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At first I accepted this diagnosis and became extremely depressed. There was
no way I could work at any sort of real job when a task as simple as dialing a
phone caused me pain, so I ended up on disability. At the time I had no idea how
I would be able to support myself for the rest of my life, let alone do something
about the pain and physical limitations. If you think it might be fun to receive
disability payments without needing to work, think again. It was an absolute
nightmare for me, because not only could I not work, I also couldn’t do anything
else I enjoyed. I couldn’t play computer games. I couldn’t exercise. I couldn’t
Web surf, hold a phone, wash my car or clean my place. It is difficult to put into
words the overwhelming frustration and despair I felt. And I was spending the
equivalent of a full-time work week shuttling between various doctors and
therapists, undergoing treatments that were sometimes terribly painful and
always ineffective.
It was truly surreal how far I had fallen, and how fast. Just a few years before, I
was one of the world’s leading computer networking experts in the midst of the
Internet boom, with the world at my feet and infinite possibilities. Somehow I had
lost everything, was living in terrible pain and being told by doctors that I had no
hope of recovering any semblance of a normal life.
Then, in 1999, I was introduced to the world of alternative medicine, and I hoped
it would be my salvation. I got heavily involved with many forms of bodywork,
homeopathy, osteopathy, chiropractors, Chinese doctors, energy healers, and all
sorts of other stuff. I was spending all of my time and money experimenting with
these treatments, still believing that it would be possible to fix my body and return
to my previous life.
And this was not just a naïve hope; I had actually seen some amazing results
from the practitioners I was working with, but not for my most serious problems.
For example, when I first saw a homeopathic doctor, I had been having a
problem with a persistent rash for a couple of years, and was spending a lot of
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