second go-round

Second acupuncture session today.

This one was more difficult than the first, because this time I knew what to expect, particularly from Zusanli , which sends a bolt of agony from knee to toes. (I suspect there is correlation with my physical therapist's observation yesterday that the muscles of my lower legs are currently extremely tense.) It was hard to lie still and go through with it. However, it had the same effect: namely, the RLS got more and more agitated and then dissolved. We'll see how long it stays gone this time.

I need to accept that the clinic is too cold to be comfortable lying still for an hour without a blanket, because having to call the acupuncturist in the middle of the hour is really kind of disruptive.

I find myself a little more off-kilter post-treatment than I was last week, and my bad ankle is definitely affected. I was limping heavily on the way home, and it's now sore just behind and under the knob of the fibula--which may not be a bad thing. I just want to note it.

This was also my acupuncturist's last day at this clinic, so next week I get to meet the new acupuncturist. Excelsior.