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Old 10-06-2009, 09:05 PM
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Actually my first acupuncture appointment was on Saturday (10/3) and I had a second appointment on Monday. I found a link to an Acupuncture clinic/academy that is close to my job and discovered that they have a specialty MS Clinic too! It is called American Academy for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, and you have the option to visit the Student Clinic or the Faculty Clinic for your treatment. Here is the link:

http://www.aaaom.edu/index.php?optio...d=14&Itemid=27

Want to know a SUPER cool benefit of going here? If you are an MS patient.... the cost of a treatment session is only $15.00!!

My reason for trying acupuncture is to get relief for my chronic TMJ pain and then MS symptom management. I can tell you that since my first appointment, it is very obvious to me that the nagging, throbbing "hot" pain in my neck is now down to a dull roar, which is fabulous, but I have also been blessed with MAJOR and instant relief in my constipation "issues"! It wasn't even one hour after my initial appointment that my stomach started to rumble, grumble and roll and for the first time in months and a short time later I was blessed with a very stress free "movement"! I felt so great after, that I darn near "skipped" around the block on my evening walk!!

If any of you live near St. Paul I highly recommend checking this place out! I have been going in for monthly massages for about a year now ($80 a pop!) and I plan to cancel my future appointments. I have felt such a reduction in my neck and shoulder pain in my first two acupuncture sessions, that I can't imagine paying for any more $80 massages when any relief I may get only lasts for a few hours.

**Also, if you refer someone to the clinic, you will get your next session for free too! You can tell them that Amy Anderson sent you !

I will post an update in a couple of weeks to let you know if I have noticed any other improvements from these sessions. So far, I am extremely pleased! Good luck!
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July 2006- First significant SXs, suspect it started back in mid 1990's
1/21/09 - Positive MS Dx
2/17/09 - 2nd Positive MS Dx
4/2/09 - MS Dx 3rd Neuro - finally found the Dr. who has the characteristics I was looking for
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10/8/09-optic neuritis flair, Cog Fog, chronic headaches
5/4/09 - 12/15/09 Copaxone
1/15/2010 - First Tysabri Infusion - 3/25/16 - Last Tysabri Infusion
3/3/16 - signed the documents to start the Lemtrada journey
4/25/16. Lemtrada begins.
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