it's just a new perspective...that's all

i went to a doctor yesterday for my back. this one was a little different than the ones before. whereas the others told me, "just don't DO that then, if it makes you hurt", this one said that he thinks he can fix it so that i can do those things. where as the others have sterile waiting rooms, this one had tea and fountains and orchids. Whereas the others told me i have a surgically modifiable problem, this one told me that there is no need for it and that it would have been a shame, had i gone through with it all.



i went to this man yesterday, who my mom had gone to, and my grandma had gone to before that. i always have this kinship with people who are asian. i know, it's obvious why, but i always like seeing people, that look like they could be related to me. i like people who have stories throughout their lives of getting asked, "what ARE you?" like me. i can dig that.

i noticed in his doc jacket, a boutineer pin. you know the kind, the one that you got stuck with if you were lucky (or lame) enough to be going to a dance of some kind with your bangs curled under in one swoop, along with your totally 80s hair poof? anyway, i thought, maybe he wear flowers in his jacket sometimes. um...no. part way through my examination, he takes it out, however, i do not see this, and starts poking the crap out of my foot with it....all the while saying, "Does this feel like a pin prick?"

i may not be the sharpest tool in the shed doc, but yes....yes, it did feel like pin prick. BECAUSE YOU WERE PRICKING ME WITH A PIN.



anyway, he gave me herbs and natural remedies that he thinks will help me out. I'm scheduling my acupuncture for next week. he took the full hour to hear all about ME. in fact, at one point, he even asked me, "what do you think that means?"