I've had several sessions of acupuncture in the last few weeks (in an attempt to sort out my hormones given a four-month wait for a gynae appointment) and I really hate it. Most of the needles are painless and I barely feel them, but occasionally they are very uncomfortable and I feel a weird sort of numb pain radiating outwards. I actually had to ask the practitioner to remove one today as it felt like a hot scalpel embedded in my ankle.
I can't believe that such fine needles could cause so much sensation. I'm also dumbfounded (and dismayed with myself) that I actually had to ask for one to be removed. I have a (regrettable, youthful) tattoo, I've had a c-section, numerous surgeries, bone breaks, wounds etc. and I'm usually extremely stoic about pain.
Do some people just not get on with acupuncture?!
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Acupuncture - am I being a baby?!
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RedPandaFluff · 27/10/2021 22:56
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