Date: 05.05.2010
From: Toots
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Subject: acupuncture?
Hi all, hope you are all doing ok... am having a little bit of a bad time at the moment with the pain... and given that I have decided not to start meds in the vain hope of having a baby... there is little that I can do to ease it.. so I wanted to start acupuncture as I heard that it helps... any experiences? is it worth a go? also is this apple cider vingear work? if so, how do I take it??
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Date: 05.05.2010
From: Verity
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Subject: Re: acupuncture?
Hi Toots, Ive had accupuncture in the past and it hasn't helped but others have had more positive experiences. Cider vinegar can help but I think for it to help with arthritis you have to drink it in large quantities. I used to be on an acid free diet with the Margaret Hills clinic and I had to take CV 3 times a day in a hot drink. I think it was a desertspoon of CV, a big teaspoon of decent honey and then top it up with hot water. It can be quite tough stiking to it though lol Good luck!! xx
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Date: 05.05.2010
From: Toots
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Subject: Re: acupuncture?
thanks Verity, might try it... anything is worth a go I guess... Have read about the clinic and was wondering if that was worth trying... sounds strict!
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Date: 05.05.2010
From: Jill
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Subject: Re: acupuncture?
i had tennis elbow(tendonitis) and had 8 seesions weekly for my elbow, I know for a fact it took the pain away, reason y I know is, I had terrrible elbowe pain for a year, use to take morphine patches, and yet the pain got thru, use to cry with the pain, anyway, last resort was to try acupuncture, my gp did it, free etc, and over 9 week session, slowly but surely it eased up, and never returned......i do have arthritis in elbow, but that is just stiff ache, tendon itis in the elbow is NERVE pain....tc x
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Date: 07.05.2010
From: Verity
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Subject: Re: acupuncture?
Hey Toots, VERY strict! I was quite young when I did it (and also emotionally retarded lol). I ended up with an eating disorder coz of so much pressure to NOT eat everything I loved. So much that I put in disagrees with me so I dont tend to put a lot in at all anymore unfortunately. My battle with food goes on lol! my parents were very against the docs meds so we tried everything alternative and it was just diet after diet after diet so I kinda grew up thinking everything was bad for me. Thats just me though, Im sure you'll be fine. Its expensive but there have been a lot of positive results. Good luck if you do decide to go ahead with it. Id be very interested in how youget on : ) xx
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