New Moon Wishes Using a Plant

When it comes to bringing positivity into my life, I feel that there are a thousand different tools to use.

I must admit, there are some practices that my cognitive mind wants to push to the way side if I think about it too much. The proposed results just seem too far fetched. But, in the long run, if it doesn’t hurt anyone, then why not try it…sometimes you never know where assistance will come from.

A great friend, Sabrina, who is a lovely bundle of fun energy, a healing acupuncturist, and all around great lady spreading good energy passed on a fun way to bring light into cloudy situations…New Moon Wishes. There are two different ways to do these “requests to the Universe”, using a plant or a candle. Today I am passing on the method of New Moon Plant Wishes.

I can honestly say that doing the following has helped in my own life. Whether it was reality or placebo, it really doesn’t matter to me. What does matter is that I saw fruition to important steps forward on my path of happiness…and that is what it’s all about.

New Moon Wishes

Using Healthy Plant Energy:

What you will need:

• Healthy plant within your personal space (bedroom or a place you spend time)

• A list of wishes – either 12 simple, general wishes or 3 very detailed wishes **

• Red envelope (if available)

• Red pen

• Blank piece of paper

** Detailed wishes must included dates, amounts, characteristics, color etc. Example: If you are requesting money, you must specify the amount and the date in which you want it. If your request is a romantic relationship, you must specify the characteristics of the desired relationship and by when. The more detail, the more power it has to manifest.

After you have an idea of what your wishes are, you will say them aloud to the universe 3 times with intention. Then write them on a blank piece of paper (in red ink). Fold up the paper and put into a red envelope. Place the red envelope under a very healthy plant until the next new moon.

Depending on your belief system, you may want to add certain rituals that you know, for example calling in spirit guides, arc angels or positive energies to listen to your requests, asking for their assistance. In addition, it is always good to thank all involved, including yourself, and to write ‘and so it is’ on the bottom of the page.

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Treating insomnia displeasure anxiety with acupuncture

A epigrammatic and snappy good sentence into the world of acupuncture in the analysis of insomnia.

Acupuncture footwear is comprised basically of slippers, and shoes that have undercover soles that project upward.

Acupuncture is based against the idea that dash flows through the human body along 12 lines or meridians.

Acupuncture is agreed to be effective against pain, it is not surprising that various sportspeople enjoy experimented with acupuncture when fighting injury.

Acupuncture is a very effective way to failure some diseases, since it has been used for several centuries, even more by far-east ancient cultures.

In Reference to

Planning your career in alternative medicine, Dianne J. Boulerice Lyons, 1997

Alternative Medicine, Kathiann M. Kowalski, 1998

Mosby’s complementary and alternative medicine, Lynda W. Freeman, G. Frank Lawlis, 2001

Alternative Medicine, Consumer Guide, 1997

Alternative medicine, Elizabeth Brown, 1997

Alternative medicine, Burton Goldberg, Larry Trivieri, John W. Anderson, 2002

Alternative medicine?, Roberta Bivins, 2007

Approved Links

Alternative Medicine Foundation

Yoga as exercise or alternative medicine

The Alternative Medicine

Treating insomnia displeasure anxiety with acupuncture is filed under Alternative medicine.

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Mass Delusion in San Francisco

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// This week I attended the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Illnesses (CROI). There were over 5000 scientists from around the world at CROI, all sharing the mass delusion that HIV causes AIDS. These poor suckers have obviously not been persuaded by Peter Duesberg and his cronies that all retroviruses are harmless. It was apparent that these people are conspiring to keep the status quo. They obviously have everything to lose by telling the truth. There was not one single session on Loch Ness Monsters, UFOs, CIA conspiracies, Aneuploidy, or leaky guts.  And they call themselves scientists! Want to see for yourself? All of the major sessions are available for webcast. Also check out POZ Magazine’s coverage and Thebody.com’s coverage. A most interesting time was spent having lunch with one of Peter Duesberg’s old graduate teaching assistants. I kid you not. Old stories from this former student confirm the Duesberg chapter of Denying AIDS. Here is the Big Story from CROI…. Researchers: Antiretroviral Drugs May Prevent HIV Infection (San Francisco) 2/19/2010, 8:11 p.m. EST David Brown The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO-The antiretroviral drugs that revolutionized the care of people with AIDS are on the threshold of a new life-as tools to prevent infection in individuals and brake the epidemic in populations as a whole. Studies are under way testing whether periodic use of the drugs, either as pills or as vaginal or rectal gels, can prevent transmission of HIV in high-risk sexual encounters. At the same time, it’s becoming clear that the incidence of HIV infection declines over time in places where most infected people know their status and are on treatment, and thus are less likely to pass the virus to others. Related Posts

