Amy Currioman

I was quite surprised when I took my hubby to see the neurologist last week and he suggested that he try acupuncture as a way to manage his pain.  I’ve always been a little bit leery of alternative therapies.  Mostly because the medical field here in the USA has been focused on finding medicines to give people to cure them.  But there are other methods of healing folks that don’t involve throwing prescriptions at the patient.

There are holistic methods that have been practiced in other countries for a long time with good success stories.  And I think that with the continuing influx of immigrants to our country that these other therapies will start to become more widely accepted.  But I digress…. I was surprised when the neurologist suggested acupuncture and then he told us that his wife performs acupuncture!  I thought that was extremely interesting, that a neurologist would marry an acupuncture practitioner!

The human body certainly is a fascinating thing. Here is a youtube video I just found that shows a little girl that will certainly have an unusual life!

I was reading an article in the Examiner about how Zenni Optical sells inexpensive eyeglasses for as low as $8 per pair. I have heard about Zinni Optical in the past, and wondered about how to order a pair that actually fit. I can recall how when I go to the eye doctor’s that they take measurements (like between my pupils, and my temple length) to ensure a good fit.

This article was advising the consumer that in addition to getting the eye prescription, that you need to have something called a PD number. I have never heard of that number before. Supposedly Zenni gives you directions on how to get that number yourself, but the article warns that those numbers from do-it-your-selfers are rarely correct. So I’m wondering about what a PD number is. Hmmmm – maybe the pupil distance? Now that would make sense!

I can’t recall the eye doctor ever measuring that distance as part of the normal exam. That is usally done by the person who is fitting me for glasses. So that makes me feel a little bit awkward there. I guess I’ll have to give them a call and see about getting that.

I sure could use a spare pare of computer reading glasses! Last week I acidentally left my computer reading glasses at work over the weekend – and that was a huge pain in the neck! (Literally!) And I sure don’t want to spend a fortune on them, so Zetti sounds like a good alternative.

Over the past several months I’ve had back pain. I’ve gone to the doctor several times about it and all he tells me is to take some pain medication. This last time he has recommended physical therapy. I don’t know why he thinks physical therapy will work – he hasn’t even ordered an X-ray or MRI to see if I have any herniated disks or anything! This is very annoying! I think that is putting the cart in front of the horse, don’t you?

I can remember as a child I didn’t pay much attention to the shoes that I wore. I was perfectly happy in sneakers or sandals most of the time. Those types of shoes are easy to wear, the shoes seem to be quite forgiving as to adapting to the size of the wearer’s foot. It wasn’t until I became a young adult and was forced to wear “real shoes” that I realized that finding comfortable shoes was going to be a lifelong search.

Apparently I have been cursed with extra wide, short feet, with high arches. The most comfortable shoes I am able to find in stores are usually men’s sneakers! That’s all well and good if I’m dressing casually, but wearing men’s shoes and trying to pass them off as dress shoes just takes a lot more finesse than I really have! I can remember searching for months for a pair of wedding shoes that actually looked and felt good. For a while I thought I might have to elope because I just couldn’t find shoes that fit!

To this day, I dread shoe shopping. But I will say that I have discovered that Reebok shoes tend to fit me better than most other brands of running shoes, so I try to find places that sell Reebok shoes.