A couple of questions

[brynndragon]

It is entirely possible that deciding to factory-restore my netbook when I have some pretty hefty homework due the next day was not the wisest choice I could have made. OTOH, it takes several hours to reinstall World of Warcraft so that was one less possible distraction. I am certainly making good headway on it - it's taken me over an hour to write this post because my homework is so darn fascinating ;P.

Speaking of which, let me ask you a question: If you were to go into an acupuncturist's office, what would you expect to see there? (I'm curious what the answer is even if you've never been to an acupuncturist)

Actually, as long as you're here, let me ask you another question: When would you go to see a healer, and when would you go to see a doctor?

Comments

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

If you were to go into an acupuncturist's office, what would you expect to see there?

I'm thinking bits and pieces of doctor's office, spa, and therapist's office.

When would you go to see a healer, and when would you go to see a doctor?

Presuming by "healer" you mean what I would think of as "alternative medicine practitioner" (acupuncture, accupressure, Chinese herbalism, etc.), I think I'd only go if Western medicine failed. In general: if it was a serious condition that Western medicine had no treatment for, or the side effects of treatment were worse than the disease, if treatment was not possible in an appropriate time frame. Chronic chronic pain conditions or cancer are two examples I can think of, though I would be unlikely to stop treatments recommended by doctors (unless I felt the side effects of them were worse than the disease).