Posts by sarcozona

I need to be able to reliably work 20 hours a week before I can go back to work and start making $$ again. The first 4 months of medical leave were about getting well enough to do stuff like cook and grocery shop regularly. With rest, emotional recovery, getting a new treatment nailed down, […]

Hildegard von Bingen was born about 1000 years ago. She was sickly and had “visions.” Based on her drawings and writing, a few scholars now believe she had migraines. Looks like in an environment where auras were interpreted as mystical visions, she did pretty well, becoming > a German Benedictine abbess, writer, composer, philosopher, Christian […]

Migraine Log as of May 5

The sensations of my own body may be the only subject on which I am qualified to claim expertise. Sad and terrible, then, how little I know. “How do you feel?” the doctor asks, and I cannot answer. Not accurately. “Does this hurt?” he asks. Again, I’m not sure. “Do you have more or less […]