Session 12 - it's not as bad as before

Vibrating acupressure thingamajigs

At the end of today's session, Manoj did a superquick physical exam on my knee. I think it lasted all of 5 seconds. He flexed my leg and pulled upwards on the shin, the straightened my leg and pulled the shin gently away from the knee. Then he said, "You had a complete tear?" Yes, told him. "It's better than before." Perhaps he said "it's not as bad as before." Anyway, I didn't know how to react. I guess I was hoping for him to say something like, "wow! this is an amazing improvement!" or, "Incredible! I've never seen anything like it! Can I get your autograph?!" or, "It's a miracle! I believe!!!"

As it was, Manoj uttered what he had to utter and walked away without further ado. When I asked for more information, he said he couldn't pull/push hard on the knee so there isn't much more he can say at this point.  I just had to reconcile myself with the fact that hopefully there has been some improvement. What seems certain now is that it will be 18-20 treatments. Which means a whole bunch of needles more.

Speaking of which. today I got needles on the middle finger. They didn't hurt as much as previously. So either I'm getting used to it, or the doc didn't hit those little nerves that really hurt. Likely the latter. If so, this begs the no pain, no gain question. The next round, due on Monday, I'm sure will make up for this little lull. But while I was needled up, They put the vibrating accupressure thingamajigs under my arms, on the side of my torso, and then also gave me the laser treatment. It was like an all out assault, all stations active at once. Felt kind of good, I must say.

Today was Saturday, so it was a day session. I wonder if a day treatment has better energy to it than a night session.

How strongly will the sun be shining on me after day 20?