Jaci Dawn

A yard sale find.

I am dealing with a migraine tonight, so not much to say. It started with an ocular migraine this morning during our staff meeting (the blindness lasts for about 30-45 minutes, typically).

If you follow the link and read the article, there’s a very decent graphic of an ocular migraine. Mine are similar to the graphic, except that what I see is something akin to ferris wheel lights in the dark: little neon lights that blink and move. The first hint that I have one coming on is a blind spot in the center of my vision. then the lights come one and the swirling blind spot gets larger. I’m all right if I don’t have to drive, write or read during the time that I have the migraine.

Ocular migraines are unnerving. I had the first one in my late teens and I have noticed that I can go months without one, then I will have a whole cluster of them. If I take an aspirin at the outset, I can reduce the time and duration of the lights, but if I can’t get to any aspirin, I just figure on 30-45 minutes of not being able to see very well. I CAN see around the swirling lights, but I lose one side of my peripheral vision or I lose the very center of my vision. Like I said: it is unnerving.

And sometimes after I have an ocular migraine, I will get a headache. Tonight, I have a headache.

It is time to give the computer a reat.