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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Lupus / April 2004Strange update
Ok, I now have a pin in my hand. Yep- it's just like a miniature tack with a Band-Aid on it. I was telling the doc this morning that his acupressure spot is working but if I keep this up I'm going to have a damaged hand as it is getting quite sore. So he plopped a "needle" in the spot. When the neuralgia triggers I'm supposed to hit the acupressure spot on my hand. Well it works but you have to sort of dig with your finger to find the right spot. Thus I'm getting a sore hand but when I hit the spot the pain just stops as if I flipped a switch and turned it off. That is weird because the pain sort of slows down and fades naturally but this spot just flips it off instantly. So when I explained this to him he got this tack thingy and stuck it in my hand. Talk about quick I had no time to react. He said it will save me from bruising my hand. He was very excited to see me have such a reaction. So now I just have to wiggle the pin a little and bingo the pain is gone. This is weird. But I'm not complaining. Bev Very interesting........... Sounds as if you are on to something > Ok, I now have a pin in my hand. Yep- it's just like a miniature tack with a > Band-Aid on it. I was telling the doc this morning that his acupressure spot [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > This is weird. But I'm not complaining. > Bev It is weird. :) Is it awkward? > Ok, I now have a pin in my hand. Yep- it's just like a miniature tack with a > Band-Aid on it. I was telling the doc this morning that his acupressure spot [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > This is weird. But I'm not complaining. > Bev It's really tiny. At first I seemed to notice it now I don't it's a lot like having a splinter in there but it's covered so it doesn't move around unless I "move" it. I accidentally pressed to hard and right now I'm noticing it a little more. Right now I'm thinking more about tomorrow and if I do more fence work - I'll need to keep the spot clean. Do I trust a bandaide to keep it clean? Or should I wear a glove? Bev > It is weird. :) Is it awkward? > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > This is weird. But I'm not complaining. > > Bev If you wear a glove, you might worry about it less? > It's really tiny. At first I seemed to notice it now I don't it's a lot like > having a splinter in there but it's covered so it doesn't move around unless [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > > This is weird. But I'm not complaining. > > > Bev I think before you take rake or post in hand you should ask the doctor! You might dislodge it. Sit still, good grief. Wende > It's really tiny. At first I seemed to notice it now I don't it's a lot like > having a splinter in there but it's covered so it doesn't move around unless [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > > This is weird. But I'm not complaining. > > > Bev It is instant pain relief right? Do they do it for knee or ankle joints? Have you been able to do normal things like housework or gardening without pain? > It's really tiny. At first I seemed to notice it now I don't it's a lot like > having a splinter in there but it's covered so it doesn't move around unless [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > > This is weird. But I'm not complaining. > > > Bev It's instant when I "catch" the right spot. I still have to wiggle this pin a wee bit. But you've got to remember that I'm coping with a couple of nerves that have gone bonkers. Another weird thing is I swear I'm getting the spot, the same way, but apparently I'm not because it seems each time I've got to find it again. Does the spot move? Right now I'm not getting rid of the problem - I'm merely treating the symptom. Ultimately the goal is to make these nerves settle down and behave normally. I've had this neuralgia before and it is debilitating when the pain strikes. Right now the pain will only last maybe for a total of 30 seconds and much less if I can "stop" it. But I've had this pain last for as long as six minutes or so. That's a killer! They say you can only feel so much pain well, this must be the max pain. It totally wears me out and I wake up at night maybe 10 times or more with this pain. So my sleep is greatly disturbed. The philosophy behind acupuncture tends to vary between the Eastern countries. And to be honest I never got "into" it. It all has something to do with electrical energy in the body. I did it once before for this same problem just as a lark to see if it would do something. The man that did it wouldn't continue with the treatments because he said it wasn't giving me instant relief. Well, he must have done something because when it went away it stayed a way for a very long time. But I think the acupuncturists seem to think they can "cure" anything. I can't say I believe that. Acupuncture is probably about 8,000 years old. Our modern medicine is what - at the most 200 years old? But your question was would it work for joint pain. Maybe. But maybe you have to ask why you are having the pain. If you killed the pain but didn't correct the problem then what would you have? Serious damage? The guy I am going to is a chiropractor who has studied acupuncture twice in China. And to give you an idea of what kind of a doc he is I'll tell you this. He had a patient who came to him over some back pain. He took a few X-rays and shipped him out to a surgeon real fast. Now he's working with the surgeon to help this patient through some major pain control using acupuncture. He used acupuncture prior to surgery and is using it now while this guy is in the hospital. The MD is so impressed he's sending him a couple of other patients. I don't know if it works but it sure seems to help me. Bev I'm having a really difficult time visualizing that pin in your hand, Bev. I can almost see it, but what I'm seeing is giving me the heebees. Are you used to it yet? How did the fence work go with it like that? If it works, it's great though! I'd be more than willing to stick a pin in my neck sometimes. Yes, I would imagine the nerve pain can move. It's just like you said, your just treating the symptoms right now. If you treat that spot, it's most likely going to move on to another spot, until you treat that one too. That's just my theory..I have no idea how it actually works, but pain moves, so I figure it has to have a way to travel. I hope you continue to get relief from the accupuncture. It sounds like it's going wonderfully so far. hugs4u, Maggie > So now I just have to wiggle the pin a little and bingo the pain is gone. > This is weird. But I'm not complaining. > Bev Hi Bev:))) That is so cool , but please do not try and get on a plane ,when you say ti is only a pin all hell may break loose:))) Bruce On. " 50f and fog bound , but the snow she be melting eh!! " Bev, I think that this is great. Maybe you could wrap your hand with an ace bandage to keep the pin or tack in place. Glad to hear that it is helping. Hugs Cindy I had accuputure last night.......lol.. at lowes I was walking by some barbed wire and I was in sandals and I stepped right itno one that was sticking out cut my foot open and bled all over their floor. I think I freaked a few people out. :o) I am ok now > Bev, > I think that this is great. Maybe you could wrap your hand with an ace > bandage to keep the pin or tack in place. > Glad to hear that it is helping. > Hugs Cindy > So now I just have to wiggle the pin a little and bingo the pain is gone. Kewl :-) Hugs J Beverley wrote: > So now I just have to wiggle the pin a little and bingo the pain is gone. That *is really neat! I want some of that! Where did you get your referral for acupuncture from? My mother has had it without a lot of relief so I had kind of dismissed it mentally...but after hearing your story I have to rethink the possibility of an aid to pain relief without meds!! Oh yes, very cool! I have been on that hunt for years now... so very sick of taking pills. Hugs from Shelagh OK so I'm a little late. I've been extolling the virtues of my Rheumatologist - he was the one who sent me to a Chinese Neurologist. She did a whole battery of tests, and then said that she thought I might be a good candidate for acupuncture. Excellent observation on her part. I had 4 or 5 sessions with both needles and electronic stimulation. It's now been four months that I have been pain free (neck, shoulders, arms and hand - cervical stenosis and an old compression fracture they found during an MRI). I would recommend it highly, as long as you get someone with good credentials. Stay away from the voodoo parishioners. > Ok, I now have a pin in my hand. Yep- it's just like a miniature tack with a > Band-Aid on it. I was telling the doc this morning that his acupressure spot [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > This is weird. But I'm not complaining. > Bev Acupuncture seems to really work for some people and on some pain. I just wish we could get this neuralgia under control. In spite of my having the "pin" in my hand I'm still having pain. The doctor didn't want to do the acupuncture until he'd gotten some of the inflammation out of there. So I'm hoping this week he begins the actual acupuncture treatments. It's nice you know that you had very good success. The first guy who did mine about 12 years ago was Korean and not licensed in the USA to do it (he didn't speak enough English to pass any test). This guy is American, licensed and has trained in China. Bev > OK so I'm a little late. I've been extolling the virtues of my > Rheumatologist - he was the one who sent me to a Chinese Neurologist. She [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > This is weird. But I'm not complaining. > > Bev |
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