Acupuncture helped me enormously.  I have CP related osteoarthritis of the
neck and acupuncture combined with proper seating and swimming keeps me pain
free.

- Bob Segalman, PhD

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From: lawrence keplinger <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 1999 5:25 AM
Subject: try something


> <P>Last night I went for my first acupuncture treatment, I did not get
> stick yet.  My friend Jody is
> almost finished his Master's in acupuncture and offered me to be his
> last paitents as a student. The
> first appointment was more of an interview and evaluation session.  He
> ask everything from how I ate
> and how it comes out, to how I sleep and if I keep company during that
> time. The next thing Jody was
> to poked around my body at different points.  Then he did a test to see
> how balance my body is, or
> something like that. For this Jody used a instance stick to see how
> close it could get to each finger
> and toe before it was painful.  Jody decided the first thing we will try
> to work on through the
> treatments, is my sleeping patterns.  I just do not sleep good, infact I
> hate sleep maybe it is from
> my C.P.
>
> <P>Posted 11/18/99
>
> <P>I went for my second treatment of acupuncture and this time jody
> broke out the needles.  He is
> working my back for now, this first time was see to witch point work and
> witch did not.  These test needle
> also pulled out the "porstion",  around the test needle got read I do
> not really know what this means.
> The needles did not go in too far, in fact they kept falling out.
> During the insertion of the needles
> I felt some more then other. In addition while they were in the feel of
> have them in me come in waves.
> During the treatment felt very relax and still, I almost fell to sleep.
> I think I sat there a hour
> with the needles in me, Jody said I would be so tired after the
> treatment.  I did not think I was tier
> than usual, but I did notice that my move was decreased for the rest of
> the night.
>
> <P>Posted 11/26/99
>
> <P>Third week of treatment, boy this one was pain. Jody did a few things
> at the same time plus he used
> bigger need, so this week the pain was consent and not waves of stings
> like last week. Because of the
> pain I was not as relax during or after the session.  Although it still
> slowed down my movement after
> wards.  Last week I did have a few nights of better sleep.  I found out
> that the needles were falling
> out because of my movement, this week they were falling out like crazy.
> I was so lucky, last night
> when went to change close, I found a needle in my undies.  Can you
> imagine how ugly that could have
> been?  Did you know that acupuncturist do not always leave the needles.
> If they want decrease the
> energy to that point, the needle stays in. When the energy needs to
> increase at the point, they only
> stick the point with the needle.
>
> <P>Posted 12/1/99
>