As the result of some major physical problems suffered as a child, I was very lucky to discover Dianetics at 19 years of age. By that time, my back was in terrible shape and my knees were also a mess.

     The original cause of the back problem was another sort of problem dealing with my life. This surgery did save my life and I am eternally grateful to the medical profession for that. However, in order to get to the heart the doctors had to cut the muscles and remove parts of two ribs to make space to enter the left side. As I grew up, the left side of my body stayed weak and small due to the loss of parts of the ribs and lack of muscle growth. Meanwhile the right side of my body became very strong due to extra use. Consequently, my spine curved very severely parallel to the rib removal location in order to balance my body.

     The results caused pains in the chest and numbness on the left side. This also effected the stability, strength and control of the left side. At one point a chiropractor informed me that I would need two 6-inch bars. One implanted on each side of my spine in order to hold my back in place. This was an unacceptable but the only realistic solution that I had presented to me up to this time. This was a very scary situation.

     In early 1972, I heard about Dianetics. I heard that Dianetics handled the mental stress and trauma associated with injuries. I didn't believe that it could do anything for me and my back because, I didn't consider that my back had anything mental connected to it. I felt that my back situation was strictly physical. Boy, was I mistaken. During Dianetics Counseling that I received about 10 months later, I found that much of the problems with constant pain and numbness of my back was being held in place by the mind. The moments of severe pain associated with the surgery was recorded in my mind and they inhibited the total healing of the injured areas. It was my mind that stopped the healing. Once all the mental stress associated with the surgery was cleared away through Dianetics, I found that I felt much better and could do much more of what I wanted to do in my life. Even though the physical parts of the body are still missing I am living a much more productive and happier life and I urge anyone that has ever had an illness or injury to find out about and receives Dianetics. It can really change your life for the better.

     The situation regarding my knees has a very similar happy ending. I hurt my knees while playing hockey at 12 years of age. I had about 40 very painful dislocations and at 14 finally had the surgery that I desperately needed.

     After the surgery I was very eager to get running and skating, so I worked out with weights daily. After a few months I became concerned because my knew didn't seem to be holding the strength that I thought they should. Once the hockey season came around my knees were still weak and hurt and I didn't have any power. I couldn't skate fast and didn't have much stability. I also found that the strength that I had gained over the summer had unfortunately vanished within a week. This was very discouraging. As a result I wasn't good enough to play for the team that I had been a regular on 2 seasons before.

     For the next 5 years I became known as the person that had very bad knees. My hockey career that seemed promising became only a career of fun. I never again encountered the painful knee dislocations that I had suffered in my early teens. The doctors had done a very good job. It wasn't their fault that I had problems of another sort.

     As with my back, I was fortunate enough to be introduced to Dianetics at a time when my body was going down the drain and no one seemed to have much of a solution. Having the techniques of Dianetics applied to my knees, my knees are now in good shape. I play hockey every Monday night in Scarborough with my friends and have a great time doing it. I also have no pain and don't have the arthritis that the doctors assured me that I would have by my age which is 45. I have found that clearing up the mental stress of injury and illness really helps the body heal itself. This is a great success for me and I recommend Dianetics to anyone that wants to have a better, fuller life. Ecspecially athletes that can't seem to get the body going after an injury. I can really help as I now also apply the Dianetics techniques that I had applied to me. Therefore anyone that wants more information on what Dianetics can do for them or their friends and family please contact me.

     Thank You.