Category Archives: Health

Two weeks on, two weeks loooong

Nearly every month for the past three years has consisted of two weeks which fly by, and two weeks that drag by with excruciating slowness. Each day I check my calendar, but no, we’re not yet at that magic day. A few days later I check again – surely it must be close now – […]

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Headaches and migraines

A headache sounds like such an innocuous thing. Something a bit annoying, or an ailment brought out as an excuse, “Not tonight, honey. I have a headache” It is hard to explain how something so seemingly trivial can impact your life so greatly. For me it is the duration which affects me most. By the […]

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Going gluten-free, and then some

For the last two months, I’ve been on a gluten-free diet. This is the latest in a long line of attempts to reduce the amount of headaches and migraines which I experience. I originally went to a doctor to enquire whether there was possible connection (and treatment!) with hormone levels. He asked if I’d ever […]

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The Blahs

Having an unmotivated week. Feeling flat, battling a headache with lots of coffee and codeine which results in less pain but a certain degree of cotton wool-ness in my head. A dear friend mentioned that it took her about 6 months after sleep returned to actually “get over it”, it being the sleep deprivation and […]

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