So here's the truth about the last 3 months (I say that like I've been telling lies). I got the influenza just after Christmas. It was awful and I thought I was going to die. Well the flu kicked off a 3 month battle with sickness. I got cold after virus after cold from January through part of March. I was on 5 different antibiotics. I was so exhausted that I had to ask my mom to come help take care of me and the kids at one point. I started doing anything I could to get healthy again. This included taking handfuls of vitamins, eating pro-biotic shakes, sleeping in the basements so the kids don't wake me, putting essential oils on my feet, and finally trying acupuncture.
(Insert Hallelujah chorus here)
I heard about this place in SLC that did acupuncture for $15 a session (and yes they use clean needles:). Its a non-profit.
It's called Qiworks Community Acupuncture.
I was somewhat skeptical going in but I was willing to try anything. First off, it didn't hurt. And surprisingly it felt good! I felt relaxed and felt an energy flowing through my body that felt really good. I didn't notice an immediate change, but the acupuncturist talked to me about how more than anything I needed a month of good, uninterrupted sleep. He said I was suffering from "dead battery." My new focus needed to become REST. This shouldn't have been a surprise to me but something he said clicked. I hadn't been focused on rest in a long time. After having Ruby I was ready to get back to LIFE. I wanted to become me again. And in doing so I ran myself into the ground.
A day later I started to feel good. The following day I felt better than I'd felt in months. It works. But the acupuncture alone isn't healing me. A big part of it is my new outlook. I can't become me again overnight. I have to get healthy one step at a time. Right now that means getting rest.
Rest, to me, isn't productive. And being productive fills my love bucket. But feeling like a human fills my love bucket more. And I now know that in order to feel human I need rest. And acupuncture. Its seriously kind of addictive.
Sail Away
2 years ago
5 comments:
I like when you're you. And when your love bucket is filled.
I have been wondering a lot about acupuncture. I have a neck that has hurt for years and nothing has helped. I may just have to go on in. Thanks for the post. Glad you are doing better.
That's pretty cool. I have an old roommate that did it and swears by it. He's had chronic back pains and was either going to have surgery to fuse something or another (grosses me out so I don't know) but did the acupuncture and is doing better.
Glad you are feeling better!
you're such an addict. :-)
Oh sweetpea, wow, that would be awful awful awful to be sick for so long. I'm so very glad you are feeling better, and way to try non-traditional medicine! Oh Megan, you bet your bottom dollar I'd be out there to take you off your feet...if only I could. To lift your soul for today: You're a great photographer.
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