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Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Went for my weekly check up with the doc today (think I'll be going there for about 1 month and a half, every week). My feet was a little swollen which I realized today while waiting for the bus to go back to uni from Shaftsbury. It wasn't too bad, luckily, but it was noticeable. Every morning I wake up with slight pain on the top of my feet.

Showed the doc and its water retention as I'd expected. He said it wasn't too bad and was due to my not-so-good kidneys. I think the years of eating meds and also drinking and eating too much diary products and sweet stuff that triggered this illness (which, actually, is what made my kidney weak in the first place, thus resulting in the thyroid prob) had taken its toll on my kidneys. My liver was affected by the intake of meds too.

So now the Chinese meds I'm taking is mostly to heal my liver and kidney. My liver condition improved, I don't feel so bloated anymore, but my kidneys are still weak. Way to go. I have to swear off cold drinks ever since I started the Chinese meds (I mean... sometimes I still drink a little of it - a little, I swear). I'm practically in a love-hate relationship with cold and sweet drinks now.

Out of the blue, I was supposed to do cupping again today and I was like "Huh!?". That wasn't the most surprising part. I had to do acupuncture for my swollen feet and I went "Oh my God!" which made the doc laugh and repeated after me.

He said it shouldn't be too painful, maybe a bit of a sore feeling. "I remembered that you have good pain tolerance," he said, so most of the procedures shouldn't be a problem for me. Well, it's awesome I guess, for someone to remember me by my pain tolerance. Lol. The needles wasn't painful though I can feel it when it's sliding in (OK, actually tapped in) but I said it's OK, not too bad. I got used to blood tests anyway so this one feels about the same. Which is kinda sad when I think about it.

After the needles are in, four of them (2 in each feet, both sides), he stuck something like a cork on the ends and light it on fire so it's kind of like an incense. On the other side of my curtain, I heard a woman telling her friend about her acupuncture experience and said it was sore when the needles are in and it's 'your-mother' painful when they twist the needles. Twist... I closed my ears to block off all sounds.

Doc came, removed the corks and in a split second too quick, he twisted my needles. While I felt it twisting, it wasn't painful. He replaced new corks and I had to wait until it finishes and he twists the needles and then pull them out, simultaneously. So pro. I was just glad it's over so I can move my cold feet. Mom was shocked how I don't feel the heat from the corks going into the needles.

The cupping was more painful than the first time. Doc said it was because the first time, my senses were not that good so I couldn't feel a lot. Now it's awaken, that's why I feel more pain. Why. Whyyy. Whyyyyyy.

Then later he did some massage thing that is mainly pressing and rubbing some joints so it felt really ticklish. I was laughing so much (soundlessly) when he was trying to relief the water retention at my feet by pushing it in a upwards motion. I never thought the back of my calves could be this ticklish.

OK, that's all for storytime. Back to _________? Assignments.