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Re: alternative treatment question
From: Alyson (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Sep 18 21:12:45 2005
Holly,
I saw an acupuncturist for 8 months, but never had an experience like
that...are you seeing a medical acupuncturist?
Alyson
At Sat, 17 Sep 2005, holly wrote:
>
>my doctor mentioned trying acupuncture for endometriosis. well, i went
>for my first appt wednesday. i was feeling good all day wednesday, but
>after teh appt, i started having pain at the needle sites. the pain
>just built and built to where it felt really bad by late evening. i had
>a hard time gettign to sleep even because of it.
>
>is this normal for acupuncture? i thought it was supposed to be
>painless. instead, i felt worse than i did after my excision lap. the
>pain was in the same spot where endo was excised, but it was really
>really bad compared to what i felt then.
>
>i'm probably not doing acupuncture again, but i did buy some herbs while
>i was there. is it okay to just use the herbs and hope for the best? i
>also have interstitial cystitis and am worried the herbs will cause
>bladder flares. i've been having some bad ones the past few days, but
>i'm trying to narrow it down to something i ate or drank maybe.
>
>*sigh* i guess i really don't have a question. just needed an opinion
>on this. the actual treatment didn't hurt. it was definitely
>uncomfortable, but it wasn't painful. it started hurting about 15-20
>minutes after the treatment. and the pain lasted about 8-10 hours.
>
>is this normal?
>
>--
>holly
>mild endo and IC
>
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