Monday, October 27, 2008

What have you done?

This is an easy one - I tag everyone!

(Just copy and paste this to your blog and bold the ones that you HAVE done.)
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland ... and Disneyworld!
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Acupuncture Update

I've had several people ask me about acupuncture, so here's the update. The first round didn't work at all and round two was a traumatic experience! So I go in and tell them the treatment didn't work at all. They decide to do the same treatment again anyway to see if it just needed a couple of times to work. So they proceed to start sticking me with the same 17 needles as last time, only this time it hurts about 20 times worse!!!! I was actually laying there holding breath and squeezing my eyes closed while tears were streaming down my face. It was HORRIBLE!!! Then as they were finishing poking me, someone came in and said that the doctor changed his mind and wanted to do that treatment for about 5 minutes and then try something else. Well the something else consisted of me derobing, turning over on my stomach so that only my entire behind is showing while another doctor put about 15 more needles in my lower back and tail bone and a couple in my legs and behind my knees. This was actually much, much less painful. In fact, I hardly felt it. The horrifying part was that all of the students came in to see this go down! I could have died. I was just thankful that I was lying face down so none of them could see my face. After they took those needles out, they suctioned a glass cup to my tailbone for a while (called "Cupping") to stimulate my chi. The whole experience took about 2 1/2 hours and all of my pride and dignity. However, I felt great. It reduced my pain a lot and I was happy to go back again. I couldn't make it back for a couple weeks, but I just went in for my 3rd treatment this week. They did the same regimen as treatment 2, without an audience this time. It was much less painful, but it didn't seem to have the same effect. I will keep going, because I really don't have any other options at this point and it is working slowly. So that's the story...