But obviously I'm not. Why? Because
- I've mostly been asleep, or at least trying to sleep, since Friday night, and
- The pain behind my eyes has subsided to something reasonable and I know as soon as I lie dow that is no longer going to be the case.
I thought about it. It's been nine years since I've had a sinus headache like this one. It is getting better, so I know I'm not going to beat my one-week record. I'm hoping tomorrow will be the end of it. "Only" four days. I don't really know how to decribe the pain to someone who hasn't had one of these to this degree, but I can tell you from first-hand experience with other injuries what I would gladly trade this for:
- Dislocated shoulder or wrist
- Broken finger or toe
- A cut to my skull in my forehead (actually that is tempting - not that it would actually relieve the pressure)
- 4th-degree road-rash on a forearm
...anyway that should be enough to make the point. There are only a few things I've had to endure that were actually nastier than one of these headaches such as beaver-feaver (that's the Canadian equivalent of Monctezuma's Revenge for those that live in southerly places) or a grossly infected wound that turned into a 6" diameter boil (betcha that image just made your stomach churn
). This sucks. Perhaps
trepanation is in order?
