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likethebeerBoy, had an incredible session w/jaaladay yesterday.
2 things yesterday brought home how I'm usually feeling that way this time of year. I had a thereputic massage session w/Jd, and then we went to the Brigid's day ceremony at Jeff's (of the duet) house. I went to Jd's b/c I had this weird numbness since last Saturday around my waist. Just woke up and there it was. Like when you just realize your foot's asleep so you move it and it's still numb, but there's no pins and needles yet. But that was all that was going on--no pain, nothing. Very weird. All the sudden I had this feeling that my body was this incredibly weird, inexplicable thing. I had visions of the numbess simply overtaking my body and wondered if I'd get into a 20/20 storyline (telling myself, "no, of course not."). Yeah, that's my brain in action. Not only did I take this weird numbness and imagine that it would be permanent and completely overtake my body but that I wouldn't be good enough for a national television weep fest.
Anyway, I went to the doctor's on Wednesday (thank goodness for insurance once again) and she offered no explanation, except that it wasn't shingles or a spinal tumor. She suggested using moistureizer instead. Well, good to know I wasn't sick that way, but I knew the problem wasn't dry skin.
I woke up the next day & wrote to Jd describing the problem. By this time, my feet started to tingle. She wrote back saying that it sounded like my muscles and 1 of my nerves had sort of gotten tangled around 1 of my vertebrea, and that this type of thing was completely what she handled. That made me just feel a lot better, thinking that there was a cause. Then I remembered that for about 6 weeks, I'd been cracking my back in this area. Duh! By Saturday, I still had this numbness but pain in my back, too. Well, yesterday's session, which was physically but energy-based, too, revealed that my spine had gotten out of wack, actually originating in my feet of all places, and that I'd been cracking my back in an effort to straighten things out.
It's pretty amazing what happened yesterday. Jd works in cranio-sacral massage and is also going into energy work. She placed her hand under my back and through 2 layers of winter clothing and a blanket, and w/barely a feeling of movement, I began to have these sensations moving from my spine down. We talked a little, sometimes she told me things, sometimes we asked my body questions, and it responded in a very straight forward manner (nice to know something about me is straight forward). It was an interesting series of events that brought me to my state.
The story that emerged is about the physical and the, I don't know, "energetical"? I started cracking my back b/c the 7th & 8th vertebrea where misaligned. They were misaligned b/c my sacrum was misaligned at the base of my spine. That was misaligned b/c my feet were off (the left one really), b/c I have this flat-foot problem that I have to wear inserts for. The inserts need to be replaced every couple of years, and I knew in the back of my mind that that time was coming up, but I usually wait for a specific kind of pain before I know it's time for new inserts. Anyway, so T7-8 cause me to crack my back, but T11-12 are borderline, and they start to try to work themselves correctly. Then I get this twisted muscle over 1 part of the vertebrea, which, I think if I remember correctly, sort of brought 1 of the nerves along w/it, and the two were stuck there. They also pulled on my sciatic nerve, which was causing the tingling in my feet.
How did we find all this out? We went to the source: my nerves. Jd asked them, and like I said, they responded. They talked to her, and she told me what they said.
Then we got to my second chakra, which (as I just wrote her this morning, I've never really believed in before) was also blocked. She said, "that's really strange. I've never thought of them as being related before." I asked her what the second chakra does and she said it relates to feeling grounded, creativity, sexuality. I asked, "Could it be that it wasn't the injury that caused the blockage but that the blockage helped bring about the injury?" She asked, and was told that yes, if everything had been going along as normal, my body would have been able to protect itself from this injury. Then I said that I'm always feeling blah-by this time of year, general winter blues stuff. She asked and was told that this was pretty much the case.
[Edit: My nerves told her that they want fish and avacadoes. This is for B vitamins and fatty acids to help with the healing of my nerve in my back, which had some fibers break. Don't they know I don't like fish and avacadoes are totally out of season? But, no, they were very insistent, especially on the fish, so last night (Sunday), mda and I had tuna steaks. Not bad. I can deal w/tuna.]
Anyway, there was a bit more to the session. I was pretty wacked out when it was done. But by the end of the evening, I was having areas of feeling again in my back. And last night was the Brigid's day celebration, which I might write about later (just wrote a great e-mail to Jd about it, and I just don't feel like repeating myself or copying her e-mail at this time).
Oh, speaking of e-mail: my chapter 4 I think is on my laptop. I'll have to remember to check and make sure that this is true. The zip-drive for the laptop is at our neighbors' house, but I think I' might have a 3 1/2" disc that I can use, and finally send chap 4 off to jaaladay & livsmama.
2 things yesterday brought home how I'm usually feeling that way this time of year. I had a thereputic massage session w/Jd, and then we went to the Brigid's day ceremony at Jeff's (of the duet) house. I went to Jd's b/c I had this weird numbness since last Saturday around my waist. Just woke up and there it was. Like when you just realize your foot's asleep so you move it and it's still numb, but there's no pins and needles yet. But that was all that was going on--no pain, nothing. Very weird. All the sudden I had this feeling that my body was this incredibly weird, inexplicable thing. I had visions of the numbess simply overtaking my body and wondered if I'd get into a 20/20 storyline (telling myself, "no, of course not."). Yeah, that's my brain in action. Not only did I take this weird numbness and imagine that it would be permanent and completely overtake my body but that I wouldn't be good enough for a national television weep fest.
