Category Archives: Pain

I am Delicate; I have neuralgia, also known as prosopalgia, the suicide disease

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Barbara

I am delicate That is when I am not in complete agony Initially my doctor thought I had sinusitis, which i am prone to since i have had hay-fever since childhood and a recent MRI scan highlighted that my right … Continue reading →

Posted in Fibromyalgia, Gabapentin, Lanzarotte, Neuralgia, Photography, Sinus headache | Tagged Delicate, Gabapentin, headaches, nerve endings, Neuralgia, pain receptors, Postaday, sensitive nerve, Tramadol, Weekly Photo Challenge | 29 Comments

12.12.12 12:12 Is it too early for a New Years Resolution?

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Barbara

I have thought about doing something like this for a really long time, but always the second the thought came into my head it ran for the exits as fast as its little feet could carry it!! Recently I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Achilles Tendon Injury, Blogging, Getting old, Health, Keeping Fit, Marathon, Running, Sinus headache, Special Dates | Tagged 2014, Cross Country, Getting Fit, Marathon, New Years Resolution, The Clarendon Way, Winchester to Salisbury | 16 Comments

Laughter is the best medicine; Some headache jokes I have found!

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Barbara

A few days after finishing His creations, the Lord called to Adam and said, “It is time for you and Eve to begin the process of populating the earth so I want you to kiss her.” Adam was a bit … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Health, Jokes, Pain, Sinus headache | Tagged brain tumour, Co-Drydamol, Cortisone, headache jokes, laughter is the best medicine, Sinus infection, Tramadol | 10 Comments

Sinus headache, or have I been hit by a scaffold pole in my sleep?

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Barbara

Sometimes words can’t describe things properly. The pain I have with this headache is like that, so I looked for images. In this picture from Matt Koening’s Blog, he looks like how I feel: With this headache I can’t frown, … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Dyslexia, Health, Pain, Sinus headache | Tagged Brain scan, brain tumour, Christmas Cards, Co-Drydamol, Cortisone, Grey matter, pain, Sinus Headache, Sinus infection, Tramadol | 10 Comments

Happy 40th Birthday Gwen

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Barbara

Today is my baby sister’s 40th birthday. She died on the 3rd of February 1973 of a cot death. We only have four photographs of her. Most people didn’t have cameras then, and colour photographs were still very new. I … Continue reading →

Posted in 40, Birthdays, Death, Families, Pain, Sisters | Tagged Cot Death, FSID, Guardian Angel, Gwen Molony, ISIDA, Sisters | 10 Comments

There is a crack, a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Barbara

Leonard live at the National Stadium, Dublin 1988 I WAS THERE! I was only 19, and had spent the previous 4 years being lulled to sleep and indulging in depression with Leonard’s first 3 albums, very typical of teenagers … Continue reading →

Posted in folk rock, Getting old, Life, Music, Pain, Photography, Poetry, spoken word | Tagged Dear Heather, I'm Your Man, Leonard Cohen, National Stadium Dublin 1988, Old Ideas, Old Ideas Tour, Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ8, Songs From A Room, Songs of Leonard Cohen, Songs of Love and Hate, Ten New Songs, The Future, Various Positions, World Tour 2008 - 2010 | 9 Comments

Fibromyalgia

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Barbara

Fibromyalgia I wake up, but I’m not awake, or at least I wish I wasn’t. I should have known it would hit me again soon. PAIN!!! I can’t think! I need painkillers, but I can’t move. I can’t even work … Continue reading →