This was me last night, in my happy place.
When I’m submerged in water, I feel so much calmer, especially when it’s at a warmer than average temperature. I find it really helps to relax my super anxious mind and hypersensitive body.
Last week, I met with a chiropractor. He was quite thorough and performed more tests on me (from head to toe), in our hour and a half long consult than every other specialist combined who I’ve seen over the course of the past 2 years have, including two different Neurologists. But seeing as one of the two Neurologists only took the time to meet with me on a Zoom call, without performing any type of exam and then, based on our 10 minute conversation concluded that a circuit must have broke in my brain the day of the Psilocybin clinical research trial and then proceeded to say, “hopefully it will fix itself one day”. Guess what? Twenty-two very long and very torcherous months later, it’s still nowhere near being fixed.
My assessment last week ended up taking a bit longer than planned. It is something I have come to expect these days because, like many others before him, once I began to explain the intimate details of what led me to his clinic, he literally became speechless. He thought he’d heard it all by now in his long career and even had to take a few minutes to google parts of my diagnosis in order to grasp the full picture of what my body is going through, day in and day out; for twenty-two very long and very torcherous months now.
I’ve become pretty numb to sharing my story by now, especially since participating in the clinical trial which only ended up taking another piece of me with it; this time though, it was a big chunk.
The reason I decided to see the chiropractor was simple. He works in conjunction with an aqua therapy and rehabilitation facility.
Water has an incredible power to rejuvenate and heal both the body and mind. I love water, whether it’s a hot bath, a soothing jacuzzi, an aqua fitness class, or a warm pool to splash around in; it’s the best feeling in the world.
After our consultation last week, the chiropractor, along with his team of specialists, including physio and rehabilitation therapists, helped put a plan in place for me. Last night I went for my first hydrotherapy session where I spent 30 minutes alongside the chiropractor’s assistant doing some very gentle exercises and stretching my muscles with the goal in mind of relieving some stress, repairing muscles, calming my nervous system and hoping to improve my circulation in my hands and feet which tingle all day and night.
Am I hoping for some small miracle or a cure at this point in time by doing this? Nope, all I’m really looking for at this point in time are things that bring my body and mind a few moments of calm and joy. I just hope I’m not asking for too much.
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