3rd time around
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truepennySo the RLS was naggy and annoying like a naggy and annoying thing last night. Woke me up twice, which may in fact be a new high.
No idea why. Which is what we love so much about this fucking thing.
Happily, acupuncture today. New practitioner, younger than the 1st Practitioner, and much more interactive in her approach: she asked more questions and gave me more incidental information, plus suggesting Viparita Karani before bed, which is a fantastic idea.
She did a treatment she said is called the Four Horsemen, which involved needles in the quadriceps rather than just the calves. One of the points on my left quad was agonizingly sensitive, suggesting that, yes, this is probably a good idea. She also used essential oils on my feet, cedarwood and peppermint, so that if nothing else, my feet smell good. And I now have magnets band-aided to each wrist at what she tells me are the nausea points. Given that the Ropinirole, aside from not doing its damn job vis-à-vis the RLS, also makes me nauseated, I'm even willing to give the magnets a go, although frankly my skepticism on that topic is pretty darn vast.
The 2nd Practitioner also doesn't believe in leaving one alone with the needles for an hour, which on the one hand is good, because I didn't have time to get really chilly, but on the other, not so good, because the iron knot in my right quad did not have time to dissolve (although, since she wasn't doing the same treatment as the 1st Practitioner, perhaps it wouldn't have anyway).
Oddly, my left forearm insisted that she had used a point she had not in fact used. It hurt throughout the session exactly the way it hurt when the 1st Practitioner did have a needle there. I'm not as off-kilter in the aftermath as I was on Thursday, although she warned me that the Four Horsemen can have emotional effects for the next week.
We'll have to see how the long term effects play out. Certainly, I liked her, and I liked the fact that she explained why she was doing what she was doing as she went.
The downside is that the 2nd Practitioner charges $85 an hour, rather than merely $60. Which makes this an increasingly costly speculation.
No idea why. Which is what we love so much about this fucking thing.
Happily, acupuncture today. New practitioner, younger than the 1st Practitioner, and much more interactive in her approach: she asked more questions and gave me more incidental information, plus suggesting Viparita Karani before bed, which is a fantastic idea.
She did a treatment she said is called the Four Horsemen, which involved needles in the quadriceps rather than just the calves. One of the points on my left quad was agonizingly sensitive, suggesting that, yes, this is probably a good idea. She also used essential oils on my feet, cedarwood and peppermint, so that if nothing else, my feet smell good. And I now have magnets band-aided to each wrist at what she tells me are the nausea points. Given that the Ropinirole, aside from not doing its damn job vis-à-vis the RLS, also makes me nauseated, I'm even willing to give the magnets a go, although frankly my skepticism on that topic is pretty darn vast.
The 2nd Practitioner also doesn't believe in leaving one alone with the needles for an hour, which on the one hand is good, because I didn't have time to get really chilly, but on the other, not so good, because the iron knot in my right quad did not have time to dissolve (although, since she wasn't doing the same treatment as the 1st Practitioner, perhaps it wouldn't have anyway).
Oddly, my left forearm insisted that she had used a point she had not in fact used. It hurt throughout the session exactly the way it hurt when the 1st Practitioner did have a needle there. I'm not as off-kilter in the aftermath as I was on Thursday, although she warned me that the Four Horsemen can have emotional effects for the next week.
We'll have to see how the long term effects play out. Certainly, I liked her, and I liked the fact that she explained why she was doing what she was doing as she went.
The downside is that the 2nd Practitioner charges $85 an hour, rather than merely $60. Which makes this an increasingly costly speculation.
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Date: 2010-11-23 09:24 pm (UTC)Hope this works out…
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Date: 2010-11-23 11:32 pm (UTC)(I have had lower back problems most of my life, related to a spinal problem diagnosed in my teens. The 'puncture has come recommended.)
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Date: 2010-11-24 02:09 am (UTC)FWIW, and to keep in mind when you're looking at your budget, the 2nd Practitioner says the rule of thumb is to give it five visits.
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Date: 2010-11-29 04:16 am (UTC)None of those is an option until I can drive again, but at that point, I will definitely be checking out the Madison community clinic.