Cracked by a Quack

Static Stats:

Running: every other day due to back

Sugar consumption: my new average of moderately low

Weight: bloated

Yes, one reader that's right I was cracked by a quack this week.  If you have been following along you know by now that I had a small back injury a few weeks back.  The injury seems to be getting better, but other symptoms occur every few days.  Being as L has been on the injured list for a year now from not doing something about his injury I decided I would see a doctor.  I mean seriously I would be curled up in a dark room in a severe state of depression if I was out of commission for an entire year.  I found an orthopedic surgeon who takes my insurance and is on my block!  Woo hoo!  People have been telling me to see a chiropractor.  I personally think they are quacks.  I wanted to see a doctor first to make sure there wasn't anything really wrong with me. (note I've never been to a doctor for an injury apart from when I was in High School)  He said I was fine and that I needed to see one of his other doctors there for some stretching as I wasn't effective doing it on my own.  I thought this is GREAT, I love being stretched.  What he meant to say was "I'm going to feed you to one of the jerk - head chiropractors here in my office so he can be rude to you and crack your back so that you can come here forever to have your back cracked and spend lots of money so we can afford to hang out in the Hamptons all summer and drive nice cars." 

I promptly called a chiropractor who a friend had recommended.  He spoke with me over the phone for 15 minutes and I felt like we connected.  He seemed understanding and knowledgeable.  The only problem is the expense.  He is out of network!  And EXPENSIVE.  I called his office to say that I can't afford him since my insurance won't pay, so I wouldn't be able to come.  The receptionist called to say he would knock one hundred dollars off the price so that I could come in.  Let's just say that the appointment was GREAT!  Now I just have to wait and see if everything works.  I am going back, so hopefully all this stuff will work so I don't have to keep spending so much money!

That being said I am going to do everything he says including not running the 9 mile race I was planning to run Sunday.  As I have been instructed not to run on pavement. :(