Dr. Hanscom's Blog The Pain of Social Isolation

    Good article. I was just posting on another board about how I think working all by myself from home made me feel disconnected and lonely. I think...
    Post by: Mara, May 24, 2016 in forum: Mindbody Blogs (was Practitioner's Corner)
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    I am back

    Joseph, I wonder if quitting the part-time job eliminated some socializing or sense of routine that was beneficial? If so, is there a way to...
    Post by: Mara, May 24, 2016 in forum: Support Subforum
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    Relapsed

    I had a couple neck/shoulder pain relapses during the time between "discovering" TMS and being pain free. What helped me was not paying too much...
    Post by: Mara, May 24, 2016 in forum: Support Subforum
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    Could UTI also be TMS?

    Background: By realizing that my neck/shoulder pain after a minor car accident was really TMS (confirmed by a TMS dr.), and working on the issues...
    Thread by: Mara, May 24, 2016, 8 replies, in forum: Support Subforum
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    Lonely?

    The above could apply to me, except my art was creative writing, which I stopped doing for months because I was afraid sitting too long would make...
    Post by: Mara, Jun 16, 2014 in forum: Support Subforum
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    Day 1 Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

    Hi Bill, it is not mystical or new age; there is a lot of neurological research in the past ten years or so about how our brain experiences...
    Post by: Mara, Jun 16, 2014 in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    Day 8 Emotions & pain

    Enough said. So true! I struggle with this. I am very black and white, and either grab onto something like a dog devouring a shoe, or I don't do...
    Post by: Mara, Jun 16, 2014 in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    Day 6 Perhaps Led Zeppelin Not Best for Meditation

    I do think I am getting better about standing up for myself and asking for what I want. For example, when my husband sat next to me with a big...
    Post by: Mara, Jun 16, 2014 in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    Day 25 Progress

    Ha, that is funny, my husband also did not hear my call. (His phone was on, but he didn't hear it.)
    Post by: Mara, Jun 16, 2014 in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    Day 6 Perhaps Led Zeppelin Not Best for Meditation

    On my list of stressful events to journal about is the car accident itself, which eventually led to the pain that eventually became TMS. The...
    Thread by: Mara, Jun 16, 2014, 2 replies, in forum: Structured Educational Program