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Wednesday, A public service announcement Um, hi. It's been brought to my attention that some people have been seriously worried about me, and that my delay in posting new entries since last Saturday hasn't helped. Let me just say that I received the results of my blood test on Monday, and everything was in the normal range, even my cholesterol. So I don't have lupus, cancer, diabetes, a malfunctioning thyroid or any of the other dangerous and expensive illnesses I was worried I might have. So what do I have? Well, I don't know yet, but a friend has made a very intriguing suggestion. I had mentioned in another forum that I've experienced similar symptoms before, always in the week before my period. She read out my symptoms to her husband, a doctor, and he remarked, "Hmm -- sounds like atypical migraine." Apparently an atypical migraine has all of the side effects of a classic migraine, but none of the pain -- it presents like a small, "reversible" stroke, which perfectly describes how I was feeling last week. Many people also regularly have a migraine during a specific time in their cycle, so the dizziness and muscle weakness of last week may simply be my body's precursor to the crimson tide. Which is not as bad as it sounds. Yeah, it's uncomfortable as hell, but I'm not going to drop dead from it, which is the important thing. I figure I'm going to wait until I get a job and medical insurance again, then go in to my doctor and talk to him about it. If it is an atypical migraine, there may be some sort of medication I can take that will ameliorate the worst of the symptoms. The thing I find blackly amusing is that a lot of the talented writers and on-line journalers I know suffer from migraines, almost as if it was some sort of adjunct to writing skill. I wonder if this means I'm eligible to join the club? The other reason why I haven't been making regular journal entries for the last few weeks is because I've been doing some website design for two groups. The first one is password protected, so I can't point you towards the URL, but the second one is for a writer's group I belong to here. Right now we're temporarily using the name FutureClassics, and the website lists all the members, useful links for writers and the assorted cons in the Texas/Oklahoma area. I'm especially glad that I finally finished this site because I commissioned artwork from Emily Smith for it, and she produced some stunning images. If anyone likes collage work and needs a book cover, I seriously suggest that you get her to do the artwork -- she's flipping brilliant.
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