lilydilly

June, THANK you, the laugh did me more good than anything else has for a while. I did all those and more, before my back surgery, 7 years ago, so knew to avoid them with this neck thing. BUT, you get desperate, don't you?
So, you'll appreciate this one.
One morning I was getting no relief from ANYthing at home, and hubby said one of his work colleagues (a sensible level headed guy) had just been "fixed" completely by a chiro in town.
Of course I made an apointment straight away and was thrilled that I got in that morning. Now at this point, the ONLY conversation I'd had with the chiro office was about the time of the appointment. When I got there, a nice girl took me in and said, "now what are we treating today?"
I said, "My neck, this side is where the pain is". Then while she put nice warm hot towels there, and then gave me a nice gentle massage, we talked about the weather etc, which was all very nice.
Now the following episode is completely and utterly word for word.
Then the chiro himself came in, and without saying one single word, he took both my hands above my head (I was lying on my tum) and while I was thinking he was comparing the length of them, he gave a jerk and then he put his hands around my chin and ears, gave another jerk and said, "You're right now." and walked out.
It took exactly 10 seconds, if that, I kid you not.
And when you're desperate, you're ready to accept any crumb of hope aren't you, and after I lay there kind of stunned, I actually began to think he might have been some kind of miracle worker......maybe, just maybe. Hope springs eternal, doesn't it?
So I got dressed, went out to the office where he was sitting, and I said, "Umm, you really think I'm right now, does that mean you've fixed me". He looked at me with his eyebrows up, and said, "Oh, not FIXED, as such, but it is certainly moved better than it has before."
"Before?" says I.
"Yes" he says, "I felt it release more than it did last treatment."
"But I've never been here before in my life!!?"
"Oh, I meant when you were in here yesterday", and he looked at me as though I was nuts.
"I have NEVER been here in my life".
"Oh" he said, pulling out his appointment book, "Aren't you Mrs. ...... ........ then?"
"No, actually, I'm Mrs. ...... ............... , and I've never seen you before, so I certainly hope Mrs. so and so, had the same problem as me then.".
And he looked at me and said, "It was your neck wasn't it?"
And I couldn't resist.... I said, "No actually it was my KNEE !!!!!"
He just looked kind of bemused, and said, "Look, maybe we'd better see you again. Come back in the morning."
And do you know what?
This is the saddest, stupidest thing of all............ I DID... just once and that was it.
Well, at that stage, I was so desperate, I really didn't care if someone broke my neck because I figured at least I'd end up in hospital and they'd put me out and DO something.
I am now coping with ibubrofen, my bed, laptop, heat pad and a wonderful hubby.
I appreciate your reply. I also wrote another big long post a month ago called
"Reassurance and advice re neck pain"
If you could possible bear to read it, I'd really appreciate your feedback.
I think it was so long, only one person was game to read it and reply LOL.
Thank you once again. I hope you're getting along ok since surgery.
Regards.