i'm beginning to think something is wrong with me in a medical sense.
i haven't had clear sinuses in about a year. not even one day. it's constant mucus.
in the past few weeks, i've also started to develop headaches. not big throbbing, i need help headaches, but these low, lulling headaches that just gnaw slowly. sometimes, like today, they work their way to the front of my head and my sinuses in particular. that's when i have to take something.
i just took some generic tylenol and i hope it kicks in soon.
part of me thinks, in particular for these past two days, that it's because i've been sitting in front of my computer for so long. but that wouldn't account for the headaches i had this weekend, when i was out in the sun. i was overexposed, i know, because i burned and i'm still itching from it, but on top of that, the sun made my head hurt pretty badly.
the computer theory is also invalidated by the fact that i have been away from a computer for a very large majority of the past two months.
and then, sometimes, i put on my glasses and it hurts more. but it's not from my prescription, though. i went to see about contacts last week and they tested my eyes again. there was only a fractional change in my left eye, but other than that, my vision was more or less the same. no change in prescription necessary.
another x-factor is alcohol. i drink a single beer on average about two out of every three days. sometimes two beers, if the food takes too long to arrive. those few drinks also bring the pain forward, which stinks.
on a different note, if i drink coffee, the headaches go away. i don't think it is addiction, because i haven't had coffee in at least four days now, so if there were any sign of withdrawal, it should've subsided by now. maybe not, though.
so, i'm beginning to think. maybe i should just stop thinking.
Posted by iain at September 6, 2005 02:35 PM