Okay it has been quite sometime since I wrote regarding my arm. Yes I did agree with my daughter to see Dr. Ding, the acupuncturist. I think I am pretty open minded when it comes to medicine. If someone can change my attitude or attributes towards my physical health I am game. It has to be better than surgery. Stupidly I might have waited too long between agreeing and actually seeing Dr. Ding. I love saying that, Dr. Ding. It really sounds like he knows his stuff. Dr. Ding, Dr. Ding, Dr. Ding.
I had a moment when mind is stupidly over matter. I had adult children coming and going one weekend when it had been snowing at my house. My husband was working 48 hours almost straight so he had no time to snow shovel anything and did anyone of those adult children say, "I can do it for you." So after a very frustrating weekend and trying to hint (as my psychiatrist says, don't hint just say full on, its better for communication) I took matters in my own hands. I thought lucky for me the snow was fluffy light and hopefully won't do too much damage. Oh was I so wrong after lifting a shovel approximately 100 times repetitively within 20 minutes.
The arm didn't seem to hurt too much the day after, I thought maybe my arm is getting stronger and I just need to work out and stay with it. The next day I felt like I had been hit with a truck, maybe not even hit, but ran over several times in one particular area.
I immediately called Dr. Ding and amazingly he could get me right in. I thought this little Chinese doctor must not be too busy if he can get me right in. That was another misnomer.
The day of the appointment I was slowly moving around in my office when everyone asked what I was going to the doctor for (of course thinking it was a western doctor with actual medicine, Oxycontin would have done quite well), I explained I was going to an acupuncturist for the first time. They all looked at me quite weird, but I explained that this doctor couldn't make it any worst and hopefully make it better for less money than a western doctor. My boss turned to me and told me that I probably have carpel tunnel in my neck and arm and would either have to have physical therapy and/or several operations. Well then definitely this acupuncturist was going to be a lot less than operations and hopefully a lot less pain.
Painfully driving myself to Dr. Ding, I got on the elevator to go down to his office and could smell the strong Mentholatum ointment that my kids had bought me to relieve pain. I knew I was hopefully going down to my solution. I walked in knowing my appointment was in 10 min and there sat 3 patients. I forgot I was dealing with a china man. Chinese have no qualms of thinking they can over pack their schedule to meet there pocket needs. I just hoped he wasn't going to overpack my level of irritation.
All 3 patients went in quite quickly and he ushered me in for consultation. After approximately 30 needles were put in, a heat lamp, a nice little snooze, and 30 mins went by I was supposedly cured half way. He told me that I would need 2 to 3 treatments and that all of my pain would be gone and never return. Man am I holding him to his word on that.
A footnote to this appointment is that I went home and was in the worst pain I had ever been in with regards to my arm in months. I either was lathering myself up with Dr. Ding ointment or was sitting in the jaquzzi or heating pad for the entire weekend. I have said at least once in my blog it sucks to get old. If it is the last thing I do (and it maybe the last thing I do) I am going to get a handle on this and try to be in the best physical condition ever. Three days later I will be having another Dr. Ding appointment. The story continues. . .
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