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Point of the Day

K 7 This point is the 7th along the kidney meridian which runs from just under the ball of the foot goes to the inside of the ankles up the inside of the legs up the abdomen and chest ending just below the collar bone at K 27

Chinese Name:  Fu Liu – meaning Returning Current

Special Features: Jing river point and the Metal Point- tonification point.

Location: on the inside of the lower leg three fingers above the ankle bone in the depression just in front of the achilles tendon.

Actions: Nourishes the Kidney, Regulates water distribution, balances sweating, helps relieve urinary problems, re-inspires the spirit brings order to inner turbulence.

Indications: Oedema,  painful urination,  night sweats, excess or no sweating, dry tongue, pain in the lower back, diarrhoea and constipation, not being able to stop and relax, fear and paranoia.

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Spinal Decompression Offers a 70% Chance of Resuming a Normal Lifestyle!

Back pain, Sciatica, leg pain, herniated disc, bulging disc, spinal stenosis? Spinal Decompression could be the answer you’re looking for.  Spinal Decompression is one of our specialties here at Lansing Chiropractic Clinic & Wellness Medical, S.C.

If you or your family members have been struggling with these debilitating conditions with little or no relief, then ask yourself the following questions.

• Are you currently dependant on medications on a daily basis?
• Are you limited in daily activities?
• Have you had repeated injections or epidurals with little or no relief?
• Are you considering surgery and are uncomfortable with that choice?
• Have all the options been presented to you?
• Have you already tried chiropractic or physical therapy?
• Have you been out or work due to pain?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then non-surgical spinal decompression therapy is certainly a viable treatment option and could very well be what you’re looking for.

Please read this fantastic information from the American Spinal Decompression Association and let us know what you think!

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York Study Maps The Effects of Acupuncture on The Brain

Important new research about the effects of acupuncture on the brain may provide an understanding of the complex mechanisms of acupuncture and could lead to a wider acceptability of the treatment.

The study, by researchers at the University of York and the Hull York Medical School published in Brain Research, indicates that acupuncture has a significant effect on specific neural structures. When a patient receives acupuncture treatment, a sensation called deqi can be obtained; scientific analysis shows that this deactivates areas within the brain that are associated with the processing of pain.

Dr Hugh MacPherson, of the Complementary Medicine Research Group in the University’s Department of Health Sciences, says: “These results provide objective scientific evidence that acupuncture has specific effects within the brain which hopefully will lead to a better understanding of how acupuncture works.”

Neuroscientist Dr Aziz Asghar, of the York Neuroimaging Centre and the Hull York Medical School, adds: “The results are fascinating. Whether such brain deactivations constitute a mechanism which underlies or contributes to the therapeutic effect of acupuncture is an intriguing possibility which requires further research.”

Last summer, following research conducted in York, acupuncture was recommended for the first time by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) as a treatment option for NHS patients with lower back pain. NICE guidelines now state that GPs should ‘consider offering a course of acupuncture comprising a maximum of 10 sessions over a period of up to 12 weeks’ for patients with this common condition.

Current clinical trials at the University of York are investigating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of acupuncture for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and for depression. Recent studies in the US have also shown that acupuncture can be an effective treatment for migraines and osteoarthritis of the knee.

The York team believe that the new research could help to clear the way for acupuncture to be more broadly accepted as a treatment option on the NHS for a number of medical conditions.