Anyway, I went to the doctor's on Wednesday (thank goodness for insurance once again) and she offered no explanation, except that it wasn't shingles or a spinal tumor. She suggested using moistureizer instead. Well, good to know I wasn't sick that way, but I knew the problem wasn't dry skin.
I woke up the next day & wrote to Jd describing the problem. By this time, my feet started to tingle. She wrote back saying that it sounded like my muscles and 1 of my nerves had sort of gotten tangled around 1 of my vertebrea, and that this type of thing was completely what she handled. That made me just feel a lot better, thinking that there was a cause. Then I remembered that for about 6 weeks, I'd been cracking my back in this area. Duh! By Saturday, I still had this numbness but pain in my back, too. Well, yesterday's session, which was physically but energy-based, too, revealed that my spine had gotten out of wack, actually originating in my feet of all places, and that I'd been cracking my back in an effort to straighten things out.
It's pretty amazing what happened yesterday. Jd works in cranio-sacral massage and is also going into energy work. She placed her hand under my back and through 2 layers of winter clothing and a blanket, and w/barely a feeling of movement, I began to have these sensations moving from my spine down. We talked a little, sometimes she told me things, sometimes we asked my body questions, and it responded in a very straight forward manner (nice to know something about me is straight forward). It was an interesting series of events that brought me to my state.
The story that emerged is about the physical and the, I don't know, "energetical"? I started cracking my back b/c the 7th & 8th vertebrea where misaligned. They were misaligned b/c my sacrum was misaligned at the base of my spine. That was misaligned b/c my feet were off (the left one really), b/c I have this flat-foot problem that I have to wear inserts for. The inserts need to be replaced every couple of years, and I knew in the back of my mind that that time was coming up, but I usually wait for a specific kind of pain before I know it's time for new inserts. Anyway, so T7-8 cause me to crack my back, but T11-12 are borderline, and they start to try to work themselves correctly. Then I get this twisted muscle over 1 part of the vertebrea, which, I think if I remember correctly, sort of brought 1 of the nerves along w/it, and the two were stuck there. They also pulled on my sciatic nerve, which was causing the tingling in my feet.
How did we find all this out? We went to the source: my nerves. Jd asked them, and like I said, they responded. They talked to her, and she told me what they said.
Then we got to my second chakra, which (as I just wrote her this morning, I've never really believed in before) was also blocked. She said, "that's really strange. I've never thought of them as being related before." I asked her what the second chakra does and she said it relates to feeling grounded, creativity, sexuality. I asked, "Could it be that it wasn't the injury that caused the blockage but that the blockage helped bring about the injury?" She asked, and was told that yes, if everything had been going along as normal, my body would have been able to protect itself from this injury. Then I said that I'm always feeling blah-by this time of year, general winter blues stuff. She asked and was told that this was pretty much the case.
[Edit: My nerves told her that they want fish and avacadoes. This is for B vitamins and fatty acids to help with the healing of my nerve in my back, which had some fibers break. Don't they know I don't like fish and avacadoes are totally out of season? But, no, they were very insistent, especially on the fish, so last night (Sunday), mda and I had tuna steaks. Not bad. I can deal w/tuna.]
Anyway, there was a bit more to the session. I was pretty wacked out when it was done. But by the end of the evening, I was having areas of feeling again in my back. And last night was the Brigid's day celebration, which I might write about later (just wrote a great e-mail to Jd about it, and I just don't feel like repeating myself or copying her e-mail at this time).
Oh, speaking of e-mail: my chapter 4 I think is on my laptop. I'll have to remember to check and make sure that this is true. The zip-drive for the laptop is at our neighbors' house, but I think I' might have a 3 1/2" disc that I can use, and finally send chap 4 off to jaaladay & livsmama.
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miracles by JD!
Date: 2004-02-02 05:30 pm (UTC)Perhaps you & MDA should come over for some Orange Roughy or Tilapia (both very mild fishies) & avocado this week. Give a jiggle (like Janet!) if you all would like ta git tigither. WI C
Re: miracles by JD!
Date: 2004-02-02 06:30 pm (UTC)I did think about seeing youse twos b/c I also have to return some of those things to Martha. Plus you have to hear mda's news first hand. And, as you prolly know by now, I missed the event of the Superbowl. Although N&M saw it, too, and kind of looked at each other.
Re: miracles by JD!
Date: 2004-02-02 07:44 pm (UTC)Re: miracles by JD!
Date: 2004-02-02 09:29 pm (UTC)jaaladay, like jesus, is way cool
Date: 2004-02-02 08:44 pm (UTC)My nerves often cry out for fish and avocadoes. When they do, I take them out for a caterpillar roll at one of my favorite sushi places. Mmmmm!
Re: jaaladay, like jesus, is way cool
Date: 2004-02-02 09:22 pm (UTC)Re: jaaladay, like jesus, is way cool
Date: 2004-02-02 09:53 pm (UTC)BTW
Date: 2004-02-02 09:27 pm (UTC)Re: BTW
Date: 2004-02-02 09:50 pm (UTC)happy sashimi?
Date: 2004-02-02 09:49 pm (UTC)he he.
Date: 2004-02-03 05:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-03 03:54 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-03 05:26 am (UTC)P.S.
Date: 2004-02-03 05:31 am (UTC)