Wednesday, July 07, 2004
Was in need of finding a new chiropractor since I am not ecstatic about my current one. Just when I was about to check out a clinic in Newark, Franny comes home and tells me that a new chiro place has opened up about 5 blocks away. AND the place looks sophisticated, modern, and relaxing inside. Sounds like my type of chiropractic office! A-woo-hoo! I called them up immediately and luckily they take my insurance. Yay! Booked an appointment with him for today.
When I went in for my initial exam this afternoon, he kind of put me in shock...emotionally. Besides the fact that he has a chinese last name and he's not a chinese doctor (he's as white as snow), he was very direct and kept telling me that I need to put a handle on things. Eww. Gross. I wanted to smack him across the room. And he cracked so many parts of me, I thought I was gonna die. Surprisingly, I feel really good right now. He is definitely more aggressive than my other two docs. He kept telling me I was a beautiful, healthy woman that just needed to focus on the situation with my back. Duh, I was there, wasn't I??? It's not like I was playing football or something. Then he started talking about endo this and that, and how stress plays an extreme roll in the disease. Blah, blah, blah...knew that already. I swear, he spoke to me about an hour about decreasing my stress level. I was just nodding politely saying "yes, uh-huh, right..." And he kept telling me that he could tell that I was a bright woman, but he repeated talked to me in a condescending nature. You know, he asks a question in a rhetorical, irritating type of way but doesn't really expect you to answer it and then after there's a slight pause he will answer it for you...and so on and so on.
Anyway, he continued on by saying that I have to align myself with positive people and that western medicine will not help me. Okay, I'll elaborate. The second part he discusses how western doctors only fix situations with surgery or drugs. They don't do preventative work and they only fix the symptom, not the cause. Knew that already. He insists that I stop all western medicine and procedures. Obviously this doc is holistically driven. And the first part, he wanted me to think more positively about everything. I mean everything. He told me to write down 25 affirmations and go through them everyday. I kind of chuckled when he said this. I do believe in thinking positively, but I don't think you should put this way of thinking onto someone else. He seemed a bit forceful, but still in a nice, considerate way. I'm not saying I don't like this doctor at all. In many ways, it was refreshing to be around such postiveness. It was enlightening, but irritating at the same time. I suppose it's something I need to get used to. Will I try the affirmation thing? Maybe, just maybe.
When I went in for my initial exam this afternoon, he kind of put me in shock...emotionally. Besides the fact that he has a chinese last name and he's not a chinese doctor (he's as white as snow), he was very direct and kept telling me that I need to put a handle on things. Eww. Gross. I wanted to smack him across the room. And he cracked so many parts of me, I thought I was gonna die. Surprisingly, I feel really good right now. He is definitely more aggressive than my other two docs. He kept telling me I was a beautiful, healthy woman that just needed to focus on the situation with my back. Duh, I was there, wasn't I??? It's not like I was playing football or something. Then he started talking about endo this and that, and how stress plays an extreme roll in the disease. Blah, blah, blah...knew that already. I swear, he spoke to me about an hour about decreasing my stress level. I was just nodding politely saying "yes, uh-huh, right..." And he kept telling me that he could tell that I was a bright woman, but he repeated talked to me in a condescending nature. You know, he asks a question in a rhetorical, irritating type of way but doesn't really expect you to answer it and then after there's a slight pause he will answer it for you...and so on and so on.
Anyway, he continued on by saying that I have to align myself with positive people and that western medicine will not help me. Okay, I'll elaborate. The second part he discusses how western doctors only fix situations with surgery or drugs. They don't do preventative work and they only fix the symptom, not the cause. Knew that already. He insists that I stop all western medicine and procedures. Obviously this doc is holistically driven. And the first part, he wanted me to think more positively about everything. I mean everything. He told me to write down 25 affirmations and go through them everyday. I kind of chuckled when he said this. I do believe in thinking positively, but I don't think you should put this way of thinking onto someone else. He seemed a bit forceful, but still in a nice, considerate way. I'm not saying I don't like this doctor at all. In many ways, it was refreshing to be around such postiveness. It was enlightening, but irritating at the same time. I suppose it's something I need to get used to. Will I try the affirmation thing? Maybe, just maybe.
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