Several months back, Mathilde was raving about a masseuse who came to her office once a week and gave half hour massages. In January, she had the woman come home here and give me a massage. I'd never had a massage before and I was pretty nervous about the whole thing, but by that time I had been poked and prodded by so many strangers I figured one more wouldn't hurt. And it didn't - the massage was great.
The interesting thing is that the masseuse believes in a lot of what I guess you would call "new age" stuff - a lot of stuff that I am far too much of a skeptic to believe. Anyway, as she gave me massage, she talked about different things she was doing, for example, she she said she was massaging areas that effected the lymph system and were supposed to help my body clean itself out. That one seemed plausible to me, but I didn't think much about it after she left. I just felt super relaxed. And then I woke up the next morning and peed. To put it politely, my pee smelled rancid.
I don't know about all the "new age" stuff, but I know this, she gives a damn good massage. And after 11 rounds of chemo, I am starting to feel pickled, so I decided to call her and ask her to come back and do whatever she did again. She was here for an hour today, and it was excellent. I'll report back on the pee tomorrow.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Massage day
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Hey Kevin! Many years since the yacht club in Henderson. The Averill grapevine strikes again and I googled you. Welcome to the voyeuristic age. Wow, sounds like you've been busy. Your family is gorgeous, I have two little girls myself these days.
We're in central MA these days and doing well. Both my spouse (Said) and I are working on our OT (occupational therapy) masters. I've recently learned a lot about different techniques like your massuse used. It sounds like what's called myofascial release.
Here's a link-
http://www.myofascialrelease.com/mfr/mfr_what.asp
I'm not sure if you heard but Dad died of lung cancer last year so I've paid lot's of attention to cancer related topics, one related to this is the precaution that this should never be done with anyone who has a cancer history. The massage can stimulate the lymphatic system and "loosen" the cancer and make it travel. So as wonderful as it feels I'd be conservative in it's use. Maybe stick to the outer extremities, hands and feet which are unlikely to trigger the lymph system. I'm sure this woman knows her stuff, but be sure she knows the whole situation. Okay, I've done my preaching, the future therapist in me just couldn't stop. ;-)
It's been great getting to "know" you again through your blog, good luck and best wishes. Sister (aka Elizabeth, Al's big sister).
Hi Elizabeth! Great to hear from you! I was very sorry to hear about your Dad. He was really a wonderful person, and I'm sure he is missed. But I am glad to hear that you are doing well and with happy family of your own :-) Thank you for the advice about the massage, I will definitely take it! Give my best to your Mom and Al. Kevin
Hi again sister,
I got your last comment, and took care of the name thing. Unfortunately, it could be a long, long while before the search engines forget :-(
Thanks for the tip about the wedding pics. I bet it was a blast.
Kevin
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