I committed to undertake to follow daily therapies, amongst which were:

• Physiotherapy, massages
• Exercises to reinforce muscles
• Water gymnastics
• Global postural gymnastic
• Osteopathy
• Craniosacral therapy
• Acupuncture
• Traditional chinese medicine
• Homeopathy
• Allopathic medicine
• Anthroposophic medicine
• Biological-regulative medicine
• Dr. Clark method (zapper and parasite remedy)
• Colon cleansing
• Neuraltherapy injections
• Neural organisation
• Magnetic therapy
• Rolfing
• Reflexology
• Microkinesiology
• Lymph drainage
• Vegetarian basic nutrition
• Detox diets
• Sauna
• Bach flowers
• Tai-chi
• Relaxation, meditation, positive thinking
• Art therapy and music therapy
• "Family constellations" according to B.Hellinger and
• "Holding" according Dr. J.Prekop

Each of these therapies have been important in their own right and have brought me temporary relief. They have also broadened my understanding of many different therapies. Luckily I was able to adhere to them but none of them actually resolved the problem to the point where I could live a normal life again.

At the beginning of the illness I tried many different painkillers which I had to take in progressively stronger and larger doses and which became less effective over time, until my stomach could not absorb them anymore. In acute periods only Aspirin or Paracetamol would help to ease the pain a little, as did the supine position.

An acute period would last on average for 4 months and after that I would enjoy a respite of about a few hours relief. Sometimes, when the pain became very intense, I found myself contemplating thoughts of suicide as a way out of this agony. During this period I had also been practising positive thinking and Raja Yoga meditation and this began to sustain and help me enormously. My conviction that there is always a solution to any problem began to grow.