Eh, it’s a combination of working in ophthalmology and having had migraines for years. The first time I had a scintillating scotoma without the accompanying migraine, I was at work at the time and worried so I dilated that eye and had one of the docs look at it. Nope, just a migraine localized to the retina.
The one that scared the everliving fuck out of me was when I had a curtain of gray over the bottom half of one of my eyes. It went away after about 10 minutes. The retinal doc I ran to said it was (IIRC) a classical “retinal migraine”. The important thing is that it went away and was perfectly fine after. No big-ass shower of sparkles to start it off, no mass amount of floaters, no lingering gray or visual disturbance, nothing. Normally a curtain of gray/big “light show”/huge amount of floaters is an actual, vision-threatening emergency.
Hey, flatlined, I know you’re annoyed and maybe a little scared. But I’m still in the “It’s not a tu-mah!” phase.
Until I get over not having holes in my head, I figure, hey, not a tumor, not cancer, not even a headache? Then I can put up with some Radioactive Rectangles.
Aw, thanks! And I really do love what I do and I am really happy to have been part of this event. I was just so freaking tired when I got home all I wanted to do was whine. I met some awesome people today, both pet owners and other volunteers.
What the fuck is the big damn hurry for purplehorseshoe to have to move? Fuck all that. Don’t plan to pack up and move house until after the New Year at least and whoever doesn’t like it can kiss your ass.
Really - any way you can tell them to screw off and you will be staying for 1 year while you sort out your life? Do they actually own the property and if so under what terms were you guys living there?
That is so evil Victorian, Snidley Whiplashy:dubious:
The BEST part of being the only person in the house? No football games on the tv.
(Actually, I don’t mind horribly watching a football game, as long as I have a book, my laptop, my knitting or my spinning. Better yet, more than one of the above. But I hate HATE hate having two football games on the tv, when I don’t care about any of the results, and I’m not sitting where I get a visual cue that the channel has been changed, just the audio cutting out and starting up again mid-sentence.)
Dammit cat! Of all the things you could have used to exercise your claws around my bed area WHY did you pick my gel eye mask? I am quite sure any number of things would have done but ohno you pick the one thing that would turn to crap with but a few pricks of those lovely sharp claws of your’s. Of course stupid of me to leave it out and accessable :smack:
So, the Homebrewing club that** geneb** and I belong to had a tent at Oktoberfest yesterday. But I couldn’t come, because I had a cold which turns peoples’ noses into founts of mucus. Geneb went, though. Lucky bugger. (He did bring some cotton candy back, which was good. But still. Cotton candy is not beer!)
Hey, you across the street, are you going to actually go anywhere on your damned noise-polluting motorcycle or just sit in your driveway idling it all afternoon?
Earlier today this same fellow power-washed that same driveway for about an hour using an equally noisy generator. At least wait for a cold day when people will have their houses shut up!
This story about the neck fracture also relates how chiros are exchanging tips on how to sneak into hospitals (including neonatal intensive care wards) to dispense unauthorized treatment.
*"A review published in the Pediatrics journal in 2007 also found serious adverse events relating to spinal manipulations in children, including a brain haemorrhage and paraplegia.
However, the president of the Chiropractors’ Association of Australia, Laurie Tassell, says chiropractic treatment is as safe for children as it is for adults, and chiropractors should be able to treat patients in hospital, if authorised.
“Chiropractic care can be remarkably gentle,” he said."*
Use common sense, parents. As dubious as most chiropractic treatment is for adults, do you really want this inflicted on your baby?
It’s not evil. And, realistically, it ain’t gonna happen, mostly because his folks are not known for their gung-ho let’s-do-ALL-the-things nature. (As opposed to, say, MY mother, who really should have been put in charge of a small country. Bitch coulda solved all kinds of problems in some impoverished nation by now, instead of bothering me…) But, yes, his parents own the house. I haven’t event paid them much in the way of rent since Johnny got sick. They need my shit outta here so they can paint, etc.
So THAT’S what’s been the matter with my ovaries all this time!
I get them as well. They suck. I’m thinking of going to a doctor over this problem. I generally take two headache pills with caffeine and they go away in about twenty minutes that way. Do you know of any other meds that can help head them off? I’ve been getting them more frequently as of late: once a month rather than once or twice a year. I’ve never talked to a doctor about this problem but it was obvious that what they are.
Thanks.
Since this is the pit, fuck you Idiot Brother. My dad was yet again whining to me about paying for a cleaning lady. IB lives with my dad. IB is 39 and pays no rent. There is no reason for dad to have to pay for a cleaning lady because IB should clean the fucking condo just like every fucking adult on the planet including me who spends about 30 minutes every single day cleaning. I’ll say this: the poor woman deserves every penny she gets if she has to put up him. He was also whining to me that sweet husband did not actually call him up directly after his wife died last year. Never mind that my husband got on the phone at least five times and expressed condolences. Apparently my darling husband (who unlike IB does his fair share of chores) did not call dad directly specifically to tell my dad he was sorry my mom died and I’m supposed to side with my dad over my husband.
There are some migraine preventatives out there. Mind you, I had the standard migraine headaches in addition to the scotoma/aura, so they might have been more concerned about knocking those down due to the pain. Since the retinal migraine can be related to other problems, however, perhaps they might treat them the same. I was on off-label amitriptyline for a while, starting at a small dose and increasing as needed, until the neurologist said it had apparently stopped working. The neurologist may also work on trying to identify triggers.
Currently, my preventative is a Mirena hormonal IUD. It’s knocked out the migraines entirely (knock wood) for a few years, and I only get the auras maybe a few times a year or so. Back when I had standard migraines, I welcomed the auras because if I popped 4 Aleve (this is double the usual dosage, do not take this unless recommended by your physician) when the aura was just a little sparkly dot, I could avoid anything more than a standard mild headache and feeling like I was hungover the following day.
It has been a long hot summer and tonight it’s pretty nice out, so I decided to take a walk around the neighborhood.
Before leaving I opened all the windows and closed the bedroom doors and turned on the HVAC fan. It draws outside air in the living room and window and blows it out the bedroom windows and does a very efficient job of airing out the house.
Apparently it’s also a really nice night for my asshole neighbors to smoke like half a pound of weed just on the other side of the wall, because my whole fucking house smells like a Snoop Dogg (Lion?) concert. Dicks.
But I couldn’t come, because I had a cold which turns peoples’ noses into founts of mucus. Geneb went, though. Lucky bugger. (He did bring some cotton candy back, which was good. But still. Cotton candy is not beer!)