Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Stab me with needles!

The fertility clinic we go to partners with a "wellness clinic" for non-traditional treatments like accupuncture, massage, and all those touchy-feely therapies I'm uncomfortable with. They're all very new age...aka: weird. But, like I've said many times in this blog, I'm at the point where I'm willing to try new strategies. They have encouraged me many times to seek treatment at the wellness clinic, but a.) I didn't want to spend money on it and b.) we live about an hour and 15 min. drive, so it's not like I can schedule a massage on my lunch hour or something. That was my excuse for a long time. However, the last time we went there, when the nurse practitioner witnessed my complete mental breakdown, she gave me a card for one free treatment and told me the accupuncture guy held office hours once a week in Watertown (that's where I live). So now both of my excuses held no weight, and I really had to try it. I had an accupuncture appointment scheduled for last week, but the weather was really really bad and they called to cancel. Probably couldn't make it up here from Syracuse. So, tomorrow should be the moment of truth. My first venture into "alternative medicine". I know nothing about accupuncture except that it consists of needles being stuck in your skin. I'm not at all afraid of needles, so I should be fine with it, but I'm still a little nervous. What do I wear? Am I gonna have to get naked? How long do I sit there with needles sticking out of me. These are all questions I'm sure I could find answers to if I just call the clinic and ask, but I'm sure I won't. I'll just sit here and stew about it. I'll wear a tank top under a sweater or something so that hopefully I can keep that on, and I'll be sure to shave just in case it matters. Tomorrow I'll let you all know how it went (don't know if there is a "you all" but, whatever)

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