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So, I feel so, so, so much better. For the past four days, I've had the flu, and you'd think that things would have started out worse and gotten better, but they actually started out better and took a sharp turn for the worse yesterday. I cannot tell you, how absolutely awful I felt. It was the most unbearable headache I've ever had. I really think it was a case of viral meningitis, because of how severe the headache was. I've had meningitis before in my life, so perhaps I'm innately susceptible, but the last time I had it, I was eighteen months old. My mother took me to the hospital, where they gave me a spinal tap. I've heard they're excruciating, so I'm quite glad I have absolutely no memory of it.
Anyway, it was awful. But I'm feeling so much better. Some good, heavy rest probably helped speed up recovery quite a lot. I'll tell you, I couldn't even touch my EYES last night. The slightest pressure on my eyes was so extraordinarily painful. It was like there was suddenly too much stuff in my skull for my skull to hold, and there was all this extra stuff trying to get out, and my eye sockets were the only escape valve. I'm absolutely positive I had a short bout with meningitis--the viral kind, and that's important. I didn't have the bacterial kind, because if I had, I'd be in the hospital right now. Meningitis, for those who don't know, is an inflammation of the membranes ("meninges") that separate the brain from the skull. There are three meninges. I still remember the names of two of them from my neuroanatomy class. The thickest is known as the dura mater (Latin for "strong mother"), and the smallest is known as the pia mater (never did know what "pia" stood for). Interestingly, if I remember correctly, the pia mater is the one closest to the brain, the dura mater is the farthest from it, and there's this interwebbing of tissue between the two, which is the third meninge.
I've been eating very little over the past two days, and yesterday I was not only eating very little, but I didn't feel well enough to even drink very much. I can't believe how much better I feel right now. I feel almost normal! Shows how much we take normal for granted, when normal can suddenly feel like such a wonderful place to be.
Anyway, it was awful. But I'm feeling so much better. Some good, heavy rest probably helped speed up recovery quite a lot. I'll tell you, I couldn't even touch my EYES last night. The slightest pressure on my eyes was so extraordinarily painful. It was like there was suddenly too much stuff in my skull for my skull to hold, and there was all this extra stuff trying to get out, and my eye sockets were the only escape valve. I'm absolutely positive I had a short bout with meningitis--the viral kind, and that's important. I didn't have the bacterial kind, because if I had, I'd be in the hospital right now. Meningitis, for those who don't know, is an inflammation of the membranes ("meninges") that separate the brain from the skull. There are three meninges. I still remember the names of two of them from my neuroanatomy class. The thickest is known as the dura mater (Latin for "strong mother"), and the smallest is known as the pia mater (never did know what "pia" stood for). Interestingly, if I remember correctly, the pia mater is the one closest to the brain, the dura mater is the farthest from it, and there's this interwebbing of tissue between the two, which is the third meninge.
I've been eating very little over the past two days, and yesterday I was not only eating very little, but I didn't feel well enough to even drink very much. I can't believe how much better I feel right now. I feel almost normal! Shows how much we take normal for granted, when normal can suddenly feel like such a wonderful place to be.