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Before my shade, I'll hope I've made a faint impression in the sand
My poem "Female Figure of the Early Spedos Type, 1884–" is now online at GlitterShip. It was inspired by the art of Amadeo Modigliani but honestly more by Cycladic figurines and I am delighted that it shares an episode with Rose Lemberg's "These Are the Attributes By Which You Shall Know God."
I had the migraine-caliber headache straight through to this evening, which made for a terrible night and majority of today, but at the moment I appear to have only an ordinary headache, which frankly I'll take. Now that I can look at screens again, I am going to lie on the couch and stare at a movie.
I had the migraine-caliber headache straight through to this evening, which made for a terrible night and majority of today, but at the moment I appear to have only an ordinary headache, which frankly I'll take. Now that I can look at screens again, I am going to lie on the couch and stare at a movie.
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I'm glad your headache has downgraded, at least.
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You can listen/read at the website or listen via YouTube; I just wanted to cover all bases of links!
I'm glad your headache has downgraded, at least.
Thank you! I took a ton of decongestants. I feel this is diagnostic of the problem and will say as much to my PCP tomorrow.
[edit] Hey, Whit Bissell just sold some dude a sandwich in the first thirty seconds of the movie.
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Then he got arrested on trumped-up charges and disappeared from the picture!
(I'm watching The Sellout (1952). I appreciate that its omniscient docu-noir narrator just stepped onsceen in the person of John Hodiak.)
[edit] Whit Bissell reappeared satisfyingly.
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My migraines per se aren't. (They are connected to caffeine. I stay away from it.) My headaches are, but I am having a surprisingly difficult time making the ENT believe it.
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I get headaches which can turn into migraines, and sinus pain which can turn into headaches, but they don't seem to overlap a lot, altho sinus infections/pain seem more likely to trigger headaches. I've had some kind of respiratory/sinus trouble apparently since I was an infant in an incubator. sigh.
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I had a very good one, but she may have retired and has definitely left the system I have access to.
I've had some kind of respiratory/sinus trouble apparently since I was an infant in an incubator. sigh.
I have a long history of chronic facial pain and a long history of sinus issues. There are things I can't evaluate for myself, but there are other things I know how they feel, and again, I would like not to have to work so hard to be trusted on them. What I had this weekend wound up being functionally indistinguishable from a migraine in symptoms (intensity of pain, sensitivity to light and noise, nausea), but crucially did not behave like one—was not amenable to my normal method of breaking migraines, improved after something that wouldn't have fixed one. That is what I am going to have to make very clear tomorrow.
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Wow, that sounds so fucking painful and frustrating. I hope they believe you. (There are some truly terrible stats about how often doctors don't believe women and minorities trying to tell them about chronic pain or even sometimes life-threatening symptoms! W.T.F.)
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Thank you! It hasn't been fun!
(There are some truly terrible stats about how often doctors don't believe women and minorities trying to tell them about chronic pain or even sometimes life-threatening symptoms! W.T.F.)
*fistbump of people with terrible medical stories*
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Also, Marissa Lingen had your book in her 'read this month' roundup
Sonya Taaffe, Forget the Sleepless Shores. These stories remind me of a certain era of Elizabeth Hand stories in their beautiful prose, but with somewhat different roots. The ones that drew on Jewish sources were my favorite, but honestly there's not a badly-written piece in here. It still has not disappeared <3
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Thank you.
Also, Marissa Lingen had your book in her 'read this month' roundup
And thank you for letting me know!
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Mazel tov!
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(I couldn't find it to read because I am really bad at website navigation, but I am glad it is out there!)
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Thank you!
(If you scroll straight down from the first link, it is after a bunch of introductory text.)
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No worries! Websites are websites!
It's a gorgeous poem; my favorite line was "scratched red as ritual."
Thank you.
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Thank you! So far it is holding steady: I am continuing to do the thing that helped last night.
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Thank you! You can also read by scrolling down from the first link.
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Since I am very late in replying to this, I hope by now your headache is long since fixed.
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Thank you!
Since I am very late in replying to this, I hope by now your headache is long since fixed.
That particular headache is indeed no longer with me, which I strongly prefer.