Southaven, Mississippi – Day 6

The motorhome is still parked at VFW Post #10567 in Southaven, Mississippi. The location is about 1/4 mile south of the Tennessee Border and about 10 miles south of the City of Memphis. We will stay here while we explore the Memphis area for the next several days.

Mary had another neck painful day yesterday…so we decided to stay home. But she need to make copies of some legal paperwork…so we had to go out for that task.

First, we went through our closets to identify seldom worn or tight-fitting clothed for donation to Goodwill…

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

Ready at last…off we went. Along the way we passed Don’s Speed Shop with a number of seldom seen vehicles in the lot…so naturally we stopped to take photos…

Upon returning and by the end of the day, Mary decided she wanted a second acupuncture treatment and phoned to make an appointment. That’s where we will be at 9:00 AM this morning. She’s hoping that will take care of her neck pain.

Enjoying seldom seen vehicles  is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

The red dot on the below map shows our approximate location near Memphis in the State of Tennessee. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein

On October 27, 2012, I created a two-minute video titled America The Beautiful. The music America The Beautiful is by Christopher W. French. The photos, which I randomly selected, are from the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia (not shown in that order)…are mine. Yup, That’s me standing in front of the Post Office in Luckenbach, Texas…Y’all!

Click this link to start the video. Make sure you have your speakers turned on and go to full screen asap.
http://youtu.be/FfZUzEB4rM8

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DOCTOR XU

Acupuncture is such a clean business. Fairly swift, bloodless, clean. This is my second experience with acupuncture and it was very different from the first with Dr. Xu, pronounced (Shu).

From the picture you may not be able to see all the needles, beginning with one  in each ankle, then at the back of the knees.

The needles are about four inches long. After Dr. Xu inserts them, he twists certain ones  to penetrate a bit deeper and then attaches an electrode to those. It feels like they are continually twisting, and it looks like he used ten needles on my back and buttocks.

This little machine supplies the electrical charge.

The treatment was for neck pain. I have an identified damaged disk in my neck. Dr.Xu claims that regular treatments will retard aging of the bone and help healing of the damaged disk. Hmmm! I can see 12 needles on my back and shoulders.

Then he had me lie on my back and inserted needles in my face, hands, wrists, elbows, and stomach. No electrodes this time.  The whole process took an hour. We left with an expensive compound he made for pain. The process immediately took away my  head ache I’ve had for days, and I was able to move my neck gently back and forth without much pain.

With a noticeable improvement, I’m still exercising a lot of care in my movements. Avoiding any lifting or strain of any kind. I feel an all over soreness around my back and shoulders.  I was surprised at this treatment because I’ve had acupuncture once before, for the same disk injury  and it was very different.

Dr. Suzanne used needles about seven inches long, much of it handle. She inserted them in very specific order then tapped them and wiggled them a bit. After 10 minutes, it hadn’t helped the pain. She tried a second set. It didn’t help either. Then a third course. I remember the third one specifically because she inserted between my toes and into my ear. That didn’t work either. She apologized for her failure.

By evening, I was pain free and could do everything I was able to do before I visited her. The next day, I called her back to tell her the treatment worked. Kind of makes me think there is the all over, catch-all treatment, with electrical stimulation and the “old” way, specific, educated choice. If I ever use an acupuncturist again, I’ll choose  some one old and ancient.

Southaven, Mississippi – Day 3

The motorhome is now parked at VFW Post #10567 in Southaven, Mississippi. The location is about 1/4 mile south of the Tennessee Border and about 10 miles south of the City of Memphis. We will stay here while we explore the Memphis area for the next several days.

Yesterday was both hot and humid. About 85 degrees and % humidity. The Weather Wimp…as Mary calls me, says…Yuk!!!

I drove the Bronco the about seven miles to meet Mary at the Memphis Airport. She arrived at 6:00 PM. She was in a condition of which I have not seen her before. A few days ago she re-arranged her living room furniture and a couple of days later ended up with a very painful neck…and cannot lift anything…

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

She got a good night’s sleep and feels somewhat better this morning. As I write this, she thinks she will call an acupuncturist first thing this morning and try to get an appointment asap. One thing we have both noticed is that she tends to feel physically better on the road in the motorhome than at her home in California. Hopefully she will soon be up and jumping around again. 🙂

It was so hot in the motorhome when we returned that we sat outside enjoying a nice breeze and watched a hazy sunset…

In addition to hopefully get an acupuncture appointment, we need to get her unpacked and moved back in and probably do a little grocery shopping. Hopefully by tomorrow she’ll feel well enough to start doing a little sightseeing.

Enjoying a nice companionship is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

The red dot on the below map shows our approximate location near Memphis in the State of Tennessee. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein

On October 27, 2012, I created a two-minute video titled America The Beautiful. The music America The Beautiful is by Christopher W. French. The photos, which I randomly selected, are from the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia (not shown in that order)…are mine. Yup, That’s me standing in front of the Post Office in Luckenbach, Texas…Y’all!

Click this link to start the video. Make sure you have your speakers turned on and go to full screen asap.
http://youtu.be/FfZUzEB4rM8

If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…
http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2013
For more information about my three books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust