I have a high pain tolerance. I always have. I'm the kind of person who steps on a piece of glass, sits down, pulls out the glass with tweezers, and evaluates the cut before heading to the ER if it needs stitches.
I don't panic at the sight of blood. I guess I learned that from the time I was young because my dad is the same way. Well he's the same way unless the blood is his own. Then he turns as white as a sheet. It's kind of amusing to see the tough retired military man that is my dad go a little panicky when he cuts himself. But that's the subject of another blog.
This one is about my pain tolerance.
Tonight I have a headache. It's nothing to complain about really. It's one of those that has centered itself right above my right eyebrow. It's not all that severe of a headache; it's not even close to being a migraine.
But it's making me crazy because the throb of the headache is pulsing above my eye, which is making my eyelid twitch occasionally.
And that damn twitch is driving me batty!
Zayda posted on Mar 24, 2008
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nytquill17 said on Mar 24, 2008....
Ugh. My DH gets a twitchy eyelid when he's tired and/or stressed, and it drives him nuts. I don't get it anywhere near that regularly but enough to know how annoying it is!
I'm sorry you have a headache. I hope it gets better soon so your eye stops twitching! It's always the little stuff that gets us, huh? I have a pretty good pain/gore tolerance but I am a total wimp about nausea!
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pickersplock said on Mar 24, 2008....
That twitchy eyelid thingy started when I was 35! I freaked out and called the on call nurse and she said, very snarkily, "As you get older, your brain starts misfiring!"Welcome to my world Zayda! -
lfbno7 said on Mar 24, 2008....
I don't freak out if something starts to twitch. Sometimes the muscles in my arms will just start to twitch and I think it's pretty funny. I just watch the show. click. click. click. I'd say that happens once or twice a year. It's kind of like a baby laughing at its own hiccups. -
MissMimi said on Mar 24, 2008....
My left biceps twitches every now and then. Reminds me of Morse code. ;)I hope your headache goes away, Zee. Even mild headaches make me very cranky. -
Lucytorial said on Mar 25, 2008....
Grab the alternate thumb and forefinger to the side of your head that hurts, pinch the other hand between the thumb (*that flappy area) and the forefinger, hold down for 30 seconds, release, go harder and harder until you leave a mark on your hand.
Then if the headache persists continue to gently press the same area at the same time it thuds in your head over your eye.
Also if you have magnesium in your house in tablet form or powder, make up a strong solution and drink it slowly over an hour ~ Hydrates your muscles relaxing them.
Magnesium will help to ease muscular and nerve tension, the thumb reflex aids in the energy meridian of the neck back of skull (magnum) and the frontal cortex, easing bloodflow thereby easing a headache.
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Lucytorial said on Mar 25, 2008....
Sorry btw this isn't medical this is natural therapies and nutritian... check it on the net if you don't believe old LucyT (bitch face) -
diabolicdame said on Mar 25, 2008....
Hi Z! Sorry bout your headache.. but where I am, there's a saying that its lucky for you right eye to twitch.. it means something good is gonna happen.. I know its silly but I'm trying to find a silver lining for you.. Anyway I hope you feel better soon.. :-) -
uniquely-ironic said on Mar 25, 2008....
I hate those kinds of headaches. (the kind that give you facial twitches) I think you have a leaf induced stress headache :) Hope you feel better soon. -
TheNakedProfessor said on Mar 25, 2008....
I'm imagining your twitch - which I am able to visualize because you've been sweet enough to share your beauty with me. It's making me smile in amusement, because I can imagine some poor schmuck at the grocery store mistaking your twitch for a fliratious come-on. :< div>You're probably okay by now, but feel better fast if not.Love, TNPPS _ Lucy's right, try blunt force acupuncture - or is it acupressure? -
Zayda said on Mar 25, 2008....
TNP: LMAO. Luckily the twitch went away. And it's not exactly the same motion as wink, so hopefully it won't be mistaken for a flirtatious come-on. Besides, since we were supposedly married, I've been saving those come-ons for you. ;)
U-I: Hmmmm...a leaf-induced headache. Now that is a grand excuse. :) Luckily the headache was gone this morning.
Diabolic: Hmmm...so maybe I'll take it as a sign of good things to come since my right eye was twitching.
Pickers: Great, just what I need, a misfiring brain.
Nyt: Heh...the twitch is more annoying than anything. I'm kind of whimpy when it comes to nausea too. Ugh.
Lucy: Oh, I do believe you because I'm quite familiar with accupressure thanks to my father-in-law as well as some friends who practice natural therapies. I'm not sure why you are calling yourself, bitch-face though.
Mimi: A Morse code twitch, huh? Is it spelling out something saucy?!
lfbno7: Oh, I wasn't freaking out about the twitch. It's nothing to freak out about. It's merely annoying.
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silverwhisper said on Mar 25, 2008....
heh...the idea of you with a misfiring brain is kinda funny, super z. :D
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pickersplock said on Mar 25, 2008....
It's going to happen to you too ed, so don't laugh at the Zaydster! -
silverwhisper said on Mar 25, 2008....
yes, but by the time that happens, i hope to have distracted her by looking disarming and funny! :D
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fearing said on Mar 25, 2008....
Zayda, get some advil migraine. They knock out a headache in just a few minutes. Don't take more than 2 in 24 hours though. Talk about twitchy. ;-)
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queenparanoia said on Mar 25, 2008....
i have a head ache too... i hope you feel better zayda. -
Lucytorial said on Mar 26, 2008....
Just a feeling Zayda... glad to hear the h/ache is gone, I suffer migranes often and it works really well for me... -
Zayda said on Mar 28, 2008....
Silver: You know, your memory is bad enough as it is; you with a misfiring brain are going to be in loads of trouble. :P
Pickers: You know, I rather like Zaydster.
QP: All better now.
LT: Well...stop that...the feeling. You turkey. -
silverwhisper said on Mar 29, 2008....
"going to be in loads of trouble"?!
[is dumbstruck]
how could i be in even more than i already am?!
ed