Sociability despite headache

[magid]

Well, mostly sociable. I went to the Diesel last night, and found myself much less able to handle conversation when what I wanted to be doing was watching the backgammon games being played (comparing what I would've done with what the players did). I've had a headache since Monday, when it was a little thing that could easily be ignored. By yesterday afternoon, it had grown, to a pain over my right eye, unlike the usual headaches I've gotten in the past. I hope I wasn't too rude to anyone.

I went to a game night, and the low-key atmosphere was wonderful. It didn't matter that I now suck rocks at playing regular Carcassonne, since it wasn't a cutthroat sort of game. And, hey, I got to hear the quote of the day, which had something to do with putting octopus down someone's pants...
I didn't stay after that first game; I still hadn't had dinner. So, a late dinner, and off to bed.

Except that I woke up, head pounding, feeling vaguely feverish, a couple of hours later. Well, it's warmer out, maybe I should ditch the second blanket. OK. Cooler now. Back to sleep... until waking up the second time, again feeling vaguely feverish. Double-ugh. Finally got back to sleep, until I woke up a third time (no wonder I couldn't remember this morning's dream fragment!). This time I finally roused myself to find the Aleve-substitute, still in with the unpacked Arisia stuff (yeah, yeah), line up the two little triangles in the dark, pour myself water, consume. Finally back to sleep, after wondering how long I would just lie there, unable to face turning on a light when it was still dark out. Not my favorite night's sleep.

I've not had a headache that's so localized (my eye hurts a bit if I move it to the edges of my vision, or if I move my head to the edges of its motion) before, and only once had one that lasted three days (When it finally went away, I had light tinnitus in one ear :-(. ). No clue what a doctor would be able to do, other than suggest some of the OTC drugs I've already tried. At least this morning it's not as egregious... I hope it goes away soon.
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Comments

[slinkr.livejournal.com]

Oy. I hope the headache goes away soon. And thank you for the backgammon explanation.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Thanks. And you're welcome. I find it one of those incredibly addicting games, despite rules that are reasonably simple (ok, except for the doubling cube part. They're clearer now, I think, though I don't know that I'd use it much, unless whoever I was playing particularly wanted to.). And if I ever get a copy for myself, I can see myself playing lots and lots of it, even solitaire...
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[bitty.livejournal.com]

stop it! stop talking about backgammon! i'm going to explode!

[magid.livejournal.com]

Exploded Bittys not so much fun.

It's not a card game, but there are a lot of those out there. Anything particularly worse about backgammon?
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[bitty.livejournal.com]

have you tried to program a backgammon game?

[magid.livejournal.com]

Nope. This is not a surprise, however, since I've never tried to program any game. I know my limits, yessiree!
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[bitty.livejournal.com]

I certainly encourage you to stay away from programming a PASCAL version of backgammon. Especially if you have mono at the time.

[magid.livejournal.com]

I will definitely take that under advisement.
Luckily, I've had my bout with mono (happy freshman year of college), so I'm hoping it lives up to its abbreviation :-)

[bitty.livejournal.com]

it had one good point, which is that i no longer had to go to russian history. i could stay at home and sleep in my [dorm-issued, not-so-comfy, but-still] own bed, with pillows and everything, rather than in professor zippy's class in a cold room in a wooden chair surrounded by snoring fellow students.

that, and it was rather satisfying, and i admit this is petty, to go tell cbunnell taht i had tested positive for mono three days after he broke up with me, so hahahaha, he probably had it too.

[cellio]

Ugh. I'm sorry to hear about the headache. That sounds really rough.

You might want to tell your doctor about it anyway, even if there's nothing he can do, just to generate the entry on your medical record. Who knows; it could matter someday in diagnosing something else.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Well, it would be the nurse-practitioner (who's wonderful; I find her much easier to talk to than the actual doctor). I guess I'm hoping it will go away today, and I'll chalk it up to some random thing... I'm probably not as proactive about my health as I should be.
(Though I am likely to mention it the next time I go in for something else; the nurse-practitioner has half-hour appointments just so that she can talk with people longer :-)
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