09.21.05
Headaches
When I reached my mid-thirties I began having migraines– mainly menstrual, but, now that I’ve had them awhile it seems that anything that dips a toe in the headache pool decides to go ahead and cannonball in off the migraine diving board. It makes me feel like a 50’s housewife that suffers from “spells” to even acknowledge them. Perhaps a modern day comparison would be my having to cancel the bi-weekly Bunco and White Wine Afternoon with the stay-at-home moms in the neighborhood.
Here are some metaphors and descriptors for what these headaches feel like…
Wow, the Kids in the Hall are crushing my head.
My head and face are a rotting Jack-o-Lantern.
My brain tissue is being replaced by ventricle fluid.
Someone rammed a rusty railroad spike into the top of my head and left it there.
A section of my brain has been replaced with a neutron star.
Yikes, my white blood cells are destroying my gray matter with phagocytosis (Look it up)!