RE: Acupuncture

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Hi Karyn,

I’ll mention it to (my

daughter). She is on Kaiser health insurance and I know they cover acupuncture

as they prescribed it for me when I was dealing with the arthritis.

I found that it forced me to relax. If

you didn’t, it was somewhat painful. The more you tightened up, the more

the pins hurt. Almost like a cramp. I found that if I did the same when I

was having other pain, it helped alleviate the pain. At least that is my take

on how it helped me. I am not sure how it relates to itching but it’s definitely

worth a try. Perhaps it’s the same basic principle, if you relax when

you feel a slight itch; it’s not as likely to bother you.

Keep me posted on how you do with it when

you start back up.

Darv

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Karyn

Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006

8:25 PM

To:

Subject: Acupuncture

Hi Darv.

I was having many, many sleepless night due to itching. I started

going for acupuncture. After a couple of sessions my itching

completely went away. I have been away for a month and not able to

get to the acupuncturist and the itching is slowing coming back.

Tomorrow I will be back getting my needles.... can't wait.

Worth a try for anyone. It helped dramatically with my UC a well.

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> Hello all,

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> I'd like to take just a moment of your time to introduce myself to

the list

> and explain why I am here.

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> I'm 44 years old and my 25yr old daughter was diagnosed with PSC

about 3

> years ago. She is currently on full disability. I was recently

ill

> myself with a couple of different illnesses (Still's Disease for

one) and

> was able to get some really valuable information from the Still's

Disease

> Yahoo support group. I am currently in remission and feeling

back to my

> normal self and with any luck will stay that way.

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> My daughter is at what her doctors call Stage 3. Here biggest

symptoms at

> this time are sometimes sever bowel discomfort and cramping,

severe itching

> and of course a yellowing of the whites of her eyes. She is

unable to

> travel due to these conditions. Other than the PSC, she is

healthy and the

> mother of a 2 year old.

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> Because of my experience with the benefits of being on a support

group such

> as this, I have joined to see what information I could glean from

the group

> that might help her and of course offer any feedback on items that

seem to

> help her. Her doctors state that she will eventually need a

transplant

> but are not willing at to put her on any list till she goes in to

stage 4,

> which I am not sure I fully understand given that several members

of the

> family have already volunteered to act as a living donor. I guess

that it's

> just better to keep your own liver till you have no other choice

than to go

> for a transplant due to the risk of complications.

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>

>

> What I am hoping is that some of you have found things that help

and may

> benefit her. The questions I have for starters are:

>

> What if anything have you found to ease the intestinal discomfort

and

> itching?

>

> Has anyone here had or provided a living donor transplant and what

can you

> tell me about the procedure?

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> Thank you for taking the time to read this message.

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> Regards,

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> Darv

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> Darvin Atkeson

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