http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Wed, 2 Nov 2005 21:56:36 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/11/02/071031.php#comment-266125 Exquisite headaches. Old friends that remind one of their mortality. But they can be more. Sadly the medical profession ignored them too long: tension, "female problems", too much studying...ad nauseum. My chronic pain now comes from congestive heart failure, rhythm problems, chronic angina. BUT the heart attack that started it all was preceeded by a two week blinding headach. And why bother with a physician? They had been ignoring them since I carried my Darvon in a little foil package to school everyday as a 4th grader. It was "just a headache" after all. Could it have indicated vascular problems? Interesting question. Time for more studies and more seriousness in medical diagnoses. Time for "just a headache" to be taken seriously. Good for you for publishing your blog. 266125@blogcritics.org Wed, 2 Nov 2005 21:56:36 EST