second go-round

[truepenny]

Second acupuncture session today.

This one was more difficult than the first, because this time I knew what to expect, particularly from Zusanli, which sends a bolt of agony from knee to toes. (I suspect there is correlation with my physical therapist's observation yesterday that the muscles of my lower legs are currently extremely tense.) It was hard to lie still and go through with it. However, it had the same effect: namely, the RLS got more and more agitated and then dissolved. We'll see how long it stays gone this time.

I need to accept that the clinic is too cold to be comfortable lying still for an hour without a blanket, because having to call the acupuncturist in the middle of the hour is really kind of disruptive.

I find myself a little more off-kilter post-treatment than I was last week, and my bad ankle is definitely affected. I was limping heavily on the way home, and it's now sore just behind and under the knob of the fibula--which may not be a bad thing. I just want to note it.

This was also my acupuncturist's last day at this clinic, so next week I get to meet the new acupuncturist. Excelsior.

Comments

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Being comfortable is important. I had the opposite reaction in an acupuncture session--they had put heat lamps on to keep me warm and halfway through I had to summon help because I was turning into a broiled chicken.

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

I'm copying and sending your comments to my son who is just finishing his 6 year training as an acupuncturist. He was impressed by how self-aware you are, and said that will definitely improve the effectiveness.

I'm going to try acupuncture for RLS when I go to visit him because he knows a really excellent person in San Francisco. Then I'll have to follow up here and hope the locals know some of what she knows...

Oddly, my RLS comes mostly when I'm sitting at night--and having a cat on my lap makes it much worse!

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

Huh. And I don't think of myself as particularly self-aware at all. Interesting.

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

it sounds like you're figuring out how to cope with the difficulties, so go you!

how long did the relief last first time through?

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

About four hours for complete absence of discomfort. I've also been doing drastically better in terms of acute attacks since last week, whether that's due to the acupuncture or the magnesium supplements or what.

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

sounds promising, and good luck! :)



some days i'd give my eyeteeth for four hours for complete absence of discomfort