The Problem is All Inside Your Head She Said to Me
We’ve moved into Hurry-Up-and-Wait, Phase II. My earlier facts were correct, but my appointment with my endocrinologist today filled in some vital details. My pituitary tumor, which sits in the hollow...
View ArticleBaby Steps
Finally, the ball is rolling, and I’m grateful. I’ve had eight migraines over the last nine days, and that kind of unrelenting pain makes me a little, well, bat-shit crazy. No one can say for sure...
View ArticleHiccups
And then the other shoe dropped. Okey dokey, so I received an updated clinical trial consent form, and I don’t have to very read far before I notice a big difference in how I’ll be handled during this...
View ArticleOverture, Curtains, Lights!
So, it’s show time. I spent the morning at the hospital ensuring that my informed consent is truly informed, and then I signed on the dotted line. If I pass the screening test in two weeks — and, just...
View ArticleTesting One… Two… Three
It’s been one hell of a fortnight. When we closed the last chapter on our continuing saga, I had just offered my body to science as part of an experimental drug trial to fight the rare neuro-endocrine...
View ArticleAnticlimatic
Okay, people, move along. You sir, nothing to see here. That’s right, keep moving. So, today was injection day, the first real day of my experimental drug trial. I was put through the usual battery of...
View ArticleMayday, May Day
If you suffer, you know the adage well. The best thing about a migraine is that it won’t kill you. Of course, the worst thing about a migraine is that it won’t kill you. If you’ve never lived through...
View ArticleThe Meaning of Hope
Hope. I banished the word from my lexicon more than two decades ago. With an illness as long and as intractable as the one I have endured, it was just too painful and dangerous for me to throw my...
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