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Wednesday, January 07, 2004

a headache

I have, as previously mentioned, a some-say goofy aversion to taking analgesics for headaches. Well, perhaps aversion is too strong a word -- more like a shrugging don't-see-why-I-really-should attitude. Anyway. Today I have a headache which started last night as a little tickle behind my left eyebrow as I was finishing reading Possession (when I have the mental energy I will review that), then progressed to an outright pain behind my left eyebrow, the kind of pain that always makes me wonder in the back of my mind if it's some kind of aneurysm, but I think it's really related to my sinuses. Anyway. Today the headache is a bona-fide full-out headache, and I've exhausted my options. I've drunk plenty of water, eaten a good meal, practiced relaxation, taken a shower, and massaged my scalp. That works. The only problem is, when I stop massaging, the pain comes back. So either I need to sit and massage my head till my arms cease functioning (at which point the headache will come back anyway, and it is difficult to get anything done this way), or else I suppose it's time to actually take some Advil, in spite of the problem of wanting to know when whatever is causing the headache goes away. Barring, of course, the possibility of hiring or coercing someone to follow me around all day rubbing my head while I fold laundry, clean the house, cook supper, etc. Now that has appeal -- although it's wildly impractical, I suppose.

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