Punctured

I went to the accupuncturist this evening. The "clinic" is at the lady's house and it's not too difficult for me to walk-bus-walk to get there. When I arrived she was still with another client so I waited on a chair outside of the open room. They were speaking in Chinese so I had no idea what they were saying.

When it was my turn, she took my pulse for what felt like 2 minutes per wrist. Then she asked me to stick out my tongue. She gave be a diagnosis based on these things and gave me some herbs to take at home.

Next, it was time for accupuncture. I was brought behind a curtain to a nice little room with a medical bed. She put about 10 needles in each leg. It wasn't painful other than a couple of times while the needle was being placed in my leg and, once in a while, there was a sensation that would shoot down my leg and make my toes twitch. I was left to lay there for 30 mins to relax before she came back to take the needles out. I didn't expect to be there for that long but the time went by quickly and some nice music was playing in the background. The same shooting sensation occured when she was taking out some of the needles.

Once we had our post-appointment chat and the bill was paid, I left and started walking towards the bus stop. I felt a lot of pain in my legs...oh no. Not the same kind of muscle pain that I've been feeling though - this was more of a nerve pain. I was able to make it home. Now that I'm here, I've been massaging my shins but the nerve pain feels worse when I do that.

I've been told by some friends that you're supposed to drink a lot of water and get lots of sleep after an accupuncture appointment so I'm currently drinking some water and will be heading to bed shortly. Hopefully everything will feel better in the morning.