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March 01, 2003
acupuncture
i had my first acupunture visit today. at my last dr appt, he let me know that the bone in my ankle is not revascularizing. so i'm going to try aggressive acupunture for the next month, i don't know if it will help, but thousands of years and 2 billion people must be on to something.
so i interview with the "dr" and i give him all endless details about my injury, about the bone, where it is, the incidence of complications, avascular necrosis, weight bearing status, how it affects revascularization...i went on and on.
he talks a little bit about his past successes and then asks to see my foot. he wraps both hands around my ankle and just as i start to blab on about scar tissue and soft tissue damage, he stops me, "i'm just checking the temperature..." ahh, sure, of course. he leans back and lets me know that circulation is good, but could be improved with some encouragement. let's go for three times a week for a month and see what happens.
so then i ask about how tired i am all the time, how i feel like shit and start a really complicated description of the potential reasons why and he says, "stick out your tongue."
i stick out my tongue.
apparently there's a problem with my digestive system, that is preventing me from absorbing nutrients and resulting in problems with fatigue etc.
all of this from the appearance of my tongue. and the temperature of my ankle.
i'm impressed.
Posted by heidijanet at March 1, 2003 11:06 PM
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