some personal equations + some info. on writer's strike

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So, am back from SD. Actual 72 hrs in Palm Tree Land = very nice. Dominos, food, episodes of Forever Knight, lots of sleep albeit on a somewhat hard floor, general relaxation and an extremely comfortable couch.

24 hrs of travel on American Airlines with layovers, lack of sleep and generally busted-ass airplanes with terrible service and extreme discomfort = less nice.

Cold/Flu thing that I have picked up = very bad.

Last night, something weird happened to my vision. Everything became blurry/shimmery in spots - sort of like bits of my field of vision were devolving into rainbow, oasis hallucinations. Has this ever happened to anyone? I thought that I was going blind for a while - which is of great personal fear to me. I may have had a fever at the time, as I began to catalogue my options if I was indeed going blind, and oddly, the Final Solution seemed the most sensible and attractive.*

I was very frightened.

I'm better now, though still feeling a bit weird. Have made a doctor's appt. for tomorrow.

In other news, support the writer's strike by calling the networks and urging them to comply with writers' demands in talks today.

http://community.livejournal.com/wga_supporters/113820.html




*What an appropriate topic for an LJ post! Rest assured, I realize that in the broad light of (less delirious) day, this is less sensible than it at first seemed.

Comments

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yes, this has happened to me many many times because of my heart condition. Your blood probably isn't oxygenating well and you were essentially fainting, very slowly. This can also be a migraine thing.

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

Heh. Someone below said the same thing re: migraine. I had a headache but not a really bad one.

This happens to you all the time? That sucks majorly. I thought my vision was just going to...go. And then I thought, no more reading! I will die!

I still feel very strange. I will tell my doctor tomorrow and see what she says!

[rm.livejournal.com]

It used to happen to me constantly when the heart thing was much worse, now only a couple of times a year, but yeah.

Also, migraines do not have to involve pain. Graene, I think gets ones like these without pain if I recall correctly.

[(Anonymous)]

The rainbow sparkles in your field of vision that you describe sound like part of a migraine aura. How long did they last?

I am not a doctor, but I've had these before and my doctor called them "optical migraines".

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the info! I did have a headache, but it wasn't unmanageable, so I didn't think migraine. It was very weird. I will describe it to my doctor and ask about the optical version.

It lasted about 2 or 3 hours, I think, but my time sense wasn't too good.

[framefolly.livejournal.com]

Hope you feel much better soon. Sending you e-massage and tea.

Going blind is a major fear of all humanities academics. Your fever thoughts aren't strange at all -- but I'm very glad to hear that you are no longer feeling that way ;) . When my lifestyle starts to really murder my sight and my eyes protest, I make a hot towel (microwave a damp hand towel for 30-6 seconds) and lay it folded over my eyes -- repeat as necessary. I also exact a reading/viewing ban on myself -- no tv, computers, books, anything. I try to focus in the distance as often as possible.

My vision continues to deteriorate :( .