York Study Maps The Effects of Acupuncture on The Brain

The Paper:  ‘Acupuncture needling sensation: The neural correlates of deqi using fMRI’

Aziz UR Asghara, b, Gary Greena, Mark F. Lythgoec, George Lewithd and Hugh MacPhersone, 

a York Neuroimaging Centre, University of York, Y10 5DG, UK

b Hull York Medical School and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, UK

c RCS Unit of Biophysics, UCL Institute of Child Health, University College London, WC1N 3JH, UK

d Complementary Medicine Research Unit, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK

e Department of Health Sciences, University of York, YO10 5DD, UK

(available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2009.12.019)

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"So Easy A Caveman Can Do It?"

By, Bhimbetka on flickr.com

The theme of the week seems to be cholesterol; good fats and bad fats; eating a healthy diet and living a healthy life-style.  But what does that mean?  It could mean a number of things to different people.  According to the American Heart Association we should decrease the amount of Saturated Fats in our diet, eat whole grains and maintain a low-fat regimen.  Then, there’s the other perspective… decrease grains all together, increase your fat intake (good fats – no trans, hydrogenated etc.) and maintain a moderate protein intake complete with wild-caught fish, grass-fed beef and wild-game. 

So which is the “right” one… well, I’ll let you choose for yourself, but hopefully I will get you thinking and give you a little information to do the right thing. 

It’s simple, if you didn’t have the daily conveniences of grocery stores, pre-packaged meals, microwaves & refrigerators, what would you eat?  Yes, our world would look a whole lot different than it does today.  Just think how much you rely on the grocery store to supply you with what you assume to be humanely harvested, healthy food choices… yes, ignorance is bliss… but is it?  I’m guessing that if we didn’t have somebody packaging our food up in pretty boxes, claiming “natural”, “heart healthy”, & “fresh”, half of us would starve and the other half would go, well crazy!  If we didn’t have these pretty boxes and shopping carts, we would have to supply for ourselves… just like the hunter, gatherer’s that are our ancestors.  Farming, hunting and seed, fruit and nut gathering were a daily routine to sustain a healthy diet.  There were no trans-fats, hydrogenated oils, highly processed, or super sugary foods in our diets… so whatever happened to these real, whole foods?  Well, it seems to me, we got sugar happy and lazy and with it; we got heart disease and obesity!

I just went to a little seminar with Nora Gedgaudas, author of Primal Body – Primal Mind (Empower Your Total Health the Way Evolution Intended & Didn’t).  She gave a nice presentation on good fats and bad fats in the diet and what nature intended for us and what it didn’t.  She made a good analogy with the following experiment:  “Put a block of butter outside in the yard, next to a tub of margarine and see which gets eaten first”.  She then went on to say how a client of hers went ahead and tried this, and you know what happened, the butter was gone in under an hour and the margarine, remained untouched for somewhere near a month!  Interesting isn’t it, that even scavenging animals that pick at the trash won’t even touch something so overly processed and preserved, yet we lather it on our food everyday by the bucket-load.  Another good point she made was that the rise of Heart Disease almost exactly correlates to the addition and increase of vegetable oils into the diet.  These along with all the hydrogenation, processing and sugar-coating could just be the deadly killers we’ve been trying to ignore all along. 

Anyway, the big point being here, is that our bodies rely on good fats from the diet.  Cholesterol is a necessary part of our bodies and is essential in neurological processes and all basic cellular function.  The cells in our body are essentially made up of fats, that’s what keeps them together.  In addition a high amount of blood cholesterol, should only be used as an indicator that there is something else going on in the body.  Western drugs are good at removing the cholesterol, but what does that mean?  Basically, in doing so, you take away the fire-fighters and let the fire run rampant… but the fire in this case is silent and will subsequently keep burning until it hits the pilot light and the whole place blows up.  Enter Chinese herbs, Acupuncture, Qi-Gong or some form of Meditation, diet and lifestyle!  All together, these modalities can work wonders and support the natural fats in the body, lower blood pressure, decrease inflammation, decrease body weight and therefore; body mass index. 

So, just to add the convenience of this topic, I went on the computer this evening to order myself some more Krill Oil from Dr. Mercola.com and the first article on his home page read:  Saturated Fat is NOT the Cause of Heart Disease, coincidence?  I think not! 

