Today I went in for my first acupuncture session. I had heard a lot of good things from many friends and other cancer survivors so I decided to give it a try. The person who I saw, i.e. my acupuncturist has a PhD in Chinese medicine and acupuncture and 3 of my friends from the department have been very happy with her treatment. I had to fill in a long questionnaire about my health. So she listened to me asked questions, looked at my tongue, felt my pulse on both wrists and started the first session. Basically I took off my shoes and socks, my hat and my wig, and my watch. She rubbed alcohol on the spots that she was going to put the needles, and then put them in (wrists, feet, lower legs, behind my ears and on my scalp - it helps not to have hair :) ). It really didn't hurt, I almost didn't even feel them go in. Then she turned on a red heat lamp and shined them to my feet, turned on soft, calming music, put on an eye mask to keep the light off my eyes and left. For probably 20-30 minutes I laid down and relaxed.
When it was time to leave I felt more relaxed than I ever have even after a massage. I will go back next Friday for another session. She told me to eat 2 eggs/day for 5 days! OK I think I can do that :). She said that my yin was low, and the yang was causing the sweating and stuff at nights. She also thinks that the elevated liver enzymes are a sign of my liver overworking to get the toxins off my body. She advised against a "cleanse".
Cannot wait till next Friday :).
Tomorrow morning I will be doing the Making Strides against Breast Cancer walk. I am excited, it will be fun to be with people from my university and other members of the community and most likely other cancer survivors. I will try to take a few pictures and maybe post them later this week.
I feel sooo happy and relieved after the liver biopsy, I feel like I was handed a new LIFE! and I intend to live every day of it to its fullest!
Have a great weekend everybody!
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