Well, I had my 3rd Traditional Chinese Medicine appt yesterday. What a
doozy it was! I've been having a bad week for pain and she put a few
acupuncture needles in my feet and I suddenly wanted no more
accupuncture that day---I don't know why. She said what we are doing is
listening to my body so she didn't put anymore in. She did have a laser
acupuncture thing, for those adverse to needles, Joonie, so even the
needle phobic can try it. She used the laser on my right wrist and
later it hurt like h-e-double-hockey-sticksl for a while.
Because it's old school CM she leaves the needles in for a long time.
They were in my right foot but I was getting all these sensations in my
left foot from them. She said that's because my body is responding well
to the accupuncture so it opens the corresponding meridians even
without the needle (only not as well). I told her where I was feeling
it and she said that was the meridian to my small intestine. PIP, you will be interested to know that she said my enteric nervous system
was out of whack. I have never heard of an enteric nervous system but
she said it was a nervous system that controls the digestive and
gastronimical tracks. When she does Jedi Mind Tricks she sort of hold
my wrist and "listens to my body" and she said my enteric nervous
system wasn't talking to the rest of me. I asked what it was mad about
but she said it was just having some disconnect. She then asked my
enteric nervous system to communicate with the rest of my body. She
does this by getting me to put my hands in certain places, breathing
and tapping on my head and chest.
She also said for some reason my body was talking about my Mom. I told
her that was no mystery because the day before my friend's Mom had died
of the same causes that killed my own Mother 3 years ago and I had been
crying about it and stuff. She then showed me all the grief meridians
and yes, it was where I was having pain (the hands along my pinkies and
the front of my thumb heel). So then she did some grief work and that
was draining.
There were a lot of Jedi Mind Tricks
for this visit. One trick she does is get me to hold a vial of external
pernicious factor, which is an incredibly diluted vial full of what
ails you (she doesn't know what's actually in the RA one). It sounds
like homeopathy,
but instead of drinking it you just hold it and she does some guided
breathing and instructs your body to expel that factor. It's very What
the Bleep Do We Know? If that actually works it could explain why I'm
having such a crappy week, pain wise. Herxheimer, anyone?
I was really drained and shaken up after my visit, so she told me to take some Rescue Remedy.
Like all these RA treatments, it's hard to tell if anything positive is
happening. Am I herxing or flaring? Is the effect placebo or real (and
does it matter?) I have no idea but I'm gonna keep going until the
insurance runs out! I will keep you posted.
[QUOTE=Gimpy-a-gogo] Herxheimer, anyone?[/quote] With a pickle and probiotic, please.
[quote]Am I herxing or flaring? Is the effect placebo or real (and
does it matter?)...[/quote]Nope: results are all that matter.
Gentle {{{hugs}}} and best wishes. Happ
Thank you for sharing your intensely personal experiences. I appreciate it...
You know, I can't get the link to the Wiki page to work! Arrrgh! It's my computer tho, not the link!
I find it fascinating she thinks its all connected.
Did I tell you the only Intergrative Med doc we've been able to find here does East/West Med? Hubby is thinking about it!
More later when I reboot to see if I can fix my IE connection.
Pip