Do As I Say, Not As I Do – A Lesson in CFS Living
April 1, 2007 by laura
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
I don’t know how many times I have to do this, before I finally learn my lesson.
When feeling really lousy (still got the whole really bad lung thing going on), don’t do a really powerful treatment, without expecting to feel worse before you get better.
I have just woken up from a 6 hr nap. A nap caused by an acupuncture session combined with pneumonia. Realize, that when you do anykind of treatment, it may cause a slight setback at first, before you feel better.
So now, I am going to go back to bed.
Nite!
Agreed, entirely! Acupuncture can make me REALLY tired if I’m not feeling relatively OK. It’s fine if I can prepare for that ’six hour nap’ thing – but difficult if I have things going on! Very good advice. I hope the acupunture helps in the long run!
I love acupuncture!
It is the best treatment that I do for myself.
But, when I am feeling lousy, it completely wears me out.
BUt after a few weeks of misery, I am starting to feel a little more human. Some of it is attributed to mind set change, some due to the fact that its just been a few weeks and its time to get better, but mostly due to acupuncture (oh yeah, and those very long naps
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I haven’t yet tried acupuncture, though I do believe it is a great method to treat what other types of medicine can’t. The setback you are talking about is natural because it is your body’s way of saying “I need time to put my things in order, i have to fight a disease now; I am on stand-by”
really, now, take your time, the energy you’ll have after will compensate.
Mr. Rehab,
you are totally right about the rest, and taking your time to recover.
It is a really long process….but taking things slow (although I am extremely impatient) is really the best way to get better. The slower you take things, the less chance there is of a relapse.