何ヶ月か前に右胸の下あたりに違和感を覚え、内科で診てもらったら、「肝臓かもしれない」と言われました。急いで血液検査とCTスキャンを受けましたが、何も異常は見つかりませんでした。仕事を通じて知ったオステオパシーの治療を受けたところ、2週間近く続いていた不快な痛みがなくなりました。先生がおっしゃるには、昔の盲腸の手術跡が身体の内側で内臓を引っ張っているということでした。それ以来、月に一度のペースで治療を受けています。併せて食生活も見直しながら、今は本来あるべき身体のバランスを取り戻そうと、自分自身に意識付けしているところです。
この数週間は外食の機会が多くて、自分でも嫌な予感がしていたら、やっぱり体調を崩してしまいました。食事を楽しんだことは確かですが。
写真：バッファローの散歩道。2009年11月撮影。
Balance
When I had some discomfort in my lower right chest and went to see a primary doctor several months ago, I was told “it might be some liver problem.” I rushed to a larger clinic to have blood work and computer tomography, but nothing was found. I tried osteopathy treatment, which I learned about through work, and the dull pain of the two weeks was just gone. According to the osteopath, my old scar from an appendix removal was pulling at my inner organs. I have been taking his treatment once a month since then. Along with the reformation of my eating habits, I am now trying to be more conscious of the balance for my well-being.
Eric and I were eating out more often than usual in the past few weeks and it was giving me some bad feelings, although I did enjoy the food. I went off-balance and got sick, as predicted.
Picture: My old walking path in Buffalo. Taken in November, 2009.
