pins and needles

Once upon a time, I wrote in my journal that the problem with living too close to the line is that when something happens, you’re over the edge in no time flat. It’s usually a migraine that shoves me over the edge about five times a year. After the last one I started seeing a naturopathic physician to find out what else could be done. Last week our attempts failed and when my prescriptions failed again too, I called her. On Thursday she rushed me in, settled me in an over-stuffed black recliner and for the first time in my somewhat skeptical life, I tried acupuncture.

I’m here to say that within two hours I felt my spirits lift, the pressure inside my head significantly diminished, and I could multi-task once again. The next day noise still bothered me a little but I no longer felt the urge to shush everyone around me. By Monday I was tiptop, feeling quite relieved and extremely grateful that what is normally a two to four week ordeal for me was cut so amazingly short. I'm a believer.

To answer everyone’s first question: No, it didn’t hurt.