Re: Acupuncture, and other things...

[Guest guest]

Hi Genevieve

I've not had acupuncture for my liver but did for acute lower back

pain. If you've never done it, only the first treatment will seem a

little odd--you end up looking a little porcupine-ish. ....

After that, the freedom from pain is wonderful. While the lower back

pain took multiple sessions of acupuncture to make it go away, the

thing I liked about it was that it was a non-drug pain reliever. And

since our livers are the site affected, ya gotta like that.

As for the cholesterol question, mine was elevated about 20 years ago

when I was almost finished university. My doctor chalked it up to diet

and stress (and changes to both reduced it) but I'm now wondering

along with all the other mystery things that have transpired along the

way whether this hasn't been part of the big slow progression of PSC

all along.

[Guest guest]

Hi Genevieve,

I've been seeing an acupuncturist for years and I have found it to be

helpful for various things. I go to someone who is also an MD, though

he only practices Chinese medicine now. I like that he has medical

knowledge so I didn't have to explain the difference between IBD and

IBS (which I had to do with a previous person I tried going to) and he

knew what PSC was right away. He not only does acupunture, but also

gives me dietary guidelines (which have been amazingly helpful) and

also gives me herbs (pills). I initially saw him for getting pregnant

the second time (which I did right away after seeing him) and for my UC

symptoms, which almost completely went away while I was following his

diet, despite the fact that my colon was still quite inflamed. It was

amazing (though a hard diet to maintain, very restrictive). Lately I

went after getting diagnosed with PSC and my number one problem has

been sleeping - I can't fall asleep, and every time one of the kids

wakes me up, I have trouble falling asleep again. Since seeing him (he

did acupuncture and gave me some herbs to take before bed), I've been

sleeping like a log. So I'm a great believer! But make sure you see

someone who knows what they're doing, there is great variance in

quality out there, since it's not regulated.

Good luck!

Ruth

UC-2000, Colectomy-2007, PSC-2008

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> Hey folks! Our good (???) news for the day is that we've reached our

> maximum out of pocket for the year with insurance, so I'm thinking

> about looking into a few things I might not otherwise spend the money

> for... Mainly acupuncture.