Information and opinions on health from dragondrool at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/9799/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/9799/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/9799/index http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/9799/66983/maelstrom Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:42:04 -0400 dragondrool razzledazzle flashbulb pop      blinds me, blinking           numbing flitterflutter whizbang start      invasion   zigzag periphery      boiling, roiling           crashing stealing in on acid howls      ensnaring   jibberjabber... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/9799/66983/maelstrom http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/9799/12202/ack-phhbbbbt-ptui Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:52:00 -0400 dragondrool I thought it would all be good.   I had that tell-tale numbness across my left cheekbone.  That feeling in my sinus that spread down to the one tooth, which my tongue kept probing.  That fuzzy-headed feeling.  And several hours in a hot, yellowjacket-infested concession stand stretched out ahead of me.  Joy and rapture! No problem, thought I!  I'd just grab a Midrin from my little backpack in the... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/9799/12202/ack-phhbbbbt-ptui http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/9799/11925/luck Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:21:00 -0400 dragondrool I don't know how, and I don't know why, but for some reason I've managed to scoot into hypothyroid territory without ending up with an increase in migraine frequency.  If anything, the migraine beasties been even more quiet, despite the thyroid level shift.  In fact, I've almost been unaffected by weather at all this summer, which is surprising, since it's usually my biggest trigger.  I've had a couple... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/9799/11925/luck http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/9799/3531/eau-de-grader Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:29:01 -0500 dragondrool I can appreciate an eighth grader that takes pride in their appearance, but I'll never understand why when they discover regular encounters with soap, water, and combs they also have to discover cologne. For them, the stronger the better. Or so they think. For me, it's the stronger the worse.  Luckily, this morning I was out of the classroom for most of the hour covering a different class. Unluckily, I returned back to our classroom... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/9799/3531/eau-de-grader