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umm... lady? my leg's twitching.
went to the accupuncturist yesterday after work and it was quite an unexpected experience.. firstly, i started chickening out at about 3pm. umm.. maybe my back is not that bad. i mean, sure it's been hurting on and off for the past 2 years but maybe it can be fixed with a good massage instead of accupuncture? my mom is also skeptical about letting a strange doctor poke needles into my nerves. "You could be paralyzed!" yeah, well, i think curing this ache is worth the chance, besides, this guy is supposed to be a professional after all, so i won't be paralyzed, right?? immediately upon arriving at the office i start getting really nervous. the doctor is 82 years old and looks every year his age. his assistant is not young either, i would guess she's approaching 60 herself. will they have steady hands? they don't even look stron enough to knead dough, let alone sore muscles! *huh
so they ask questions and start prodding my back. nothing's really hurting though, just sore as usual. then the doctor-man raises my pant leg and pushes his thumb into the back of my knee "OWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" *mangacryalot i couldn't help myself; it hurt, so i yelled. lucky no one else was around, cuz i bet my yelling would've spooked them. all this while the doctor and his assistant are just saying "uh-huh", "yes", and somethings in mandarin. then he taps me on my back and says, "No problem, it's a simple fix." (did i mention this old man spoke perfect english?!) so then i relax and think he's just going to crack my back into place. "This is going to feel like a pinch, ok?" wahh?? what's going to feel like a...?
but it was done. this old man was quick! i didn't even have a chance to ask questions and he already had 2 needles in my back! "Just try to relax..." yeah, oooookay! *whatever i can't believe my mom didn't even back me up! when i asked her later, she said that the doctor was to be trusted. but how can you know for sure??? "You can tell by his face." a typical cryptic china answer... *pfft
in total, i had 6 needles in my back and 2 behind my knee.. then they attached electrodes to the needles and sent low voltage through to make my muscles jump. *noway kind of an odd feeling, the entire time i was lying there i was thinking how Dr. Ho's products must be pretty crappy compared to this. *grin
i felt sooooo loose... they placed a heat lamp above my back and it felt so nice and warm. *happy just like lying on a beach! i was so relaxed, i had to conciously try not to start drooling, and i almost fell asleep. *zzz i think i was only under therapy for 15 mins, but afterwards i felt weak as a kitten. my hair was all messy (well, not like you could really tell now with this hair style..), my eyes were all bleary and i couldn't see properly. there was a girl sitting in the waiting room that started to look nervous once she saw me stumble out of the office *wacko
phew... my next appointment is on sunday. they already told me what i've got to look forward to: flesh sucking jars. YAY mee! *w00t |
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