back ache

July 24, 2010

Hi Everyone, well I've had a rough month starting with a slight ache on the

left side when I went to bed, to a back pain, a butt pain, a leg pain etc. An

MRI showed nothing that would cause this. I finally went to see my

acupuncturist, and had two treatments, went back today and said I still hurt.

So, something new. Moxibustion. After placing a lot of needles in both ankle

areas, and the left lower spine and surrounding area, he used something that

looked like a lit up crayon. First he held it over my arm to show it would not

hurt, or burn, then he used it on all the heads of the needles. It was warm and

felt great, and ha ha, smelled like pot. I told him this and he laughed and

said he had patients that did not want him to use it for that reason, the odor

stayed in their clothes. i told him I didn't mind, my grand kids would think I

was cool. Anyway, when I left his office I had no more back pain, will see what

happens

tomorrow. I start physical therapy next Tues, have never done that, don't even

know what to expect, Anyway, today was a new and enlightening experience, any

of you ever have it done? I googled it, bless google, you sure find out a lot

of stuff. Moxa is a Chinese herb, like acupuncture, very old.

Everyone have a great weekend, it's in the upper 90's here, been a record

breaking July for the Cleveland area. Sort of like Houston in August. Bobby

a ( Bobby ) Doyle, dob 12/17/29

DX 5/1995

Interferon 9 weeks/Hydroxyurea 5 years

02/2000 to 06/2002 Gleevec trial, OHSU

06/2002 Gleevec/Trisenox Trial, OHSU

06/2003 Gleevec/Zarnestra Trial, OHSU

04/2004 Sprycel Trial, MDACC, CCR in 10 months

04/2008 XL228 Trial, U of Mich.

01/2009 PCR 5.69

04/2009 Ariad Trial AP24534

09/2009 PCR 0.01

11/2009 PCR 0.034

02/2010 PCRU

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