Friday, November 1, 2019, 3:30 p.m. The traffic was light this Friday afternoon and I got to the Acupuncture clinic earlier than usual. I had enough time to schedule my next appointment and then even waited a few minutes before the Medical Assistant was ready to check us in to the room. The group today…
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Group Acupuncture 2019, #7
Friday, October 4, 2019, 3:30 p.m. Today’s group acupuncture session was quite routine. When the medical assistant asked me for my pain level today, I said, “About five.” Again, I got there just in time and for a long time thought I was the last one until another person came in after me. There were…
Group Acupuncture 2019, #6
Friday, September 6, 2019, 3:30 p.m. I woke up this morning with a migraine and I don’t know why! However, I do know that sumatriptan plus 2 Aleve will knock it out and an ice pack on the left side of my head feels pretty good while I’m waiting for the drugs to kick in….
Group Acupuncture 2019, #5
Friday, August 2, 2019, 3:30 p.m. I’m feeling stressed and anxious but, surprisingly, my neck pain is probably only at 4 today. At least that’s what I told the medical assistant who checked me in. I sat down, took some time figuring out the most comfortable position for my foot rest, and took time cleaning…
Group Acupuncture 2019, #4
Friday, June 21, 2019, 3:30 p.m. [I didn’t blog about this group acupuncture day, but I did take pictures. So I can only guess what I would/should have said.] This was a very generic shot of the department’s sign as I waited in line at the receptionists’ desk to check in. This was what I…
Group Acupuncture 2019, #3
Friday, May 31, 2019, 3:30 p.m. I have had a tremendously hard week! Yesterday I was certain I was ready to go back to a pen and legal pad. On Monday, I had noticed double-underlined hyperlinks in all my pages in my “Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics” blog and website, and I mistakenly assumed that the site…
Group Acupuncture 2019 #2
Friday, April 26, 2019, 3:30 p.m. I was glad that my replacement Kaiser card arrived this week so I could use it when I checked in for acupuncture today. When the receptionist gave me the printout for this appointment, I noticed that I have a new appointment scheduled with the Hearing Aid Center on June…
Group Acupuncture 2019 #2
Friday, April 26, 2019, 3:30 p.m. I was glad that my replacement Kaiser card arrived this week so I could use it when I checked in for acupuncture today. When the receptionist gave me the printout for this appointment, I noticed that I have a new appointment scheduled with the Hearing Aid Center on June…
Group Acupuncture 2019 #1
Friday, March 22, 2019, 3:30 p.m. Today’s experience was both familiar and new. It has been over a year since I have been to a group acupuncture session, and that was integrated with the Pain Management Program of January and February 2018. That was with Sophie, with a very small group, in a room where…
Individual Acupuncture Therapy #10
Thursday, February 28, 2019, 9:50 a.m. Well, this is the last of my individual acupuncture sessions for six months. Maybe forever, I don’t know. The assistant who came out to get me was another white girl. However, as soon as she spoke, I could tell she was not a United States white girl. Maybe eastern…