I dragged myself home last night from court, soaked in Jacuzzi but it didn\u2019t help much. I woke up few times during the night, due to the nagging pain. Lord, is my tennis career over? Irene said that she needs tuina \u2013 Chinese massage – to ease the pain. Ha, we are all nuts.<\/p>\n
Just the other day I had chat with Yishi, she\u2019s complaining that it\u2019s hard to find a good tuina master – Cantonese style – in Beijing. We both sighted that when we were little, viewed Chinese medicine with indifference, thought it\u2019s for the elderly or terminally ill, last resort. Now I\u2019m in New York, and began visiting them with increased frequency. I told her that there are few in NY that are pretty good – just jet over: Mr Huang claims he\u2019s the legendary Haung Feihong\u2019s fourth generation disciple \u2013 don\u2019t know his last name is coincident or he changed – I visited him for my sprained ankle, from tennis two years ago. He\u2019s talkative, non stop, I learned very quickly bout his background, growing up in Hong Kong, learned his craft under rigid rules .. Prior to Mr Huang, I visited Ms Yan who\u2019s from Taiwan. I sprained my knee from skiing and the orthopedic was no use: after few visits, my back began to acting up, which was new to me back then. So Ms Yan made me feel anew after just once or twice \u2013 it might be her magic touch, or maybe I suffered long enough. <\/p>\n
Anyway, I ran to her this morning. It\u2019s torture. Her skilled hands started from the back of my neck like handling the chicken neck, lol .. when she started talking nonsense, you know the pain\u2019s to arrive. Sweating, tearing, I wanted to scream, trying to move away from her grapping hands. Her forceful thumbs dug deep into my neck, arms, back .. no escaping. All the while her calming voice repeatedly telling me, vinegar, wine, salty stuff, spicy stuff, tofu, meat and sex are bad for you, avoid them at all cost, if you want to live longer and healthier. Lord, save me from hell? Then on to the bed for more torture and acupunctural, back to the chair again, she put that thin long needle into my palm from the back once, I thought I\u2019d fainted. That 20 minutes were like tornado, loud, powerful, excruciating, violently, brutal, swift, then the storm\u2019s over, you see the sunlight.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan I play tomorrow or Sunday?\u201d she looked at me in disbelieve. Never hurt to ask, it\u2019s not my body when it feels good. She gave me some herb drug mixer to boil at home, kids would love that – it\u2019s fun to see your children running away from home.<\/p>\n
My next appointment is implant. I need a pair of 38C to boost my aging confidence, lol. How about settle for 10? #10 tooth. How I come to need an implant is anther sorry and sad story. Dr. Moss\u2019s children went to the same school with mine, his youngest daughter was the same grade with Kinglazy .. but I have to trek to Park Avenue in the city. Can\u2019t those good surgeons have satellite offices in town? Guess bigger fish needs larger pond. I was referred to him by another neighbor, a dentist who we met though our sons. We have easy time together, I knew quit bit of their associates – mostly the Columbia crowds with few NYUers – from the actual treatments and consultations. Gosh my pictures taken in Beijing, my teeth looked marvelous gorgeous and health. What\u2019s wrong with those Gailao Drs, they found all kind of defects, which were all ok with the Chinese\/Hong Kong Drs. I often say to Golfer, if weren\u2019t for my dental flaws, he could have retired long time ago.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019s wife Lydia was an oral surgeon in Beijing, we often joked about this, severe shortage of dentists, so as long as your denture is not decaying, you\u2019ll get clean bill of health, assume you can muscle a set of denture in the first place. My dad was health freak, he took me to see dentist when I was only 6 or so, we got up at 5am …. Lydia used to perform 8 surgeries a day, every single working day of the week. She said patients complained about no service, \u2018I just wanted to cut them up, sew it and kick them out of my face immediately. Service? Lucky that I didn\u2019t whack them ….\u2019 lol..<\/p>\n
Time to bed, need some beauty sleep. Tennis anyone tomorrow??? Don’t be shy … Ok, short notice, then how about Sunday?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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