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My name is Carlos DeAlejandro, uh, I wanted to tell you about my experiences with Dr.
Ling and, uh, and acupuncture. In the early 1980's as a young policeman I suffered an
injury to my lower back, uh, affecting an arrest on an individual, uh, on a narcotic
case. I had to search one and I hurt my lower back, and uh, went to my doctor and they,
they diagnosed... they diagnosed the injury as a herniated disc in my lower back. I went
through some therapy an- and I suffered for a long time with it. And in 2002 I just found
out by looking at the records, 2002, uh, I, uh early 2002, about January...
What therapy you went through? You mentioned about therapy.
Therapy, I went through therapy where they massaged...
Massaged.
Massaged, but I still suffered with the pain. I couldn't sleep at night, I was uh, every
night I'd have to... I'd have to pop, you know Ibuprofens or whatever I could find for
pain, and, for a long period of time and, one... one year in January, and I guess that
now I found out it that it was about 2002, an Asian friend of mine, Korean lady, we were,
we were out and she saw that I was, wasn't being sociable because I was in pain. And
she said, I'm gonna make an appointment for you Carlos, I want you to go see this person.
Uh, an-, and she identified Dr. Ling, and, uh, I want you to go see, I'm gonna make the
appointment for you so, um, anywa- I'll never forget this day, it was Valentine's Day, February
14th, 2002.
She made the appointment for you?
She made the appointment for me, and I came in on Valentine's Day, uh, to see Dr. Ling,
an-, and I was skeptical about... what it was all about.
That was what year?
Um, I think it was about 2002.
2002?
2002. Uh-huh.
This is eleven years ago.
Yeah, and I was skeptical about, what it was gonna be all about, and uh, you know I was
a policeman and we were trained, you know, you don't trust very many people, but... but,
I came in and I uh, and I... he examined me and he, he, his dig-... his diagnosis at the
time he said was the sciatic nerve that went from my lower back to my leg 'cause I had
extreme pain in my right leg.
That's it. Did it run down to the right...
It ran, it would run down my leg and I would feel electrical, uh, like uh, a shockwave...
Sensations.
...yeah, sensations in my toes, and real bad pain. So anyway, that uh, that first treatment
was February 14th, 2002, that first treatment, uh, I didn't realize that it had worked because
it would bother me, especially when I would sleep, the pain in my leg. And, uh, that night
when I went to sleep, the next morning I woke up and my wife told me, you know what, and
I said, what's that? You didn't complain. You didn't toss and turn. You slept. And I
realized that I had slept all night long and from that point on... the pain went away,
so, uh, I- I attribute it to, the acupuncture for what it did and the pain just went away.
Since then I've had other treatments and uh, right now I'm here because I, I-I- I have
a pain in my uh, neck and it goes down to my uh, arm. Right arm. And I've gone to my
medical doctor and he's, he's informed that, he believes that it's a nerve from my, uh,
a pinched nerve from my spine going into my right arm and I just received a treatment
now, and now I don't feel any pain right now which is great. I'm hopin' that... I'm hopin'
this treatment works for this particular situation too, so, uh, but a- ac- you know, acupuncture's
been positive for me, you know. I've referred a lot of people here also, that... that I
know, through, uh through, you know, friendships and have referred people for different situations
and they've all told me positive results from their visits with Dr. Ling.
Um-hmm.
So it's been great.
So you have pain in your spine and uh...
Yes.
...previously you have pain run down to the foot and then this time...
Yeah, last time it was my lower back...
...last time it was your hand
...this time they're saying it's in my spine and right behind my neck, which, which are
the nerves which go into my right arm.
So, uh, when you came in today you have some level of pains?
Yes, I did.
Before the treatment, today...
Before the treatment. Right now I don't feel anything.
You don't feel any?
When I walked in here, I was, I was having my numb, my arm felt numb, and I was feeling
tingling sensations in my fingers...
Tingling in you hand. Yeah, yeah.
...in my fingertips, and I would get pain from my elbow to my shoulder
Yeah.
...but right now I don't feel anything. It's great.
It's all gone...
I hope...
...this is your first.
...I hope that it works like it did in 2002.
Yeah.
Yeah.
We are happy we are to we help you that way.
Yes! Yes, I hope this works like it did last time.
Okay.
Thank you.