My Experience With Alternative Medicine

Over the Christmas holidays, I had mild pain in my lower back, probably from too much cooking.  It persisted for two months, so I finally went to my internist who diagnosed it as mild arthritis in the lower back.  He gave me Motrin, a strong painkiller.

 

However, the Motrin didn’t relieve my pain.  Instead it made me fuzzy in the head, and I felt I couldn’t function clearly.  So, I stopped taking the medication and decided to try acupuncture-acupressure instead.  Some friends referred me to an acupuncturist in Oakland.  I went to him a few times and I felt much better.

 

On some cold and wet mornings, the pain would return, sharper and more severe.  On those mornings, I would take a Motrin pill, so if I make mistakes in spelling, you know why.

 

 

Agnes Chan