Thanks ClusterHead.com...


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Posted by Andrew Mytys (136.2.1.101) on June 12, 2000 at 12:17:42:

I want to thank this site for all the great information it has provided.

Friday, I was diagnosed and logged onto this site, for the first time, and had a wealth of questions answered.

While I may not be "normal", I am NOT alone.

Printouts were made, and I made sure to go over all the information with my wife.

The weekend was quiet (just a bunch of whimpy shadows) but last night (Sunday), 2 1/2 hours after falling asleep, I woke up with a pain around 3.5 on the Kip scale.

I woke my wife up, and told her I was going to have an ATTACK.

We're not panicking anymore, and treating it more like a bad storm at sea... battening down the hatches and getting ready for a wild ride.

My wife quickly got the ice, and everything else I needed.

She was quiet, didn't ask questions, and just waited to follow any "command" I might spew out in the midst of my pain.

As the hour progressed, I went from wild thrashing (like Stevie Wonder playing the piano) to rapid breathing through clenched teeth, vicing my head, etc.

It was really great to know I should be in the clear after an hour/90 minutes, and that the "nausea" (I've never thrown up though) I feel is actually a signal that IT'S almost over.

I still don't have any medicine, so I had to ride out the pain, but just knowing what was happening was a big help, to the both of us.


Thanks again,


.andy and Elwira




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