Well, that was kind of freaky

[jadesfire]

At about 9.30 this morning, I developed a blind-spot and I mean that literally. For about 10 minutes, I simply couldn't see what was in the bottom right quarter of my field of vision. It was only when I also started to see flashing lights that I started to think maybe it wasn't eye-related but brain related. When I told a colleague, her immediate reaction was "you're getting a migraine. go home."

Judging by the pain in my head, she was right, although I'm getting off lightly, and it's bearable for the moment. And no, I don't intend to look at the screen for much longer. Even I'm not that daft. Well. Not quite. Probably.

So now I have a whole new exciting field to research - I like to know what's happening to me, especially when it involves brain cells, and if I'm going to get migraines, even mild ones, I want to be ready for it. Research skillz - I has them.

Assuming things done get worse, there will be fic later (thrilling, I know, but try to contain your excitement ;)) and some proof-reading of the tardis_bigbang website. We go live tomorrow and still so much to do!

How's everyone doing? Do drop in to say hi. I'll be here all day, in between headaches...

Comments

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the migraine club. There're some nice pictures on the sight phenomenom here (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migr%C3%A4neaura#Migr.C3.A4neauren), though the text is German. Ironically, that's all my father gets - no headaches at all. So not fair...

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Huh, those pictures are fascinating - the first one shows almost perfectly what I saw, as does the second one, except that for me, the lights and blurring were in the bottom right corner of my vision. It was disconcerting, to say the least!

Hopefully I'll always get off this lightly (paracetamol and a few hour's sleep), but I want to be ready if they get worse!