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    Struggling with knee pain and swelling being TMS

    Anna, Interesting to see what I wrote back in 2013, now 12 years ago. The good news is that my knee is fine these days. No more swelling and no...
    Post by: ragis45, Feb 24, 2025 in forum: Support Subforum
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    Recurrence of Back Pain after many years

    Baseball65, thank you for the quick response. You are absolutely right about 'repressed rage'. In dealing with this debilitating bout of back...
    Post by: ragis45, Aug 6, 2023 in forum: Support Subforum
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    Recurrence of Back Pain after many years

    I had posted on this site years ago. Back when I was 28 I had debilitating back pain and after getting a diagnosis of a degenerated disc was...
    Thread by: ragis45, Aug 5, 2023, 3 replies, in forum: Support Subforum
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    RIP Dr. Sarno

    Back in 1983, when I was 29 years old I was experiencing terrible back pain and after visiting numerous orthopedists was told I had degenerated...
    Post by: ragis45, Jun 27, 2017 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Struggling with knee pain and swelling being TMS

    Ollin, Thank you for your thoughtful and insightful comments. I realize that the issue of osteoarthritis is a complex one. I am struck,...
    Post by: ragis45, Feb 6, 2013 in forum: Support Subforum
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    That Last 1%

    I might also add that I wouldn't worry about the day to day stressors. As Dr. Sarno expounds upon, these are not the types of stressors that...
    Post by: ragis45, Jan 30, 2013 in forum: Support Subforum
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    That Last 1%

    If I might throw my two cents in.... Most of us (TMS sufferers) tend to overthink, overanalyze and worry about things in life and that includes...
    Post by: ragis45, Jan 30, 2013 in forum: Support Subforum
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    Help! Bone bruising on knee and osteoarthritis

    I know this post is a bit late but I only recently found this wiki. Please check out this site...
    Post by: ragis45, Jan 30, 2013 in forum: Support Subforum
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    Struggling with knee pain and swelling being TMS

    I'll be brief with my background. I first was examined by Dr. Sarno back in the late 70's for serious back pain. I was in my early 20's at the...
    Thread by: ragis45, Jan 30, 2013, 7 replies, in forum: Support Subforum
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    Can swelling be a TMS symptom?

    In one of Sanro's later books, I forget which one now, he said that originally he was not comfortable with the diagnosis of TMS for 'swelling',...
    Post by: ragis45, Jan 30, 2013 in forum: Support Subforum