Asprin.... who needs asprin!? :)

[rball5]

Not trying to scare you or anything......but it doesn't take long to get a neuro exam and an MRI........

[Redneck] I ain't skeered!! [/Redneck]

I've been brought back from the dead in an ambulance at a VERY early age: 3rd degree burns over 90% of my body - no scars. I was supposed to be dead - permanently - by 30: a-hole doctor predicted cancer from radiation poisoning when Chernobyl blew up (I was very sick)... they gave my parents that bit of news infront of eight-year old Me. I'm not gonna let a little headache scare me!

Seriously, I do get regular checkups and I see the doctor if anything weird seems to be going on. They know my story & there have been no signs of any problems - thankfully!

When I saw the doctors after the accident, they told me I'd need surgery to relieve the pain. They also said that if I didn't get it done, the condition may deteriorate over time & cause more pain (and possibly be a little more involved to fix, but wouldn't cause other problems). I told them I didn't want surgery & the doctors were fine with that - they didn't try to talk me into going ahead with treatment. As a result, I can't look up/lean back at the same time without pain, and I've had headaches just about every day (not anymore - I'm still hailing cigars as my miracle cure).

Besides, that was about 7 years before I was supposed to be dead (and about 8 years ago... guess I made it ) - why would I risk surgery if I was a goner anyway?

[ashauler]

Wow, sounds as if you are indeed a lucky man....pain or no pain. 3rd degree burns, 90% of your body with no residual scarring.....amazing that you even survived that. That large of a surface area burn is almost always fatal.

I have had nothing like that, but I can relate to the headaches on an intimate level. I still maintain that chronic headaches are nothing to fuck around with. For those of us "average" joes that is.

[Redneck] I ain't skeered!! [/Redneck]

I've been brought back from the dead in an ambulance at a VERY early age: 3rd degree burns over 90% of my body - no scars. I was supposed to be dead - permanently - by 30: a-hole doctor predicted cancer from radiation poisoning when Chernobyl blew up (I was very sick)... they gave my parents that bit of news infront of eight-year old Me. I'm not gonna let a little headache scare me!

Seriously, I do get regular checkups and I see the doctor if anything weird seems to be going on. They know my story & there have been no signs of any problems - thankfully!

When I saw the doctors after the accident, they told me I'd need surgery to relieve the pain. They also said that if I didn't get it done, the condition may deteriorate over time & cause more pain (and possibly be a little more involved to fix, but wouldn't cause other problems). I told them I didn't want surgery & the doctors were fine with that - they didn't try to talk me into going ahead with treatment. As a result, I can't look up/lean back at the same time without pain, and I've had headaches just about every day (not anymore - I'm still hailing cigars as my miracle cure).

Besides, that was about 7 years before I was supposed to be dead (and about 8 years ago... guess I made it ) - why would I risk surgery if I was a goner anyway?