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Day 81
This morning, the orthopedist gave me the all clear to start getting rid of the walking boot.
Yeehaw! says I.
I spent part of this afternoon calling first my HMO (which does not cover acupuncture treatments) and then the acupuncture clinic which is within walking distance. The acupuncturist was very nice and perfectly honest. The answer here, as with everything else about RLS, is "Maybe." Which, at $60 a session, is a rather expensive ambivalence.
But I note two things:
1. My GP's nurse offered to put in a referral to a neurologist, but warned me it takes 6 to 8 weeks to get an appointment. Also, when I asked, she said it was about 50/50 whether they'd be able actually to help or not. So, neurology offers no better odds than acupuncture.
2. The acupuncturist talked about chi and blood stasis, as opposed to the orthopedist, who said essentially, "Nobody knows why," but they agreed that the return to normal motion should make the RLS quiet down.
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mirrorthaw at work, and we agreed that the best thing was to wait until after WFC: give the increased dosage of Requip and my new and very exciting mobility a chance to work before we try other, expensive and/or time consuming options which may or may not do anything anyway. And hope that something starts working before I run out of Vicodin, because I don't think my GP's going to give me any more. At least now, though, if I need to get up in the middle of the night, I can just go ahead and damn well get up, without having to plan it out like a land war in Asia.
In the meantime, even though I'm having a lousy day on other health fronts (ME: Meat, is this nausea really necessary? MEAT: Bleah.), I am absolutely loving the fact that I'm wandering around the house barefoot. It's like a freaking dream come true.
Yeehaw! says I.
I spent part of this afternoon calling first my HMO (which does not cover acupuncture treatments) and then the acupuncture clinic which is within walking distance. The acupuncturist was very nice and perfectly honest. The answer here, as with everything else about RLS, is "Maybe." Which, at $60 a session, is a rather expensive ambivalence.
But I note two things:
1. My GP's nurse offered to put in a referral to a neurologist, but warned me it takes 6 to 8 weeks to get an appointment. Also, when I asked, she said it was about 50/50 whether they'd be able actually to help or not. So, neurology offers no better odds than acupuncture.
2. The acupuncturist talked about chi and blood stasis, as opposed to the orthopedist, who said essentially, "Nobody knows why," but they agreed that the return to normal motion should make the RLS quiet down.
I bothered
mirrorthaw at work, and we agreed that the best thing was to wait until after WFC: give the increased dosage of Requip and my new and very exciting mobility a chance to work before we try other, expensive and/or time consuming options which may or may not do anything anyway. And hope that something starts working before I run out of Vicodin, because I don't think my GP's going to give me any more. At least now, though, if I need to get up in the middle of the night, I can just go ahead and damn well get up, without having to plan it out like a land war in Asia.In the meantime, even though I'm having a lousy day on other health fronts (ME: Meat, is this nausea really necessary? MEAT: Bleah.), I am absolutely loving the fact that I'm wandering around the house barefoot. It's like a freaking dream come true.
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It's glorious, ain't it?
I would mail you my leftover Vicodin if that weren't probably illegal. (I wish I could just return it or something. Seriously, they gave me a bazillion pills -- and said I could get a refill -- which freaked me out, because did that mean I was going to be in endless amounts of pain?) Regardless, fingers crossed that mobility will solve the problem; it helped me when I got out of my own boot, though my own RLS-type problems were more minor.
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Hee. It is a very kind thought, and I thank you for it.
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Out of curiosity, what are the overseas regulations?