The Acupuncturist

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At one o'clock this afternoon, I was laying on my back, naked as the day I was born, with 10 or 15 hair-thin needles sticking out of my belly, legs and feet. On my right side, was Sara, a tall, blonde Sufi, graying at her temples, cross-legged and barefoot taking notes on the flow of energy through my body. And all I could think about, besides a

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[fightmediocrity]

Well, I'm glad that your visit to the acupuncturist was such a dazzling success! I've always put a lot of credence into them, because they have helped me whenever I had ghost pains from my Lyme Disease, or from my appendectomy.

Eastern holistic medicine is fab.

YAAAAAAY!!

[her_path_cast]

oh yay! haha oh wow, i'm so happy i'm about to bust right now. :D

[pemberleya]

what's sufism? was it weird being stark naked and not having like, masseuse towels for the bikini bits?

what can you expect from the treatments? how long does it last? what do the needles do? why does that work?

[cookiepaper]

sufism is a mystic division of Islam. honestly, I don't know any more about it than that, though I plan to read up so I will soon and then I can explain it better

[pemberleya]

how far in does she put them? does it feel pinchy like getting a shot? are you at work?

[cookiepaper]

i have no real clear idea how far in she put them. not terribly deep, but farther down than the first layer of skin.

only the last one hurt. and it hurt like extreme badness. the rest i felt nothing or a really mild stinging sensation that went away quickly.

yes. i am.

[iria_2001]

aw hunny im so happy for you.
isnt it weird? u forget what its like to be normal...
to not know that every inch of you exists and is sending pain messages to your brain and up your spine...
its an amazing stuff.
take tai chi. it's the thing that a lot of acupuncture can REALLY help to work out in you...
i highly reccomend it.
congrats, love! i hope it works continuously for you!