Acupuncture? Me?

Thought I would post about my recent foray into the world of TCM (or Traditional Chinese Medicine for those of you who are not up on it).

So here I am dealing with sub-fertility and recurrent miscarriages. (Jee, who knew that is what I would be living with... but that is a grumble for another day)

Been to see specialists of all kinds, have had all the testing known to man done (and then some experimental, or might be, maybe related in some obscure way tests). And the answer.... Drumroll here for modern science and medicine......... The big old ? Yes, there is nothing clinically wrong with me, yet I am a habitual aborter!?! WTFIRWT? If there was nothing wrong with me, I would be in happy land, with three children, a dog, a pear tree, who the hell knows, but NOT sitting across from you in this overly expensive office after just having who knows what stuffed up a place no one should go!

So what have I turned to? TCM. Call me crazy, I don't know. Maybe a pinch of desperation as time keeps marching forward, each month getting older, because you know I am just a ticking egg-ubator, roasting what I have left, exposing them to the world of toxins and bad American health each and every day!

I know, there was a time where my fear of needles and procedures had me nauseous and trying to book the next flight to some distant land. But I guess walking in, lying down, and being fillet awake, being stuffed back together like a dumpling, stapled, and sent on my merry way (oh by the way, here is a screaming, helpless infant to care for in your post surgical bliss) things changed. I survived that, and well, quite honestly my body will never be the same, so at this point, it is all down hill in self preservation land.

So now once a week I go in, take my shoes off, and lie down in the dim light on a nice toasty bed. Close my eyes and leave everything behind. My Acu guy is great. He comes in asks me how I feel (what? A health care provider who actually wants to know your symptoms?) and if you have felt better or worse since last time. Then I lie there and have needles poked into various places, including one between my eyebrows.

And ya know what, after about four visits I promptly fell asleep as my Chi decided to rewire itself. It was amazing. So will I know if it is working in the fertility area? Not yet. But overall, I sleep better, have less aches and pains, and my desire to eat anything not nailed down has decreased.

So, who knows. All I have is hope, and when that fails, I have the placebo effect!