I could keep going on and on about the benefits of good fats in the body and why they should be a major part of our diet, but you have to remember that everything in moderation is a key component as well as the way in which foods are harvested and processed (hopefully not).   Make sure you read the labels, eat as many whole foods as you can; meaning vegetables, fruits and healthy proteins.  No matter what diet you decide to eat, make sure you always buy “wild” salmon & ”grass-fed” beef.  Try to eat local and organic, sustainable foods; farmer’s markets are a great source and alternate to store-packaged goods.  For more information on the “Primal Living”, check out Nora’s website and her awesome book:

• Primal Body – Primal Mind
• Also, check out the Primal Radio Station, there is a sound bite about me!  Nora just interviewed Michael Skogg; owner of Elite Kettlebell Gym in Tigard, OR; Spinach Gym in downtown Portland, OR & is the face of Weider Powerbells & X-Factor Home Gym

Since I mentioned it, this brings me to a good point!  I am currently also a trainer/coach at Elite Kettle-Bell Gym in Tigard OR, as well as Spinach in Portland, OR and it has been one of the best things I could have brought into my life.  As you may know I used to be a competitive Freestyle skier back in the day, and love athletic ventures of all kinds.  Kettlebells have definitely made it to the top of my list as far as awesome workouts that get great results without a lot of time and if you are in the Portland/Tigard, OR area, I highly recommend you check it out!  It’s great for all people of ALL athletic abilities, it’s fun and there is always a great group of people with smiling faces around!  The new gym in downtown is amazing, they just opened it up and classes are running Monday through Saturday pretty much all day.  You can check out the schedule on Elite Kettlebell Gym’s website (the link is above) for more information.   Plus it is a great addition to ”Primal Living” and any kind of exercise regimen in that case!

Another good source of information on “eating primal” as well as “living primal” is Mark Sisson’s Webpage and Blog:

• Mark’s Daily Apple - He’s got easy to access information on diet, nutrition exercise and all sorts of primal living details!  Check it out!

Well, that’s enough out of me, I hope you read, listen and link to these sites! 

Happy living and be well,

Erin

Sources:  

Gedgaudas, N. (2009). Primal body-primal mind: empower your total health the way evolution intended (…and didn. Portland OR: Primal Body – Primal Mind Publishing.

Mercola, . (2010, February 25). Saturated fat is not the cause of heart disease. Retrieved from http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/02/25/saturated-fat-is-not-the-cause-of-heart-disease.aspx

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Spasmodic Dysphonia Has been Improved By Acupuncture. By Dr. Arthur Yin Fan

02/24/2010

Dr.Fan recently is busy at treating patients with different of dystonia from States, China and India.

One of patients is from North Carolina (NC), who drove 7.5 hour and lives in a hotel near our office. Patient S.P., 72 years old, she has dystonia 13 years, initially one cervical dystonia (Spasmodic torticollis), 3.5 years ago,it improved, but becomes Spasmodic Dysphonia (abductor type). Her voice is strained, strangled, choked like, sound hoarse, breathless, anxious or groaning. Also, she has difficult in chowing, but no problem at swallowing.

She had Botox injection 2 years (each may help about 3 months in some extent). Currently under some medications. But still very hard to speak. Most of words could not be understanded. So, her sister has to help her as an interpreter.

She had 3 sessions acupuncture in our office (until today). Both her sister and she feel improved much, although still has spasmodic voice, basically her words are understandable. We took video again and showed her the difference between initial visit and today. She is very happy with the result.

She will continue two days treatments. And she plans to come back in near future(after one week).

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Review of labour-inducing techniques

So how do you entice a baby into the world who seems happy enough to stay where they are thank you very much?

We are 41 weeks and 1 day so we’re getting desperate and will try most things. Here is a summary of tried and tested techniques although as you may have assumed, none of them have worked yet:

Pineapple – I’ve force-fed my wife several pineapples over the last few weeks. Apparently certain properties in a pineapple can cause ‘movements’ however you want to interpret that. My wife’s Thai aunty never touched the stuff believing pineapple to interfere with ‘monthly’ cycles and many women swear that it can bring on labour. I can vouch that fresh pineapple is certainly very tasty although plays havoc with the acid reflux which really didn’t need to be made any worse.

Curries – Referring back to the acid reflux problem, curries have been off the list. My wife tried a particularly hot Thai green curry the other day but without causing her to begin contractions. Again, a tasty treat but no baby.

