Well, I visited another TCM practitioner today. I specifically wanted to check about traditional chinese medical herbs. Let me back up a bit to fill in some things that have happened in the last month or so.
First of all, I met my new baby niece for the first time. The visit actually went pretty well. I didn't have any major meltdowns like I expected. She was sweet but still a bit too little to have much personality, so I didn't feel like I bonded terribly to her (which was just fine). The hardest part about the visit was being around my parents. I don't know why, but it just made me incredibly mad seeing them act as grandparents. I felt like my dad wasn't being authentic and was just saying things that he thought he should say - cheesy jokes about being a grandfather and how his granddaughter was the best thing ever. It just annoyed me. Anyways, got through that and started the new job and have been spending time adjusting to it all.
In other news, did I mention about DH's cousin? I recently found out that she has been struggling with infertility as well. And then she heard about this TCM doctor in Oregon who specializes with infertility and who actually offers a money back guarantee if you don't get pregnant within the year. She went to see him and was diagnosed with a cold uterus. She started on some chinese herbs and actually became pregnant right away. However, she had a miscarriage and lost the baby before she was very far. DH's mom had offered to take me to see this doctor, but after we found out about the miscarriage we weren't sure what to think. I decided that I still would like to pursue the route of TCM because I've heard of a lot of success with it. So today I went to talk to a doctor here in town to see if she could help. She asked me a lot of questions and then did an acupuncture treatment and massage. She said that my case was hard to diagnose (mainly because nothing really seems wrong), but during acupuncture she talked about spleen qi blockage and too much heat in my abdomen. My stomach is pretty sensitive and ticklish (isn't everyone's?) and she said that means that the energy was blocked and not getting through there. I really don't know. I'm still not sure I fully buy everything she said, but the acupuncture was kind of nice. She did way more needles than the ND usually does. I started to get a bit anxious part-way through and told her, and then as I was talking about it I started crying. She said it was good because I was releasing emotion. After the treatment she did a massage on my abdomen. I felt really good after, like I had a huge emotional release. And I was really tired too. She said I should come back next week and that she did have a formulation that would help to release the energy in my abdomen. I just don't know. I never like acupuncture while it is happening, and I don't know if I feel way different after, but I feel like I am doing SOMETHING! I'm sure that energy release is never a bad thing (if in fact it is working). I don't know. Has anyone had experience with acupuncture and found it helpful?
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