reflexology

well, mother found sth new to force me to experience - reflexology! @ first, i told her, "no way, mother, i've heard that reflexology hurts like HELL!" but mother tried first, liked it so much she went again, then booked me in for a session!
the reflexologist actually lives very close to us! we're in the same suburb!
when we knocked on the door, his wife welcomed me inside and bade me sit on this comfy armchair. rock, rock, rock. i told mother, "i'll stay here doing this for the rest of the night; i'm very comfy here, thanks." ;)
the reflexologist's name was david; when he came him we shook hands. i asked him, "umm ... i've heard that reflexology hurts a lot, is that true?" david just smiled. "nah, it doesn't hurt a lot," he reassured me. "but if you're in lots of pain, i give you permission to SHRIEK." awesome. :P
he shucked off my footwear; i apologised just in case i had smelly feet. :P then i pointed to ell and explained that the stupid thing got clonus (for those of you not aware of physio things, clonus for me happens when i've had to walk a long while, and my leg gets tired. when i finally get to sit, my leg starts bouncing all over the place. i'm not doing it consciously, it's just the tired muscle spasming in response to being overworked.) david just nodded, then started gently flexing both bare feet. i also explained to him how i was hemiplegic (meaning only one half of my body works well) and he said, "oh, my son's just like you! i'll call him in!"
david introduced able to me, we also shook hands. then he told mother to re-sock, AFO and shoe me, and instructed me to lay face-down on the single-size plinth in the room.
he started kneading my shoulders, back, and behind the thighs. hell, kneading behind the thighs, especially the left thigh, hurts! >< but i thought better of shrieking. :P
mother mostly chatted with able while david was working on me. turns out he's twenty-nine and isn't studying/working currently. able's a hemiplegic like me coz, back in 2002, he fell off his scooter and was run over by a car. ouch! ><
after david was finished, i sat back up and asked to use their toilet. then i took a seat back on the rocking armchair and rocked for a lil while longer while mother paid david and made another appointment for me next wednesday night.
but origin's on tonight! mother said she wasn't sure if i'd return home in time to watch the game, so i asked her please to cancel it for me. i refuse to miss out on queensland snatching the title for the SIXTH successive year! instead, mother re-booked for tomorrow night, i think. lol, david can laugh @ me when he sees me tomorrow for missing out on a reflexology session just coz i needed to watch origin. XD
next post here ... have i written about bookclub last week yet? i don't think so, cya toms, then!
cheers,
em. ^^