Acupuncture, Saturday
Jun. 9th, 2007 10:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deirdreWhen I first met Fernanda, the acupuncturist, she touched my arm and commented that I had a lot of retained fluid. This was true -- I always retain fluid for a couple of days after flights, and under certain other circumstances (including certain kinds of physical exertion).
It's one of the special curses of fibromyalgia for many sufferers.
Today, I wasn't retaining as much as I had been for a few days, but still considerable, especially above the ankles.
Because I was in considerable pain today (girl reasons), I got another acupuncture session, calling for the first available one after I got aboard. Fernanda used a point that happened to be in the area where I was retaining water. When she removed the needle, she was surprised at the amount of water that came out. Five hours later, I still have a bit oozing out. No blood, just water. It's very weird!
It turns out that the problem may be desalinated water related -- the ship's water is imperfectly desalinated, and one woman said that when she switched to bottled water, the fluid retention started going away. I'm trying that tomorrow.
Oh, and I seem to have gotten burned just badly enough (despite SPF 50) that I have some small blistering on the back of one shoulder. Joy.
It's one of the special curses of fibromyalgia for many sufferers.
Today, I wasn't retaining as much as I had been for a few days, but still considerable, especially above the ankles.
Because I was in considerable pain today (girl reasons), I got another acupuncture session, calling for the first available one after I got aboard. Fernanda used a point that happened to be in the area where I was retaining water. When she removed the needle, she was surprised at the amount of water that came out. Five hours later, I still have a bit oozing out. No blood, just water. It's very weird!
It turns out that the problem may be desalinated water related -- the ship's water is imperfectly desalinated, and one woman said that when she switched to bottled water, the fluid retention started going away. I'm trying that tomorrow.
Oh, and I seem to have gotten burned just badly enough (despite SPF 50) that I have some small blistering on the back of one shoulder. Joy.