Galbally has acupuncture

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:32 am

Hello all, I am off to an Italian tea party in a minute, but I had acupuncture yesterday as since I gave up the cigarettes 6 months ago, I need to clear the stuff off my lungs, which I am finding difficult to do. Anyway, it was a very interesting experience, which I will do again next week, as an experiment into alternative therapies. What are people's experiences and opinions on acupuncture and any other specific alternative/Chinese treatments ect?

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:35 am

Ive tried everything Gal, you'd have to super glue my bloody lips together to stop me smoking.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:35 am

Acupuncture and Italian tea parties..............

God I wanna be you. Will you be rugbying and downing pints after lobbing molatov cocktails at the North later ?

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:39 am

Zyban's like acid.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:41 am

buttercup;644674 wrote: Zyban's like acid.

Zyban is not like acid.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:42 am

buttercup;644669 wrote: Ive tried everything Gal, you'd have to super glue my bloody lips together to stop me smoking.

Oh I am not advocating acupuncture for giving up fags, just to help clear your lungs, well actually I am not sure if it actually does clear you lungs, but it is interesting to do.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:46 am

Nomad;644670 wrote: Acupuncture and Italian tea parties..............

God I wanna be you. Will you be rugbying and downing pints after lobbing molatov cocktails at the North later ?

No, we are not allowed to throw petrol bombs at the north since peace annoyingly broke out in 1994, also it gets quite sore on the arm standing in Monaghan and lobbing bottles of petrol into Armagh, very sore on the shoulder. I am a soccer man, not a rugby man, so no sport until the new season when Villa will be playing again, and I am off the guinness, so its just Italian cakes, and Chinese medicine for now.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:48 am

Pinky;644672 wrote: A friend of mine is on Zyban at the mo. If it works for him, then I might give it a go too. Anyway, alternative therapies - I'm all for them! You rarely hear any bad reports.

Well, I don't know I guess the worst is when people don't go for medical treatment at all and just try to rely on alternatives, I have tried the western medicine for this one first, but its worth trying. How is the cigarette smoking going? It so hard to stop, I am glad I managed it, but I am never very far away from it I know that!

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:57 am

Nomad;644675 wrote: Zyban is not like acid.

You've never taken Zyban let alone Acid :rolleyes:

JacksDad · Post by **JacksDad** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 10:12 am

I've taken zyban AND I've taken acid and I attest to you, young lady, Zyban is nothing like acid.

Wonder what they'd be like together?

Hmmm.

Be right back.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 10:43 am

Never had acupuncture but I would be really interested in hearing about your experience with it. :-6

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:04 am

JacksDad;644792 wrote: I've taken zyban AND I've taken acid and I attest to you, young lady, Zyban is nothing like acid.

Wonder what they'd be like together?

Hmmm.

Be right back.

Acid - cheap, nasty & doesent do what you hope it will 'IMO', however ive never tried them together either, you may just have the next big thing there JD, let me know how you get on :sneaky:

koan · Post by **koan** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:14 am

I've used acupuncture before. It works quite well, especially when combined with Chinese herbs.

They have a whole different way of looking at the body and disease. It's all hot cold wet dry. I was never sure what regular herbs were appropriate. The herbs were more expensive than the acupuncture.

Congrats on quitting. I'm struggling with that myself still.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:59 am

Pinky;644682 wrote: I think you've done so well just quit like that, you should be really proud of yourself! It's not worth going back to it, even socially...I made that mistake.

I am going to give up again soon as we think my dad's got emphaseyma, his dad had it too, so it's something I think we're prone to. I kinda scared me into wanting to do something about it.

Hey Pinks, I agree, but it is not easy, thats the truth, but even getting this far is pretty good, god thats terrible about the da, hope he doesn't have that, its pretty bad. You should try the patches, they do help a bit I found, though I only used them for the first week!

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:00 pm

JacksDad;644792 wrote: I've taken zyban AND I've taken acid and I attest to you, young lady, Zyban is nothing like acid.

Wonder what they'd be like together?

Hmmm.

Be right back.

But I wanted this one to be about alternate therapies, not mixing anti-depressants with hallucinogenics, though that is quite alternative as well come to think about it. :sneaky:

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:03 pm

almostfamous;644799 wrote: Hey Gally :-4 I've missed ya buddy. Quit smokin huh? That's awesome!! I'm proud of you. I use to go for acupuncture when I lived in Memphis. I enjoyed the atmosphere probably more than anything. The scents, the very low hum of music, ahh

I wonder if Mucinex would help with getting all that gunk out of your system? It might be worth trying. I use it mostly in the morningtimes since they're worst for me. It seems to break it up a little better without all the gaggin'

GREAT to see you pal and good luck :yh_hugs

Thanks AF, missed me eh? heheh :sneaky: . Yeah, I kinda liked the whole acupuncture experience, its quite interesting, but what it actually does remains to be seen. We don't have that Mucinex stuff in Europe, I don't think so, though we probably have it under a different name, I will look it up. Though I have been trying all those types of things, and antibiotics as well as i thought i was infected but nothing worked (hence the acupunture).

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:04 pm

RedGlitter;644819 wrote: Never had acupuncture but I would be really interested in hearing about your experience with it. :-6

I will certainly relate it to you, just need a bit more time, might give you a fuller account later. :-6

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:05 pm

buttercup;644859 wrote: Acid - cheap, nasty & doesent do what you hope it will 'IMO', however ive never tried them together either, you may just have the next big thing there JD, let me know how you get on :sneaky:

All I will say is that where I live in Ireland is a hotspot for those funny mushrooms, not that I advocate anything of that nature, it would not be professional.

Chookie · Post by **Chookie** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:06 pm

Acupuncture? Did you get someone to play join the dots?

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:07 pm

koan;644875 wrote: I've used acupuncture before. It works quite well, especially when combined with Chinese herbs.

They have a whole different way of looking at the body and disease. It's all hot cold wet dry. I was never sure what regular herbs were appropriate. The herbs were more expensive than the acupuncture.

Congrats on quitting. I'm struggling with that myself still.

Yes, he talked a lot about that stuff, and to be honest I found it all a bit baffling, but certainly the acupuncture part was quite interesting, and pretty intense really, I am glad I experienced it, its worth checking out if you are curious about such things I think.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:07 pm

Chookie;644925 wrote: Acupuncture? Did you get someone to play join the dots?

No she was out that day unfortunatly. :sneaky: