Today is a good day. The sun is shining and it is relatively warm outside. The birds are singing. It is glorious. Why so glorious? Because I am pretty certain I can be fixed. No, not mentally. I will forever be a whackado, but my body may not be in complete shambles for much longer.
Every time you go in to see another specialist, it's the same ole excruciating process of self assessment paperwork and then listening to the specialist's theory on life and theory on everyone else's field of practice. Everyone has an opinion about everyone else and no one ever seems to agree. This makes seeking treatment a painful and discouraging process. I should know, I've been doing it for 15 years now. I'm not one of those "I've had a problem for 15 minutes and let me tell you about it" kinda person.
I have recently seen 3 specialist, after having given up, that does something completely different that most in their field. They are hard to find and you can get discouraged when you keep getting the same type of treatment from every dr with no results. Dude! This is starting to feel like an infomercial. It totally isn't because I'm not going to give you any cures!
The first Dr I went to was because, at 38, my body decided that I was old and crusty and my hormones went all crazy. After seeing another dr and getting no results, I went to a dr that is doing a treatment that they used to do years ago and it was the standard of care for ions. But, science decided it knew better and there were too many risks that they felt were associated with the old way so they did something else. Well, he is back to the old school method for testosterone because it works. I was skeptical, but dude, I feel fantastic and it cured all my problems - in that area.
Next the chiropractor. I've been to dozens. They all have the same theory and do relatively the same thing. Not this one. Again, sounds too simple and no way could it work. Again, she is using old school methodology. Less trauma/forcing in adjustments. It is like nothing I have ever experienced. Guess what - aside from the set backs. Totally working. We needed an extra boost and longer lasting results so she gave me a referral to the myofascial guy.
I went today. I've been to one other myfascial place 2 years ago. He did the sleuth observant thing and told me all of my body's "tells" and then did some deep tissue work. It was like a massage on steroids. I didn't get much benefit from it and it was 120 bucks a visit and I was going 2x a week and it was torture. For that kind of cash I would rather hire a professional assistant to follow me around and make my life easier. So the guy I went to today, was totally different. When I asked him about it he said "I'm old school. I've been doing this for 27 years and this way works." There is no massage involved. Only trigger point work which is just pressure - hard pressure. He found every single trigger point without me telling him a thing. He knew where to find the next ones based on where he found other ones. He gave me some great advice on how to help myself not get to this point ever again and some things to do at home that weren't typical stretching. I'm in love! I felt lighter and better than I have ever felt after any massage in my life. I have to see him 2x a week as well for 4 weeks and if I don't have significant improvement he will be done seeing me. Perfect. Not someone out to see me for the rest of my life. The best news? When I checked out and found out how much my follow up visits were, I about broke out into the hallelujah song. It was only 50 bucks a time. I couldn't believe it. The receptionist was laughing with me at my joy and astonishment.
Seriously good day. Hope is on the horizon. Sometimes "progress" isn't better. My body seems to respond best to old school approaches. You just have to keep searching and keep believing and if the time is right, you just might get a miracle. If I feel this amazing right now….I can only imagine what it is going to feel like to be mostly healed--I'll always have to be careful and take care of myself but hopefully won't get to this point ever again. The things I could accomplish in a day. I could take on the world. I could be unstoppable! :0)
**disclaimer- if I'm back to crying next week, don't laugh and me. Today I'm happy. Hopefully I will be tomorrow as well and if not, hopefully the next day. I'm taking and chance and making a leap. Seriously, the birds are singing outside right now- I wasn't making that up :0)
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