That Hurts!- 5/31/07

I left the house around 9:15 a.m. yesterday morning for a Doctor's appointment. I had a prescription that I needed a refill for. I probably could just order it on-line myself without a prescription but being a law abider I chose the the driving method. Turns out my blood pressure has crept up a little more even though I'm on medication for that already. Can't imagine why that would happen. :-) I explained to the Doctor that when the nurses pump the cuff up on my arm they always pump to too high a pressure which causes excruciating pain in the arm muscles (diseased muscle tissue) which drives up my blood pressure. He agreed with me that that would certainly aggravate the situation. He took it again before I left and it had gone back down...but damn it still hurt!

After that was done, I had 3 hours to kill before my acupuncture appointment but didn't want to drive 23 miles home so that I could drive another 20 miles back out again, so I did what any red-blooded American woman would do...I went shopping.

At my acupuncture appointment I got some new points hit on the ears this time. Specifically points for the sympathetic nervous system and boy did they hurt like "hell"! I had pain go all the way through my head. "We" were working on bringing my blood pressure back to a normal state too. It did respond nicely but she was not sure its going to hold so I'm going to have to go back next week. She also put some ear dots in my ears (see picture above). If I push on them I give myself a little acupressure treatment. I'm supposed to do this when I feel like my blood pressure is up.

For the past 3 days I've been dealing with a lot of pain. It feels like I'm in the middle of some sort of inflammatory episode; joints hurt, muscles hurt. I've had this before, it will pass eventually, but its not fun to go through.

On a lighter note, I notice that I've passed the 10,000 total hits mark on my blog. Woohoo! Shouldn't there be a cake with candles? Anyway thanks to all who stop by to read my posts. You are a valued customer!!

Ear Acupuncture: The ears contain a hundred acupressure acupuncture points. Meridian endings for every organ of the body are located in the outer flesh of the ears. By pressing them you are opening up the energy blocks and stimulating the corresponding organ. You might find them slightly sensitive to the touch.