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Has anyone on my FL had experience of Occipital Neuralgia? How treatable is it?

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Memo to self: When in Singapore, one does not even think of spitting in the street, no matter how discreetly and no matter what you've just coughed up.

For the last three weeks my sinuses have been thoroughly colonised by green things from the outer solar system that have converted my head into a 24-hour crud factory. Not helped either by an ( Read more... )

Yesterday fjm asked what irrational reactions do we have when stressed. I've just experienced another one: every single time I see or hear George W. Bush on television I have this completely unconquerable urge to give him the finger.

Is there a name for this common condition? I've heard it can be fatal if not treated.

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15 March: Car to Heathrow, bus to office, bus to aircraft, 747 to Delhi, bus to hotel.
16 March: Bus to airport, 747 to London.
17 March: Bus to office, bus to car park, car to Woodley. Bus back to Reading, coach to Heathrow Terminal 1, train to Terminal 4, 747 to Bangkok.
18 March: Car to Benji's place, car to Sala Ya (1 hour west of Bangkok), 10 ( Read more... )

For when feeling like shit, from here.

After an annual eye test for hereditary glaucoma last week (all clear), I bit the bullet and finally admitted I do need glasses. They're not for reading, they're for seeing better at longer distances - I was actually longsighted until about five years ago, when my eyes started to prefer seeing at shorter focal lengths. I also have a slight ( Read more... )