A Sweep – This involves a midwife using a digit or two to ’sweep’ the cervix to try to prompt labour and encourage the necessary hormones to kick in.  It is a rather painful and unpleasant experience but not much about labour seems to be that pain-free. At one point the midwife exclaimed that she could feel fingers….both my wife and I both looked at each other thinking she was joking but she was indeed shaking hands with our daughter who had a hand up by her head. If ever impending fatherhood felt real it did then although I couldn’t help feel envy that it was neither my wife or I that was able to touch our daughter.

Acupuncture – To be fair the acupuncturist has only just left after our first session so probably too early to tell how effective it is. Certainly there must be something in manipulating pressure points around the body because the Chinese and many other cultures have been using it for centuries. My wife is now fast asleep so it has had an immediate effect and she could feel the baby move when the needles in her little toes were tweaked so our fingers are crossed that this will do it.

Hopefully the next post will be as a father.

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Acupuncture 'improves mood, kills pain'

from http://www.sidewaysnews.com/your-life/acupuncture-improves-mood-kills-pain

Acupuncture could be used as an effective treatment for alleviating depression and reducing pain, according to two new studies.

In a paper published in the journal Brain Research, scientists say acupuncture works by making the brain, rather than the body, stop experiencing pain.

The researchers found that the parts of the brain which are responsible for processing pain were deactivated when the Chinese therapy was given.

A further study presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s annual meeting revealed that acupuncture could be an effective treatment for pregnant women who are suffering from depression.

Dealing with depression during pregnancy is difficult as some anti-depressants can cause developmental issues in the foetus. But according to the study, women who received acupuncture experienced a significantly greater decrease in depression severity, without the need for medication.

According to Dr Mike Cummings, medical director at the British Medical Acupuncture Society, brain imaging over the past few years has shown similar results to the two new studies.

He noted: “Acupuncture tends to result in decreased activity in some of the primitive parts of the brain associated with pain, suffering and mood.”

“Acupuncture also has effects on sensory nerves in the spinal cord and in nerve endings around the area stimulated.”

“Because of these mechanisms, acupuncture appears to be particularly effective at treating pain and the suffering related to pain, but it may also have some effects on mood disorders, such as depression, through its general effects on the brain,” he added.

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Ask Christine: Dream Easy

Photo by Don Fulano

You Asked:

“Whether or not I get five or eight hours I tend to have trouble falling asleep each night. I guess I’m looking for a way to shut my brain down at night and be free of stress. How can I convince my brain it’s time to go to sleep? It would be great to avoid medications so I’m considering trying acupuncture, do you think that would help?” ~Chelle

I Answered:

Acupuncture can be so effective at inducing sleep that one patient left my office only to fall asleep at the wheel under a stop light! As an acupuncturist and patient, I’ve enjoyed more restful nights as a result of the subtle, yet powerful affects of a good needling treatment. A new message must be sent to your brain allowing it to turn the light switch off. Because stress creates inflammation and contraction within the vessels, acupuncture is a perfect fix to free up peripheral nerves thus improving physiological function.

As the hair thin needles are inserted into the skin a message transfers to your nervous system signaling the release of neuro-endocrine chemicals . Acupuncture is great because it exerts an almost instant influential affect which balances brain waves.

Night time is an opportunity for yang energy to gently unfold into yin. Remember to create a cozy space for slumber. Keep it simple in the bedroom. Draw the curtains to keep the light from shining in until morning.

Sweet dreams!

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Help Haiti Heal!

 

     On Wednesday February 3rd, Acupuncturists Without Borders will be sending a group of practitioners to the Dominican Republic!  They will be there to help the victims of the recent earthquake, assist other health organizations, street clinics, The Dominican Republic Red Cross, local hospitals etc.  I just received an email with all the details & so far they’ve managed to raise just over $10,000 in monetary donations as well as $2400 in Acupuncture supplies.  Please help out with whatever you can, our goal is to raise about $7500 more!  Please click on the Poster and the website below to find out how to donate and help!  Acupuncture is such a wonderful medicine during traumatic times like these, it’s cheap, easy, effective and travels well! 

