Ugh! It’s about 5:00 am in the morning and another pain attack just started. This time it’s in my left big toe. I had woken up after sleeping about 2.5 ours and suddenly the pain just appeared. This is the fifth time in about three weeks. I’m not sure what is going on. I took two Tylenol pills but it’s too late. The frequency of the pain attacks are already <30 apart, and the pain is pretty intense. Unfortunately, I have a dentist appointment at 9:00 am (in four hours). I don’t know if I can sit still in the chair for any length of time with the neuropathy pain.
Thinking back, even though the acupuncture appointments didn’t help much with the numbness and tingling, I don’t think I had a pain attack while seeing the acupuncturist. Since the insurance coordination mess-up and COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, I haven’t been seen the acupuncturist for about a month. I think it’s too risky to go at this time but maybe in the future.
I may have to call early in the morning to cancel my dentist appointment if it’s going to be >30 minutes.
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Since the pain point was in my big toe, I took a massage wand and held it there for about 20 minutes. Surprisingly, the pain subsided quite a bit and was gone this morning. Again, not sure if it was the Tylenol or the physical agitation that helped.
Life with chronic diseases 