At work today, I talked to a coworker who said she was seeing an acupuncturist. This coworker is probably the healthiest person I know so I was surprised that she was into acupuncture. She also mentioned insurance so I went to our health provider website (basically Blue Shield of California) and searched for acupuncturists near my house. I was expecting only a few hits but there were 57 listings withing 5 miles of my house. Some of them are for multiple people at the same business but holy crap, that’s a lot of acupuncturists.
I cross referenced the insurance list with a list of acupuncturists on Yelp, and almost all of them have a 5 star rating. Ugh, ratings are not useful if everybody has a perfect score. I ended up reading through all their websites, looking for ones with multiple acupuncturists and those that look more “medical” vs. health/nutrition. Some also combine acupuncture and chiropractic together. I need to start calling to see if they have experience in treating diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Finally, it seems like there are a lot of Korean acupuncturists but that could be just where I live.
Here’s a list of candidates:
Green Harmony Acupuncture Clinic
Some of the websites list liver/kidney problems under conditions treated. I’m still not sure what to do with that. Should I be angry that an acupuncturist thinks they can “cure” end stage renal disease? Or should I be hopeful that they can restore some kidney function? As I mentioned before, I’m a skeptic when it comes to TCM and holistic medicine but willing to accept acupuncture as a last resort for peripheral neuropathy.
Ugh, now I can’t stop thinking about what if…
Life with chronic diseases 
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