So I have mostly recovered from my physio appointment. I see Ross McFayden, Yates Physio and Sports Med., and he is truly awesome. Turns out I respond really well to acupuncture, so that's what I end up having most of the time. This is still from a nasty, 100% no my fault MVA in Dec. 2004...I only just saw a specialist and had an MRI in June...So we do maintenance and so on. I end up with incredibly tight muscles,and acupuncture releases them. More specifically, plunging does. Which Xander finds hysterically funny, which makes me laugh in between the wails of pain. Today it gave me such an adrenelin response I was shaking and covered with very large goosebumps - "Hey, check out those goosebumps!" says Ross in his cheery voice. My eyes also leaked what must have been tears...sponateously and without warning, and not feeling like tears. Then I got incredibly light-headed and dizzy, which resulted in Ross jabbing an acupuncture needle right under my nose. Owwwwwww!!!! But it so completely works, too. The nausea and lightheadedness lift away. Anyways, with regular acupuncture, the needles are just poked in and let to sit and work their magic. I have to say I am a complete needle-phobe, but it works so well, and the needles are small and not usually very painful at all. Uncomfortable at times, yes, but not painful. With the plunger, though, the needles get screwed into this lovely little implement of torture that allows Ross to center them right where he wants, depress the skin (to get into the actual muscles and so on), and then...PLUNGE IT repeatedly into various areas that are tight. It works - it hurts like hell, but I can feel the muscles screaming their surrender as they suddenly pop free of the tightness. And then I feel really good. Today was just even more intense than normal, possibly becasue he did all along the side of my neck, behind my ear, which is really tender, then through my shoulder, upper chest AND back (traps). But I feel better now that I slept it off for many hours.
The heading refers to my being back at the cleaning. I plan on tackling a couple of large piles...I'm not sure where to put stuff while I do, though. I bought some new shelves for school supply type stuff, but I need to clear a place in the (weird) kitchen to put them, and don't think I'm in the mood for that tonight.
Here goes....
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