Headaches and Terror...
05.26.06 (7:00 pm) [edit]
I have now had a headache for 27 hours, I was panicking last night as the show was booked out good and my head is pounding like a big nail has been hammered into the side of my head. I managed to go on stage and have a really cool gig, but I am scared inside as even when I sleep this fucking pain pulsates. If I move my head too quick my vision gets blurred! I am gonna die!
I woke up to the small angry dwarves in my head banging nails and smiled through the pain as I got a great review in The Dominion Post (Wellington's big broadsheet) I will summarise it for you.
"There are times of silence that only a pin drop could punctuate. This is what makes Godley compelling, she is naturally funny"
So I am happy, I just want this pain to disappear soon as I have another busy night and it's hard when the stage lights blind me and make the pain sear further into my brain.
I hope I don't have a brain tumour, I know that sounds paranoid, but I am scared.
Speak soon. Send me painkilling vibes?
I woke up to the small angry dwarves in my head banging nails and smiled through the pain as I got a great review in The Dominion Post (Wellington's big broadsheet) I will summarise it for you.
"There are times of silence that only a pin drop could punctuate. This is what makes Godley compelling, she is naturally funny"
So I am happy, I just want this pain to disappear soon as I have another busy night and it's hard when the stage lights blind me and make the pain sear further into my brain.
I hope I don't have a brain tumour, I know that sounds paranoid, but I am scared.
Speak soon. Send me painkilling vibes?
posted by: scubadiva (reply)
post date: 05.26.06 (8:06 am)
shame you're across the pond as I have oodles of pain meds. Can't take them as I'm deathly allergic to them. I send them to you in spirit. It sucks that you don't have some great story like you and hubby were having a frolicking good time in some chi-chi hotel and you banged you head up bad against the headboard. Then at least, you'd have something to smile about.
posted by: bronwynj (reply)
post date: 05.27.06 (3:05 am)
Janey, I've found the best way to get rid of a headache
is to massage firmly on either side of the spine near your
neck, where the dowager's hump would be if you had one,
near your neck, & massage also both sides up to the skull,
& then where the skull joins on to the neck. It's best if
someone else does it, but sometimes you have to massage
yourself - & it works! The other spot is the muscle/s between
your neck & your shoulder. Have you been doing neck
exercises, & clasping your hands behind your head & leaning
back into that?
The reason all the above works is that stretching & massage
(& warmth of eg a hot water bottle or heated wheat bag)
help to relax the muscles. Tense muscles can press on nerves
causing pain, including headaches.