A Trip Down Memory Lane
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I meant to write tonight, but little teething Neeka has just gone to sleep at a quarter to one and I'm soooo tired.
I checked to see what I had sitting in my drafts folder and found this fun little post:
Once upon a time there was a family who gave away all of their things, bought a house on wheels andhit the road, happily ever after, the end.
Once upon a time there was a family who gave away all of their things, bought a house on wheels and then began living with complete strangers,indefinitely stranded where they began.
Once upon a time there was a sweet little family who lived in a little house in a pretty neighborhood not far from the bustling excitement of the happy little town.
The family was happy too, until one day the Mama became so sick that she could no longer get out of the bed. The family's friends from the happy town showered the family with love and food and The Daddy began to find ways to do his work from home.
And so it began.
In July of 2007, less that one year ago, the symptoms of Fibromyalgia so overwhelmed my body that I was no longer able to walk unassisted, carry our new baby girl or take care of myself and children in any real way. The life of our family shut down.
After 16 years with Fibromyalgia no relief had come of any treatment I had been offered, but once again, I headed to my doctor and begged for help. The answer was, not surprisingly: I'm sorry, we have tried everything there is to try. Here is a prescription to take the edge off the pain. Good luck. Have you looked into alternative therapies?
I went home and tried the prescription for pain. It took 45 minutes to take effect and lasted only 1 hour. I could only take 4 doses a day. Four hours of reduced pain in a day are hardly worth the detrimental side effects of opiate based pain medications.
What's more, is that after a couple of days, the pills stopped producing any relief.
We were already eating mostly organic foods and taking supplements of all kinds. We had tried yoga and physical therapy, but other than that "alternative therapies" was foreign to us.
Acupuncture is the only thing we knew to try so that is where we began.
After some research and questioning around town we were very lucky to find a discounted accupuncture clinic that kept their fees down, and on a sliding scale, by working in volume.
I would just like to take a break from our program to give praise to those who are so interested in opening up the world of alternative medicine to those in need that they do whatever it takes and think outside the box. Inspiring. Truly inspiring...you will see...
Jeff carried each of his family members to our van; me because it would have taken me 5 minutes and many tears to walk there, Neeka because she was only 5 months old and Quinn because his Mama was MIA, he had a new sister, and his world was just plain scary and upside down.
Off we went to the clinic. I was terribly nervous and can hardly recall the experience, but I can remember that the needles themselves did not hurt and what I experienced was nothing like I expected. It was spiritual/psychological/metaphysical. At first I was afraid of the sensation and backed away from it, but realized quickly that backing away was backing myself right into the pain I wanted so badly to escape from. I reminded myself that I had survived five days of unmedicated labor with my daughter by riding the sensation rather than resisting it. So, I tried to employ that same technique.
Voila! It is hard to put to words what happened as it seemed to take place on all levels, physical, visual, mental and something else...higher? Could it be...spiritual...?
Whatever it was it worked. The pain slipped away to a more distant place. A place where it was something separate from me, not me. That day I was able to walk back to the van myself!
more soon....
In response to all the requests for pictures:
We have no camera :*(
So, I'm afraid that unless someone wants to send one to me we will all have to wait until all of the RV repairs are complete before I can afford one ;-p
I don't think I've ever been at a worse point in life to be without a camera! D'oh!
xoxo
I checked to see what I had sitting in my drafts folder and found this fun little post:
Once upon a time there was a family who gave away all of their things, bought a house on wheels and
Once upon a time there was a family who gave away all of their things, bought a house on wheels and then began living with complete strangers,
Once upon a time there was a sweet little family who lived in a little house in a pretty neighborhood not far from the bustling excitement of the happy little town.
The family was happy too, until one day the Mama became so sick that she could no longer get out of the bed. The family's friends from the happy town showered the family with love and food and The Daddy began to find ways to do his work from home.
And so it began.
In July of 2007, less that one year ago, the symptoms of Fibromyalgia so overwhelmed my body that I was no longer able to walk unassisted, carry our new baby girl or take care of myself and children in any real way. The life of our family shut down.
After 16 years with Fibromyalgia no relief had come of any treatment I had been offered, but once again, I headed to my doctor and begged for help. The answer was, not surprisingly: I'm sorry, we have tried everything there is to try. Here is a prescription to take the edge off the pain. Good luck. Have you looked into alternative therapies?
I went home and tried the prescription for pain. It took 45 minutes to take effect and lasted only 1 hour. I could only take 4 doses a day. Four hours of reduced pain in a day are hardly worth the detrimental side effects of opiate based pain medications.
What's more, is that after a couple of days, the pills stopped producing any relief.
We were already eating mostly organic foods and taking supplements of all kinds. We had tried yoga and physical therapy, but other than that "alternative therapies" was foreign to us.
Acupuncture is the only thing we knew to try so that is where we began.
After some research and questioning around town we were very lucky to find a discounted accupuncture clinic that kept their fees down, and on a sliding scale, by working in volume.
I would just like to take a break from our program to give praise to those who are so interested in opening up the world of alternative medicine to those in need that they do whatever it takes and think outside the box. Inspiring. Truly inspiring...you will see...
Jeff carried each of his family members to our van; me because it would have taken me 5 minutes and many tears to walk there, Neeka because she was only 5 months old and Quinn because his Mama was MIA, he had a new sister, and his world was just plain scary and upside down.
Off we went to the clinic. I was terribly nervous and can hardly recall the experience, but I can remember that the needles themselves did not hurt and what I experienced was nothing like I expected. It was spiritual/psychological/metaphysical. At first I was afraid of the sensation and backed away from it, but realized quickly that backing away was backing myself right into the pain I wanted so badly to escape from. I reminded myself that I had survived five days of unmedicated labor with my daughter by riding the sensation rather than resisting it. So, I tried to employ that same technique.
Voila! It is hard to put to words what happened as it seemed to take place on all levels, physical, visual, mental and something else...higher? Could it be...spiritual...?
Whatever it was it worked. The pain slipped away to a more distant place. A place where it was something separate from me, not me. That day I was able to walk back to the van myself!
more soon....
In response to all the requests for pictures:
We have no camera :*(
So, I'm afraid that unless someone wants to send one to me we will all have to wait until all of the RV repairs are complete before I can afford one ;-p
I don't think I've ever been at a worse point in life to be without a camera! D'oh!
xoxo
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4 comments:
Do you have a mailing address for said camera? I happen to have a digital that I don't use and would love for you to have it. It is a down right shame for you to be travelling with your children to such beautiful places and not be able to take pictures.
I wub you guys.
Accupuncture is amazing.
That's such a great story. More so because it is real. Has the pain completely disappeared?
J
http://adventuresinvoluntarysimplicity.blogspot.com/
I had never tried accupuncture until I was encouraged to try it to get my labor going (my 5th child, second normal delivery, my first wonderful and completely natural birth). Amazing. Congratulations on getting relief.
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