Re: recovery thoughts
Lori Gasik (lgasik(AT)kiwi.dep.anl.gov)
Thu, 1 May 1997 14:40:24 -0500
> I can't remember if I told everyone that my new chiropractor got my right
> leg to straighten. When I was in physical therapy, learning to walk,
> five years ago, they asked if my right leg had turned out before. I said
> "no"; they said "oh." And didn't do or say anything else about it. My
> chiropractor got it to straighten out again. I had always tried to
> consciously make it go straight, but now, I'll look down and it's
> straight on its own.
>
> 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
I've been wondering has there ever been anyone thats made it as far as I
have and then the progress justed stopped after that I'd like to know this
to give me some insurance. Another thing is where can you get the
sublingual B12. And do you beleive it helped you. I was also wondering if
anyones legs ever get sore or achey sometimes. And one more thing, whats
usually the first sign of recovery for most people and how much longer does
it usually take after that.
Bill Kennedy