I went back to the acupuncturist, who had hours in a weird 2nd story office off of SE 82nd Avenue. The offices included a place called, “Gold Measure, L.L.C.” that I think is an accountancy, a Chinese Travel agency, and the office he was using that had two two small exam rooms and the small office. The whole neighborhood had signs in English, Chinese, and sometimes Vietnamese. Most of the people I saw in the neighborhood off of the main street were Asian. I was so disoriented that I had to leave as soon as I was finished.

So I still have the sciatic pain, but it’s a lot better than it was. I could actually sleep on my back for the first time in days, so I slept in. I kind of think this is going to take a while but the progress is being made.

The new acupuncturist is quite good, but I wonder if I shouldn’t still be seeing my original guy. The original guy is the student of the new guy, and the new guy really knows what he’s doing, but the new guy never cleans anything before he starts. I wonder if I would have gotten better if I just stuck with the acupuncture and never went to the chiropractor. And I wonder if the old guy would have done everything that the new guy did, only not as quickly. Ah, well. Like they said in Ally McBeal, “Bygones.”