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Skriven 2012-01-24 22:48:10 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Glen Jamieson
Ärende: Re: GRAIN(E)S, MY,YOURS20123
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-=> Quoting Glen Jamieson to Nancy Backus on 23 Jan 12  08:42:00 <=-

 NB>> decided I could see just well enough to be able to drive, if I was
 NB>> careful where in the blind spots and all to look through..  and when

 GJ> You can be lucky, if the blind spots are enough off-centre.

Mine usually start with a hard core in the center that then opens up and
forms an expanding ring...  almost always somewhere to look... if I
expend the effort...

 GJ> Recently I was in my hip surgeon's office and I picked up a "While
 GJ> you're waiting..." magazine (which I was allowed to take home),
 GJ> published by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners,
 GJ> and read an article on migraine, which listed symptoms: "...visual
 GJ> changes such as a sparkling aura around your area of vision before a
 GJ> headache, and odd and transient changes in sight, sound and smell...
 GJ> cold hands and feet or numbness or tingling.  People can be sensitive
 GJ> to light, sounds or smells, have difficulty in concentrating, be
 GJ> confused or have trouble finding words."

All of that last sentence tends to apply in the aftermath of the
headache itself, for me... plus persistence of vision...

 GJ> The only time that last happened to me I was very worried about the
 GJ> possibility I was having a stroke.  That lasted about 10 minutes.

Being neurological, there are definitely some shared symtoms with
stroke... my hemiplegia that one time made me worry about the
possibility it was stroke... that too lasted about 5-10 minutes, and
then went away.

 GJ> The best that the writer could do in the way of "Causes" was,
 GJ> "Migraine is caused by abnormal blood vessel activity in the brain,
 GJ> which may be triggered by alcohol, smoking, allergies, dehydration,
 GJ> chocolate, dairy products, some fruits, cured meats, additives such as
 GJ> MSG, being hungry, hormones..."

 GJ> In other words, the medics just don't know!

Rather... there's lots of potential triggers out there.  And each
individual ends up having to identify which of those triggers are (most
likely) the ones to blame...  On top of all that, there also appears to
be a genetic factor, as migraine runs in families...  ;0

 NB>> bearing was replaced.  Michael unfortunately had the "fun" of hearing
 NB>> it on one of our jaunts at last year's picnic, as that day got very
 NB>> rainy, and the roads were especially wet...  

 GJ> Michael is particularly sensitive to extraneous noises.  The first
 GJ> time I met him, he was in Dave the Sac's car when I was being driven
 GJ> from the airport, and he complained about a rattle in the car.  Many
 GJ> years later he spent some time trying to find a rattle in my car.  I
 GJ> have to admit that it annoyed me, too.

The rattle, I presume... ;)  This particular annoying noise was rather
interesting, in that it developed a lower harmonic, octave(s) below the
original noise.  It could almost have been thought to be musical, though
very annoying...  ;)

ttyl        neb

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