Acupuncture

[txgreengoddess]

I had my first appointment today to start healing what my doc diagnosed as sciatica. It was an interesting experience. Afterwards, I had the same light-headed feeling that sometimes comes after a good yoga class. One of the needles did hurt going in, the one on my left hand. The one going into my left shoulder was odd, too, not painful, just felt

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[amyceleste]

Last time I was having my OH-MY-GOD-I-CAN'T-EVEN-MOVE back pain, my doctor gave me a bunch of pain meds, but said, "I can't really do anything for you - go to acupuncture." She then wrote out a referral for something called Tens Unit (electric stim) and then some stuff that I can't read because it's in doctor scrawl.

Since the intense pain subsided to the minor chronic pain, I still have that referral, still nervous about going. It's really the combination of two things, each of which I could probably handle on its own: a) needles and b) lying still with nothing to do for a long period of time.

But everyone I know who has done it (including my referring doctor) swears its effective... I just haven't worked up the courage yet. How much courage does it take?

[txgreengoddess]

For me, it was a medium-low amount of courage, more than required for something new that I want to do, like a new yoga class, but less than something new that I don't want to do, like find a new dentist.