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Title: shadows
Post by micheal on Mar 1^st, 2009 at 4:09pm

What are "shadows"?

Title: Re: shadows
Post by coach_bill on Mar 1^st, 2009 at 5:24pm

Kinda like a cluster, but not.

Coach Bill

Title: Re: shadows
Post by Guiseppi on Mar 1^st, 2009 at 7:02pm

There's a bunch of definitions. I call it the feeling where I get the CH "twinge"....the feeling that it's coming on. I feel the CH type pain start to build, but it never gets above a 3 or so. I can feel the beasts claws in the back of my brain, but he can't quite get a grip on me. That's how I describe them. They hurt, but they're not the butt kickers.

Joe

Title: Re: shadows
Post by micheal on Mar 1^st, 2009 at 7:55pm

Thank you

Title: Re: shadows
Post by Chad on Mar 3^rd, 2009 at 11:45am

shadow = temple tingler

Title: Re: shadows
Post by darknight on Mar 3^rd, 2009 at 11:47am

Well said Chad and love ur Logo Cmon UTD!!!

Title: Re: shadows
Post by Steambug on Mar 13^th, 2009 at 3:28pm

I've just realised that I've been getting these, I've been having this about an hour before my main attack kicks off ieach evening, but also during the day too - can you get shadows at other times and not have a full blown CH follow?

Title: Re: shadows
Post by Jeannie on Mar 13^th, 2009 at 3:47pm

I shadow quite a lot. Even while out of cycle. They do not result in a full blown attack and they go away after a while. Once in a while they manifest into a rouge lower level hit. When in cycle, I alternate between shadows and hits constantly.

Sometimes drinking an energy drink like Red Bull will chase the shadow away.

Jeannie

Title: Re: shadows
Post by Chad on Mar 17^th, 2009 at 10:07am

darknight wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2009 at 11:47am:

Well said Chad and love ur Logo Cmon UTD!!!

I love the Red Devils! Nice to see other UTD fans here.

Too bad they aren't televised that much in the states without buying a special cable package :(

Title: Re: shadows
Post by Kimmie on Mar 18^th, 2009 at 11:31am

I haven't had a hit in over a week, but I'm still left with a few shadows here and there.

The lil bastards are kinda like "woman cramps"

You get em before, during, and after. [smiley=nopity.gif]

Kimmie

Title: Re: shadows
Post by Chad on Mar 18^th, 2009 at 12:38pm

Kimmie wrote on Mar 18^th, 2009 at 11:31am:

LOL!

You're funny Kimmie.

Title: Re: shadows
Post by DennisM1045 on Mar 18^th, 2009 at 12:40pm

I get shadows which last for days. The peak and ebb but never really seem to leave.

I find Oxygen can help with shadows too. Usually 10 minutes @ 15lpm will do the trick.

Sometimes shadows can just as bothersome as the real thing. Not in terms of pain level but just because they linger so long. They can really take the fun out of things.

-Dennis-