After years of people begging me to go to the chiropractor to help with migraines, I finally went. I'd been to one when I was in middle school and hated it...creeped me out. So I've been avoiding it like the plague. But for the last 6 or 8 months, I've had some serious neck issues. And while I think (hope) this will help relieve migraines, I'm really going because I clearly have neck issues that have nothing to do with migraines. On my best day, I am uncomfortable. Most days I feel like I have a sharp pain in my neck. Other days I have limited mobility. And still other days, the ache is so bad I literally can't concentrate and it can disrupt my day more than a migraine simply because there is not enough aspirin or ibuprofen to relieve this pain, whereas imitrex will send a migraine on its merry way most of the time. With some added pressure from my acupuncturist, I finally had my first appt last week. As it turns out, and I quote, my "head is basically on sideways". Now, we laugh, but this really explains why the sopranos are better behaved than the altos - I can't frickin' see the altos because my head is on sideways! But I digress...the first appointment went well, and I felt like a million bucks for a couple days. Today was my second appointment. I feel like I was mugged and beaten and that million bucks was stolen. I hurt. A lot. My neck just aches...and it feels like I have a couple different cricks (sp?) in there...and it keeps cracking. She also stretched my lower back today, which felt truly amazing at the time, but not so much right now. My back is really tired and uncomfortable. I was warned about this last week - that all of these changes might wreak havoc and that my body may feel like I'd just run a marathon. I guess I naively thought that since it didn't react that way the first time that I was in the clear. No such Irish frickin' luck.
I have to go 2 more times this week and then we'll take it from there. Since we're basically retraining my body, I have to go more frequently in the beginning until "it" learns to stay in place. So I'll go more often this week and next...when all is said and done, I should only have to go once every month or two for some maintenance. Suddenly I'm feeling like a car...but instead of a 35,000 mile check up, I get the 35 year old tune ups. Ugh.
All this shit better work...that's all I'm saying. The good news is that I was able to enjoy quite a bit of wine over the holiday weekend...and cosmos. That has not happened in quite some time. So that's good...if we're measuring progress by quantity of drinks. And I can think of no better measurement, can you?
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