GCA turns 10 on Feb 2nd! Thank you to every one of you who’s made this possible. In honour of the clinic’s 10th birthday, here are the Top 10 Things I Love About GCA
- Meeting interesting new people all the time. There is no such thing as a boring person; everyone is interesting given the right context.
- Hearing about people’s lives opening up as pain recedes.
- Seeing people’s faces soften as they relax.
- Hearing “I slept through the night.”
- Someone asking: “Do you dip the needles in some kind of drug?” (Has only happened twice. Was amazing both times.)
- Finding out that a patient who I thought didn’t like me, actually does like me. (They were just grumpy! It wasn’t about me!) (It’s never about me.)
- Learning new things that acupuncture can help with (in 2022 I added “post-viral infection brain fog” and “post-viral infection acute joint pain” to that list).
- Noting my own mood improve as the treatment room fills up. This is a great job for a moody person.
- The plants. There are over 40 of them now. They’ve never been happier.
- This one’s a secret. Some things are private.
