Yesterday I had an appointment for acupuncture. I had acupuncture a couple decades ago for my shoulder and it worked beautifully. Then, I tried it for the peripheral neuropathy in my feet, but that didn’t work. Since I’m not too enthused about getting an injection in my lower spine, I thought I’d give acupuncture a chance to alleviate my lower back pain.
I was just a
bit disappointed today because Dr. Yun focused on my peripheral neuropathy as
opposed to my lower back. But we’re just getting started so it’s entirely
possible she’s working up to that spot. I’ll ask her at the next appointment to
make sure we both have the same goals.
In any case, it
was very relaxing except for one needle in the inside of my right lower calf. I
had to ring the bell and have it removed because it began to hurt like the
dickens (what does that even mean???) and the nerve felt like it was spasming.
Dr. Yun assured me that it’s not supposed to hurt at all.
She also gave
me homework to do. I need to find a golf ball, or maybe two of them and roll
them around with the bottom of my feet. I’m to do this several times a day,
quite possibly whenever I have to sit down to rest my back on the heating pad.
Supposedly, we’re (make that moi) working to reopen the nerve pathways to alleviate
the neuropathy. I’m not the doctor and haven’t been trained in acupuncture, but
if Dr. Yun thinks it’s possible, then I’ll work toward that.
My next
appointment isn’t until the second week of March, but that’s the soonest they
could fit me back in with her. The appointment after that is two weeks later
and when I go in for the first one, I’ll make additional ones further out so I’m
going in every two weeks.
Very relaxing
and I made some mental headway with Maddie’s story.