Acupuncture: The Jury's Out

What you may know is that my wife, Donna, suffers from migraines. What you may also know is that she hates wearing socks. What you probably don't know is that these two facts are related. Or at least according to Dr. Oh.
Donna has a small blue plastic box that often comes with us on trips, short or long. Inside you will find wafers that dissolve on the tongue to be taken as she feels a migraine coming on. When one doesn't work, take two. When two don't work, well good luck. A few days ago, two didn't work. I suggested acupuncture.
It is not that I'm a believer in ancient or homeopathic or natural or holistic medicine. On the contrary, I want expensive pharmaceuticals when I'm sick. No, really I just wanted to see someone with a whole bunch of needles sticking out of them. Since they aren't likely to let me walk into the back and take a few snapshots of any ole' patient, well my best chance of seeing a human pin cushion up close was my wife. Anything seems reasonable to her in the face of an oncoming migraine and so off we went.
It was a two round affair. The needles stay in for half an hour and so they can't do your front and back at the same time. I only went for the first round, because Dr. Oh barely let me look. "One photo. From here." Then back to various issues of S.I. left in the waiting room. Not big on bedside manner - when asked if it will hurt, he simply and flatly said, "Yes."
While she did feel good after the needles were removed, Donna's headache had started to subside the minute we made the appointment, so any hope of an objective evaluation had gone right out the door. I'm holding off judgment on the effectiveness for a little while at least. Although, I don't have high expectations.
Still, no matter what happens, I'll admit - I feel lucky. The unexpected did happen at the acupuncturist's. Dr. Oh told Donna that cold feet cause headaches and she needs to wear socks all the time. Let me thank you now Dr. Oh, 'cause usually it's just some warm part of my body that Donna uses to defrost her sockless winter feet.