acumel's blog

This week I am the patient.  Here's the story.  For those of you who don't know me, I am 35 weeks pregnant and in the final stretch (no pun intended).  This pregnancy has been great for me and still at this stage I was feeling great physically.  A couple days ago I was treating a patient and put myself in a strange position that I shouldn't have been in, and when I got up I realized I had this nasty little twinge in my right SI joint.  I thought it would pass-it didn't.  By the next day I was no longer walking so well. So, what to do?  Well I guess I needed some acupuncture!  

A former classmate called me the other day raving about a clinic she had visited.  This clinic belongs to one of our former teachers.  Anyway, she went on telling me how busy he was and that while she was there, one of his patients left the office after paying a $280.00 bill for one visit.  (Now, keep in mind that she always refers to what I do as "that community thing".)  She thought it was so great that he was making so much money, charging for injection therapy (a big thing here in Florida), herbs and a visit.  "Well, isn't that awesome?" she asked me. Hmmm...