The Doctor's Office

So I know it's been a while since my last post, I know, my bad. However, I have been sick for a long time so I kinda have an excuse. Because I've been sick, I've missed out on a lot of things. Finally my parents scheduled an appointment with the acupuncturist to see if he can solve my problems; which would be constant stomach pains that come and go for days (which I have had for the past couple of years). So today came the day, and I traveled up to Salt Lake for my appointment. We were a little early so I had to sit in suspense and have a stomach full of jitters. The day before my mom had told me that since it was just a consultation, I wouldn't actually be have the acupuncture done; or as I like to say, get needles injected into my body. My mom lied. I got there, and one of the first things he did was put needles in me! I was hesitant, but my dad was obviously too strong and won the war of if I was going to get the needles or not. He had me lay down on the bed (I thought I was going to die), and he unwrapped the needles. Of course by then I was being a cry baby and was crying silently but you know who cares that I was totally miserable and nervous. No one. So he goes on with it and he sets the first one on my leg, then he kind of flicks the top of it and in it goes! you have now reached the inside of my skin; congratulations! He kept going on and finished my legs and arms. Then he gets to my stomach and that was when I got really teary and apprehensive. Yet, I feel nothing. I lied there for 25 minutes staring at the wall with these needles in my skin, and I got an itch underneath my eye. I thought I was going to DIE. I sat there for about 5 minutes trying to just tough it out, but it got WORSE! Finally I had my dad try to come over and itch it but he's so gentle it was still there. After probably 15 minutes my battle was over. The itch had gone away. HALLELUJAH! He finally came back and took them out. I was relived; I could move again! I guess I was so nervous I couldn't exactly hold still and relax, so it wasn't exactly a good time. (The whole reason for this was to get my blood flowing, especially because he said I'm low on blood, and my body can't receive nutrients, so that's why we had to do all of this) Anyways, he wants me to do that for a week but I don't exactly want to do it ever again, so this could be a hard thing for me. But, he put me on some pills that I have to take every day to detox my body. He says, "Can I give you some herbs?" I was just like sure! But when we picked them up, there were 4 bottles! I was like wow that's a lot. Then I realized how many I have to take each day and I felt faint! I have to take 16 pills each day!!!!! This better work because I'm not taking 16 pills a day for nothing! There was one last thing that we did, a hair test. She cut some of my baby hairs off and sent them in to be studied. Through this study they will figure out 300 foods I'm allergic to, any metals I'm allergic to, and all the foods my body can tolerate and can't tolerate. I thought that this was awesome, which it is, except for it take 6 weeks to get the results and it's quite the bundle of money. Not to mention, I'm getting braces really soon (next week will be my consultation, and then I'll get braces to be precise), and they are not cheap! My body is starting to cost a LOT of money. Thanks to my parents because I definitely don't have all that money. All I can do now is hope that we can find a solution to my mysterious stomach problems.