I have studied acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine for the last 8 years. I don’t think I’ll ever graduate from the program taking one class every few months, plus the tuition is expensive.
Acupuncture can be immensely helpful in maintaining health and treating chronic conditions. With a condition, however, you cannot expect immediate results. It may take several treatments over a few months to get any results. Although I have heard of people getting immediate relief from various muscular/skeletal disorders.
I hope you are going to a qualified practitioner, and not some chiropracter who took a weekend seminar. The first part of diagnosis is feeling our pulse and looking at your tongue.
Then you may be needled. I find that the longer a person has been n practice, the less they hurt. Sometimes if a needle hits a space that contains blocked energy, it will hurt a lot, but that’s a good sign. After you lay awhile with the needles in you will begin to feel very relaxed and might even drift off to sleep.
Please be very careful if they prescribe herbs. Some Chinese herbs are extremely potent and could collide with other western meds. Be sure the doc know about the diabetes and anything else you might be taking.
Please keep us posted. I’d love to hear how this tuns out. Good luck.
