A couple weeks later, I was at my parents' house, having consumed a wonderful meal, capped off with oreo ice cream. I began to feel a little dizzy. Then the pain. Then the nausea, which, this time resulted in vomit splattering all over--ALL OVER--their bathroom. I still don't know how I achieved that kind of blast radius. The remainder of the evening saw me lying helpless in an easy chair, where I spent the night. The next day all was well. A little hazy, but fine.
Since then, I've had blood work and an MRI (with and without contrast!). I don't fret one second about the results of the tests, which are forthcoming. But I do live in abject, absolute fear that the headache will return. The Doctor called them "Cluster Headaches." (Options two and three were Tumor and Slow Leaking Aneurysm, listed in order of likelihood.)
I don't care what it is. It might even be, as illustrious artist/poet J. Sadler has hypothesized, "Genius Headaches." Whatever it is, curses be upon it. May it never recur.
7 comments:
I had my second genius headache about ten days ago. It was not as awful as the first one but that still puts it pretty high on the list of the worst things I have ever experienced.
I live in fear of my third.
you are dehydrated sir and could use a liver detox
Absolutely ridiculous, Dr. Anonymous! I drink copious amounts of water every day as a matter of course. I don't drink alcohol and I don't eat meat. (Moreover I routinely remove my liver and lavage it in organic concoctions of green tea and lavender before returning it to its hemp cradle, which is suspended in a hyperbaric chamber.)
So, on one hand, thank you for caring enough to leave an anonymous suggestion. On the other hand . . . maybe I'll detox my liver.
so how did the tests turn out?
Sounds like a migraine.
does NO ONE see the correlation of Mama Mia and the headaches?
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