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I have a bad attitude about alternative medicine. I admit it, and I realize this is not a fair or reasonable mindset when I've had such amazing success with NeuroModulation Technique for allergy relief and some of my acupuncture treatments. It's always still a shock to me when this crazy stuff works, though. Silly. Yes. Someday my brain will absorb the fact that sometimes this stuff really does work and I shouldn't be so surprised every time it does. That day is not here.
Last night I had an appointment with my brilliant acupuncturist Kiva. I went in with a bit of period bloat, and swollen from eating almonds an hour earlier. She did a couple different treatments, with needles in my belly, neck, arms, and palms (the palms one was very zingy). It was a long treatment, since she didn't put them all in at the same time. It was a few in here, wait, take 'em out, put a few in here, etc. We talked about how well my Whole30 experiment was going and I talked to her about my utter lack of food cravings*. We also chatted about the Lady Gaga concert, relationship communication challenges, and her newly-adopted baby boy.
I <3 my Kiva!
After the session, I stood up to fasten the top button of my camo shorts...and it fastened below my navel. Way low. When I'd arrived for the session, the waistband of my shorts was riding right at my waist because I was so puffy. During the forty-five minute treatment, I'd say my waist de-puffed at least an inch. Maybe more.
It's still fascinating for my Western-Medicine-Brain to observe the amazing things possible with non-Western-Medicine. Maybe that's why I'm so resistant to taking for granted the effectiveness of some of these treatments. Seeing something work is always such an amazing and wonderful surprise.
* I mentioned how my stomach had hurt after the almonds and she advised no raw foods for a while, especially no raw nuts. *sigh* Good thing I wasn't eating a lot of them lately, anyway.
Last night I had an appointment with my brilliant acupuncturist Kiva. I went in with a bit of period bloat, and swollen from eating almonds an hour earlier. She did a couple different treatments, with needles in my belly, neck, arms, and palms (the palms one was very zingy). It was a long treatment, since she didn't put them all in at the same time. It was a few in here, wait, take 'em out, put a few in here, etc. We talked about how well my Whole30 experiment was going and I talked to her about my utter lack of food cravings*. We also chatted about the Lady Gaga concert, relationship communication challenges, and her newly-adopted baby boy.
I <3 my Kiva!
After the session, I stood up to fasten the top button of my camo shorts...and it fastened below my navel. Way low. When I'd arrived for the session, the waistband of my shorts was riding right at my waist because I was so puffy. During the forty-five minute treatment, I'd say my waist de-puffed at least an inch. Maybe more.
It's still fascinating for my Western-Medicine-Brain to observe the amazing things possible with non-Western-Medicine. Maybe that's why I'm so resistant to taking for granted the effectiveness of some of these treatments. Seeing something work is always such an amazing and wonderful surprise.
* I mentioned how my stomach had hurt after the almonds and she advised no raw foods for a while, especially no raw nuts. *sigh* Good thing I wasn't eating a lot of them lately, anyway.
