Thursday, September 5, 1:30 p.m. I had decided in advance how I was going to handle this day’s appointment. I will keep the appointment but will not make another appointment depending on: a) Whether or not my re-application for MFA is approved, and b) How today’s session goes (i.e., whether or not she’s going to…
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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…
Pain Physical Therapy #12
I anticipated and began this session with a mixture of delight and guilt. We chatted easily at the beginning, as we always do, about my recent road trip to Portland and back and about Francis’ planned trip to France in early September. Then I told him about my first two counseling sessions with Lisa Galen…
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…
Individual Therapy, Session 1
It seemed like I was waiting forever for this appointment. There were times over the past few weeks that I just wasn’t sure I could make it! I don’t know what I thought would happen, other than that I would die before the appointment date. Then I was concerned about interacting with the therapist, someone…
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…
Pain Physical Therapy #11
Friday, May 17, 2019, 3:00 p.m. I had a lot of ambivalent feelings prior to today’s appointment. Major feeling was guilt in extending my pain physical therapy treatment this long! Wasting Francis’ time with me when I can’t get motivated to walk. And being a pain for Linda to have to drive me. But not…
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…