Website:  Acupuncturists Without Borders

Poster:  Haiti Poster color

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Microcurrent and Light Rejuvenation - Free Webinar

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With Teri Sherman, D.C. and Darren Starwynn, O.M.D. Free of charge

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Learn the latest methods for one of the top income producing services you can offer – a service with a very high satisfaction track record. Estheticians offer ELR as a signature service in spas. Acupuncturists and doctors often offer it as a part-time adjunctive service to create a new income stream.

Topics to be covered:

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• The whole-body health benefits of ELR
• How to integrate ELR with medical or holistic healthcare practices
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Twiddling my thumbs

Thanks for your support regarding my “should I” or “shouldn’t I” contact my SIL for her birthday.  What a big baby I am.  I ended up phoning her, but she wasn’t home so I left a message.  I also sent a text (and had already posted her a pressie) so hopefully that is enough to make up for the fact that I am bitter and twisted. 

I stumbled across a quote today.  I wanted to recognise the person that posted it (as I hate to steal ideas) but can’t remember which blog I found it on now.  Oh poop.  So if you are reading this and thinking “hang on, I said that” then please let me know, I’m not being a word thief, I’m just wielding a crappy memory.

The quote is originally from Eddison and it summed up how I feel about our IF journey so far:

I have not failed, I have just found 10,000 ways that don’t work

Too true, right?

Nothing in particular is happening with me right now.  Work is crazy-busy.  I am exhausted.  I am a bit down in the dumps.  But I am still here and am wildly twidling my thumbs until my review appointment on the 29th January.  Then I’ll be twiddling my thumbs even more till my 2nd opinon appt with the supposed magical RE on the 25th February.  So at this rate I am going to wear out my thumbs from all this twidling and it will be March before we see any more IVF. 

There is one person who is clapping her hands with glee that I am giving IVF a break for a few months, and that is my acupuncturist.  She’s been dying to have my ovaries to herself for a while and now is her chance.  I am carrying on with my weekly appointments with her and am finding them fantastic.  She’s given me a book to read to help me understand the theory behind it… so far it is just sitting on the table beside my bed, unopened.  But I do plan to read it.  Even in my ignorant state I can still appreciate the benefits of this therapy.  Yesterday I actually fell asleep on the table! It was only for a few minutes (i think) and it scared the crap out of me as when I woke up I think I did a big snore/snort.  How embarrasing, but I was in the room by myself so it could have been worse if I had an audience.  I walk out of these appointments literally feeling like I am floating, I am so full of bliss (not a  natural state for a stress freak like me) its amazing.  At yesterdays appointment she wanted to kick my ovaries into  getting a period as I’m on day 29 now and as my cycles are really long I wouldn’t be expecting AF for another 1-2 weeks.  My Acu lady wants to tweek my cycles so that they are more in line with the normal 28 day one (goooooood luck to her) and I have to tell you,  that today when I woke up I really really felt like I was getting a period and I have started spotting so I am assuming she’s on her way.  How weird is that?  I can only relate it to acupuncture as, like I said, my cycles are always really long.  I know thats what my acu lady was hoping would happen, but I never really thought it would happen.  How many times have you been promised things along this IF journey, only to be dissapointed when the results didnt follow through?  Yeah, you get my point.   So although it isn’t much, its a small blessing and a little hope that maybe my body can behave itself when handled properly.

Another blogger took the words right out of my mouth today.  I have been trying to find a way to carry on with ‘life’ without letting IF interfere with it.  I know the theory – Don’t make plans for a baby as it might not happen and then you’ll be dissapointed, etc.  So the theory is to carry on with life and plan holidays and whatever else I’ve been neglecting because “I might get pregnant”.  Obviously I’ve pretty much put my life on hold for 4 years and it hasn’t done me much good.  But how do you put aside the most important thing in the world to you and pretend it doesn’t matter anymore?  As The Pitter Patter said so perfectly “I don’t want to think of this year without a baby, so how can I not plan for it?”.  I guess I need to find a balance somewhere, somehow.  Any suggestions?

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Acu, oops, and thanks!

Getting ready to head out the door for a much needed long weekend, but wanted to write a quick post.

