I also am trying another round of acupuncture, with the main goal of
sweating again so I don't have to be careful about overheating. Monday
and Tuesday, I started having occasional series of pains in my right leg
(my healthiest leg). The first three series (two on Monday, one on
Tuesday) were a series of pulses of extreme pain in my lower calf, kind
of all the way around. The last time it was the same thing in the upper
to mid thigh. I always like to think positive, so I like to think of
these pains as the nerves waking up or retooling or something like that.
Anybody go through anything like this? Was it a prelude to improvement?
(I've also been visualizing nerve energy returning to the whole affected
area, kind of reinvigorating the sweat gland nerves??.)
Hi, Bill, welcome to the list (but sorry you have a reason to be here).
Sounds like your legs are hypersensitive, which, if they were numb
before, is a type of improvement. I still have that, although it varies
in severity in different parts of my legs and is not as bad as it was at
first, when even a loud noise made my feet hurt.
I started taking the evening primrose oil, just in case. My cholesterol
is too high anyway, so it can't hurt. I do 4,000 iu of sublingual B12 a
day. If you're going to do B12, be sure to use the kind that melts under
the tongue (it tastes good). Swallowing it into your stomach doesn't do
much--it's not absorbed well in the stomach. It seems like B12 is good
for a lot of different problems. Even my cat is getting it now.
Aurore