I have another appointment with Dr. Backcracker tomorrow. So far, I've done 2 chiropractic visits after almost a year's absence. Since I had transient tingling and numbness in both hands and both feet I knew it was definately time to go back....but I waited until I had once again lost almost all feeling in the lower part of my left leg and foot and noticed my foot starting to turn inwards before I went back.

"...But I knew you wouldn't yell at me, being a professional and a gentleman as you are." I said as I finished relating my tale of woe to Dr. BC, who was looking more and more frustrated by the minute.

"It's a good thing you're not one of my kids." he grumbled.

"You told me before you just yell at them for no reason. You just see one going by and yell at them on general principle, so they don't forget they have a father." I reminded him.

He grinned, disarmed. "Yeah, it's true. If you remember me saying that from last year why didn't you remember how important I said it was for you to continue treatment? Was it just the money issue?"

"Yeah." I replied, shamefaced. Dr. BC cut his fees in half so that I could get treatment, but as soon as I could get around easily it was the first thing I cut.

"You have to look at it like an investment." he reminded me. "It's not a minor problem you've got and you may get to the point...you may even NOW be at the point where I can't bring everything back. But, lets not borrow trouble, let's get started. You've GOT to come 3 times a week for the next three weeks!"

"Oh, well." I mumbled laying down on the treatment table, sticking my face in the little hole that's intended for that purpose. He made a valient attempt to do something about my shoulder, which I had also wrenched. Nothing happened. He took the Lord's name in vein, put his weight into it and my upper back made a sound like a head of lettuce being torn in two.

"Hmm. You may want to put some ice on that this evening." he said sagely.

Yeah. Good plan.

So I am now in that stage of chiropractic treatment known, in highly technical terms, as This Sucks. I have a lot less numbness but a lot more pain. I've had two treatments so everything that was out of alignment in my body has been put on warning that it has to go back to doing it's job properly, None of this slacking off, randomly impinging nerves, sliding around following the lead of inflamed muscles who aren't supposed to be calling the shots. And my body is all whining and complaining and saying to its union representative "But we've always done it this way!! And management - my brain - is saying "Yeah, that's why we were on a walker for almost three years. We ain't goin' back. Pull yourself together and be a man or a fibula or whatever you are!" etc.

( You must be glad you don't have to spend any time in my head. It's LOUD in there!)

So that's my problem for today. Thanks for listening.