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Skriven 2012-01-17 12:57:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: GRAIN(E)S, MY,YOURS20117
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 -=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus <=-

 ML> Those are other standard ones. Thinking about them can
 ML> cause them, it seems - right now for me I'm in a pre-aura
 NB> True, on both counts... the latter especially if one is kinda on the
 NB> edge anyway...

 ML> I'm coming rather close right now, thinking of past episodes
 ML> and almost reliving them. Also two glasses of red wine with
 ML> supper. Fluorescent light. The stress of being here (see
 ML> yesterday's packet).

This is one of the Echo diseases that I can relate to.
Coincidentally, I had an episode yesterday while emailing.  I get the
areas of blindness in both eyes, where some of the field of view is
replaced by moving kaleidoscopic patterns.  As usual, it lasted for 20
minutes, while I continued touch-typing carefully.  Two hours later
the headache started, and continued for some hours.  The first time I
was hit by this form of vision disturbance was in Pt Moresby, while
driving in traffic at noon.  The trigger was reflected flashing light.
It is a pity that car designers don't have the experience of driving
in the tropics, or they wouldn't put windscreens and rear windows at
45 degrees.  With the sun directly overhead at noon, its rays are
reflected directly into the eyes of all drivers following or
travelling in the opposite direction.

Since then it has recurred occasionally, but usually randomly.  If I
am driving and have a passenger, I tell her I can't see, and ask her
to tell me when to turn.  Then I have to deal with _her_ panic! At one
stage I was worried enough to go to a brain specialist and have a CAT
scan, which found nothing bad.  He told me that it was a harmless form
of migraine, and that he suffered from it, also. Nothing could be done
about it, but to try to avoid triggers such as flashing bright lights
and stress.

 ML> Stress and probably scent (Glade?) got me this past
 NB> Monday night

 ML> Now, there's no visual aura, rather an aural aura as it were,
 ML> a sound as of a thousand crickets inside my head: I'm pretty

I have had that sound, but not at the same time as the pictures.

 ML> certain it's not pure insanity, but on the few occasions that
 ML> I thought I was going nuts - before I figured out the migraines
 ML> and the anxieties thing - this same sound really drove me to
 ML> distraction.

That would be a distinct disadvantage if it occurred while you were
playing in a concert.
 
 NB> Going through a dresser drawer recently, I came upon an OLD bottle of
 NB> ergotamine... I had to stop taking them to stave off the migraines
 NB> when I got pregnant
 ML> Ergotamine tartrate - I could use some of that right now.
 ML> Or indomethacin (which I had to go off because of the
 ML> bleeding issues, but I'd risk it tonight).

I used Chardonnay to distract from the headache pain.
 
 ML> For me the worst problem is that a fresh hard-boiled egg makes my
 ML> fingers scream when I peel it - some vibration goes through my
 ML> fingers, up my arms, and all the way to my ears or my brain.
 NB> You are very sensitive to sound and vibration, aren't you...

I will take care to peel you eggs for you if necessary.

 ML> Another trait found among autistics! Both sound and smell,
 ML> the senses at which I excel.
 
 NB> Interestingly, the only
 NB> time that I was getting the noise was under the conditions we had that
 NB> day, the very wet roads, and driving on them at high speeds.

 ML> Maybe it's a driving-too-fast-on-wet-roads alarm.

Perhaps the sound was external, from the tyres?

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Pickled Eggs - 2
 Categories: Appetizers, Egg, Pickle
      Yield: 12 Eggs
 
     12    Eggs; hard-boiled & peeled
      2 c  White vinegar
      1 c  Cold water
      1 tb Mixed pickling spices
 
  Let hardboiled eggs stand until cold.  Mix together the remaining
  ingredients.  Let boil and then cool. Make sure eggs and vinegar are
  cold before putting in jars.  Leave 24 hours before eating pickled
  eggs. From: Dave Sacerdote                  Date: 12-13-96 Cooking
 
MMMMM
 
On this day in 1995 the devastating 7.3 Kobe earthquake took place.
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