That's the chi baby

Last night I had my second experience with acupuncture. I’m trying to be holistic in my approach to this kidney donation process. So far, I’ve been very pleased with acupuncture. I don’t remember too much about my first needling, except for the fact that I was terrified and wouldn’t even look at the needles. This time around, I was much more relaxed and I think I actually benefited from the session quite a bit. I’m lucky too in that my friend is the one needling me, so she has been amazing about helping me feel comfortable with the process. This time around all the needles went into my back and a couple into my heels. It was when my friend was putting the needles into my feet that I felt an incredibly foreign, almost tingling sensation. When I described it to my friend she simply replied with “That’s the chi baby, that’s the chi.”

This time instead of leaving the clinic with the ‘bone tea” granules as my husband calls it, I left with a brown paper bag full of different bulk herbs; ingredients to make my own herbal tea. I had no idea I was going to get so gourmet in this process. I made the tea tonight. It took about an hour and a half for the entire process and I just consumed my first cup. Honestly, this stuff is much tastier than the two teas I was sent home with before, probably due to the healthy helping of ginger.

I also finished the last of my medical tests today, so now I can just sit back and wait for the final results. We are hoping to have a surgery date scheduled in the next week or so if all proceeds on schedule.