Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog.
If you've been following my snapchat over the past week you will probably know what this blog post is about, but for those of you who haven't well don't worry as I'm just about to fill you all in on this weeks antics. I have spoke about acupuncture and finding more natural ways to help with the symptoms that I suffer with while suffering with M.E, although that can be quite tough as my symptoms generally tend to differ from day to day! I have been to a wide range of hospitals/specialists over the past few years and to be honest my body has been under quite a lot of pressure from a young age, and more importantly during the years that my body was trying to develop naturally, adding extra chemicals to your body while its trying to develop naturally itself obviously isn't ideal and as you can imagine can lead to lots of other problems.
One of those problems was the main reason that I started searching for a more natural way of healing and suppressing some symptoms that I had alternatively, instead of taking prescribed medications. At one stage I think I was popping 10-14 pills a day, which in fact in December 2013, aged 16 led to me having a break down in school. That was the exact moment that I realised I had to do something about it before it lead to a lot more problems. I'm sure that my love of Natural Healing is starting to make sense now?
On to the interesting part, so taking my love for Natural Healing and adding my other love "Social Media" and putting both together is the reason why I am writing this post today. Once again while reading my posts you're probably wondering " what on earth is this one on about again" but stick with me for a few minutes and it will make sense. Anyway, as I said ,if you were following my Snapchat you will have known that last week I discovered this guy from Kilkenny called Jason Walsh. Jason specialises in Acupuncture and Naturopathy- if your not sure what all those big words mean all you really need to know is that this particular guy is gifted. The world of natural healing and Chinese Medicine can be quite mind blowing and I suppose unless its something you're qualified in or highly educated in it's something that your not really going to understand, all you and I both need to know is that this type of healing is really really effective.
So how did I discover Jason, well as strange as it may sound the first thing I heard about Jason, was that he was nicknamed "The Tongue Reader" .. No, that is not a miss spelled and no I'm not gone nuts! I will put my hand up and say I honestly don't understand Chinese Medicine all I know is 'that it works and that's all I really need to know. So basically, the tongue can tell a lot about you in Chinese Medicine so obviously anyone who is educated in Chinese Medicine will be able to read your tongue. Because I'm so obsessed by this natural healing I was like "sure look what's to loose I'm going to send Jason a picture of my tongue and i'll wait to see what he comes up with" . It's literally as easy as taking a picture of your tongue and not your thumb as poor Jason has received several pictures of thumbs over the past few weeks since this has really taken off for him.
So yes back to my story, I tend to get side tracked don't I. You literally send a picture of just your tongue to either Jason's Facebook account or to his Snapchat, I opted to send my picture to Jason's Facebook because obviously Snapchat can be temperamental and has a tendency to delete snaps etc. Jason replied to me within the space of 2 hours and I won't lie, I was freaked out by his reply. I will share what Jason picked up on below and will tell you if I do or do not suffer with the symptoms listed.
Symptom
1. Cold Creature- Cold hands and feet.
2.Dizzy Spells/Light headiness.
3.Bloating after eating.
4.Worry a lot but hide it well.
5.Groggy feeling in your head.
True/ False?
1.100% True. My hands and feet are always Freezing.
2.100% True. Forever feeling light headed..
3.100% True. I get a food baby after eating all the time.
4.100% True.I worry about EVERYTHING and everyone.
5.100% True. Feels like something is pushing down on my head.
As you can see Jason was spot on and picked up on all of the main symptoms that I have.. isn't it so mind boggling how you can tell all of that from looking at someone's tongue?? I then replied to Jason and I told him that I was actually blown away because he was spot on we chatted and he kindly invited me down to his clinic in Kilkenny for a further consultation and then he would follow the Consultation up with whatever treatment that suited my needs.
Last Wednesday the 26th of July I headed down to the Springhill Clinic on the Waterford road in Kilkenny- that's where Jason is located for all those wondering. I went into my appointment completely open minded and came out with my mind blown. The Consultation was just like any other general consultation to be honest, just your general conversation and a set list of medical questions were asked throughout. I was so so relaxed with Jason and to be honest he got to the root of my problem and managed to make me feel so comfortable that I opened up and talk about stuff that I haven't really spoken about to anyone before- it wasn't forced at all it just happened naturally.
We opted for an Acupuncture Treatment as Jason felt that a lot of my problems were stemming from my digestive system- basically my digestive system was clogged. So I lay on my back on the treatment bed and Jason talked through every step of the treatment- which I found was really beneficial because when there are needles involved, although they are tiny you still would more than likely want to know when they are about to go in. So obviously, he sterilised all the points that he was going to treat using alcohol wipes. Once that was done he began to insert the needles into the points which were made up of the feet, lower legs, the wrists, my right ear, the middle of my face, and my head. Overall I'd say I had about 15-20 needles inserted all over my body.
All I knew was that there were needles inserted into parts of my body and I just trusted that they were in the right place for the right reason. There is no pain involved in Acupuncture. There is a weird sensation of relief though but I can't describe it, it's something you actually have to experience yourself in order to understand what I mean. Straight away I felt that initial sensation shoot down through my body. Jason then turned down the lights and left me to completely relax and unwind for roughly 15-20 minutes, although he left a little buzzer for me to ring if I needed anything at all - that was a major factor for the worrier that I am.
I'm not going to lie, it took me a few minutes to actually fully settle but that's just me. I find it really hard too switch off anyway. Once I relaxed, it was scary what my body did, Firstly, my stomach started rumbling like I was after swallowing some sort of animal, no joke the noises were crazy! I then started to get cramps in my tummy the pain was completely bearable though, and if that wasn't enough then the burping started and I could actually feel how blocked my digestive system really was as I actually threw up a little.
I felt on top of the world after my treatment so much so that I actually felt like I was floating, I've never been drunk but I have a feeling that's what it felt like but in a good way and minus the hangover of course!! Since Wednesday I have felt a lot better in myself both mentally and physically - of course it's going to take time before I feel 100% better because unfortunately M.E isn't going to go away as would a cold or flu. Once your open minded and you know that its only going to get better and that an illness isn't going to disappear over night then you are half way there.
Below I have attached a picture of some of the things that Acupuncture can help treat. I would highly recommend treating yourself to a session of Acupuncture if you have been suffering with any of the symptoms listed below. I'll also attach Jasons details below just incase you also want to follow suit and send him a picture of your tongue to see what will come up.
Thank you so much for reading my post once again, I hope you enjoyed reading it and if you have any questions please feel free to drop me a message any time.
Jason's Facebook-->Jason Walsh Acupuncture & Naturopathy
Jason's Snapchat--> "Jwacupuncture"
Thats all for now.
Until Next Time.
Much Love,
Caoimhe xx