Firstly, for all of those who thought I had my act together, I’ve proven you wrong.   This morning, on my third day of injections, I totally FORGOT to do my Lupron before leaving for work this morning!!  I got up early (really, on time) and just blasted out the door without doing it!  (I have it planned for 6 am, so I do it right before I leave if I get up on time, and right when I wake up if I sleep in…and I guess I’ll have to set an alarm for the weekends. )  S – my hero – totally rearranged his whole morning in order to go home, get it, and then drive it in to me in the city (not happy about it, but he did it).  Thank goodness!  Today, I’m definitely thankful for my wonderful hubby.  So I ended up doing it four hours late…not a huge deal for day 3, although I definitely don’t plan to repeat that.

In other news, I went to my first appointment with a new acupuncturist – located right down the street from my RE, who works in conjunction with Western medicine (and my RE’s office in particular).  Some of you may remember my breaking up with my old acu…mostly over a misunderstanding, but also because he just couldn’t get behind IVF and I really wanted someone who could see the value in the two treatments combined.  The new acu is super sweet (a little hard to understand, but that’s okay!) and over half of his patients are there for fertility treatments.  He’s a little more expensive than I was hoping, but it will be fine for 5 or 6 treatments, just up to and through the transfer.  He also reminded me that I need to get back on track with my diet, so wish me luck!  Maybe I’ll wait until after the weekend.

Finally, just wanted to leave you with the passage from today’s daily devotion:

In times of crisis, we grasp the importance of every hour. During our ordinary routine, however, we often forget that each day is a second chance. “Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I hope in Him!’ ” (Lam. 3:22-24).

We can choose to live with thankfulness for God’s mercy and grace, with confidence in His faithful care, and with hope because He is with us forever. Today, God offers us a second chance in life. Let’s make the most of it! —David McCasland

In light of the crisis in Haiti, let’s all remember to be thankful for what we have, and to treat each and every day as a fresh start.  Hugs!

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Portsmouth Drug Interventions Programmes

The Portsmouth Drug Intervention Programmes webpage contains good info on many available addiction services and I found most of this info there There is also wide range of other addiction access points, advocacy and other services not specifically ACT based.

ACTinAddiction is available at:

Baytrees residential detoxification unit:

St James’ Hospital

Locksway Road

Portsmouth PO4 8LD

Tel: 023 9268 3370

Fax: 023 9268 3389

Kingsway House

130 Elm Grove

Southsea

Portsmouth P05 1LR,

Tel: 02392 291607

* also offer an ACT for Anxiety course.

Cranstoun CDA

67 Kingston Road

Portsmouth P05 1LR,

Tel: 02392 291607

* run an Open Access Service which is based at Fratton Community Centre.  Yoga classes 1.30pm to 3. Also offers acupuncture and many other services.

PUSH OFFICES

157 Elm Grove

Southsea

Hampshire

PO5 1LJ

Tel: 02392 297 364

Mobile: 07847 176 933

Email: info@pushingchange.org

** Best first point of reference for anyone.

PUSH is a user self help organization, offering advocacy and support services.

E’s up

130 Elm Grove

Southsea

PO5 1LR.

023 9282 5140 (there is a confidential answer phone outside normal office hours)

A users support organisation, for under 19’s.

PS. John Pounds Centre in Portsea have a great gym and various other health classes including Kung Fu, aerobics and Kundalini yoga.

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Patients Needed for Acupuncture Study

By Angela Johnson

Rush University Medical Center is currently enrolling patients in a pilot study exploring the role of acupuncture for pain management in pediatric patients.  You may be eligible to participate in this study if you are 5-20 years of age and experiencing pain.

According to research studies, 30 to 70 percent of pediatric patients with chronic illness experience pain. To help manage pain, 12 to 84 percent of pediatric patients utilize complementary medicine.

Studies demonstrate that acupuncture has been found to be helpful in reducing pain in several adult and pediatric conditions. Additionally, studies show that in pediatric patients, acupuncture is feasible and accepted as a supportive therapy, and considered safe.

To inquire about your eligibility, please contact me at (312) 563-2531 or via e-mail at angela_m_johnson@rush.edu.

Angela Johnson, MSTOM, MPH, Dipl OM, LAc, is a nationally board-certified Diplomate of Oriental Medicine providing acupuncture for patients at Rush University Medical Center.

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