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Being cruisy in carparks
Yesterday’s post “can drafts can cause migraines?” got mixed responses here, and on Instagram and LinkedIn (where I sometimes post links). Some people were ‘heck yeah’, some were ‘I guess so’ and some were ‘meh…’ – which pretty much sums up all my feelings over the last few weeks I’ve…
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Can drafts cause migraines?
A month ago, while I was walking my two dogs, a lady who was visiting a neighbor up the road stopped me. She wanted to chat to my dogs. After her dog-whispering was complete, she started up a conversation with me. She mentioned she wasn’t feeling that well and began…
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Acupuncture for migraines
About five years ago, a friend recommended I try acupuncture for my migraines. I have mixed feelings about (un)solicited advice. On the one hand, I’m open-minded, keen to get better, and curious to learn about my options. On the other hand, I’ve had more than my fair share of advice…
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Living in the grey (or orange) zone of life
Our language tends to favor a binary (on/off or 1/0) version of events. Life is good/bad, the sky is clear/overcast, people are heroes/villains, decisions are right/wrong, play a game and you’re a winner/loser, and in our final hour we may well turn out to be saved/damned. If you used traditional…
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3 months young and getting resourceful
OK, one more post about mini-milestones, then I promise I’ll stop carrying on (for a while at least!) On the 17th of January 2024, I posted my first ever entry – “My migraine story” – since then, I’ve slowly got into the habit of posting Monday to Friday, until here…
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Press the (fishy) doorbell – then clap – please!
The internet is a weird and wonderful place, no doubt about it. The other day when I was on Tumblr I read a fantastic post about a fish-doorbell. Yep, you read that correctly. In the Netherlands they have lots of canals, and on those canals they also have ‘locks’ which…
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Lady Gaga’s migraine ad
A few weeks ago, I did a post labelled ‘migraines as advertised’ that showed several (not great) migraine medication ads from decades ago. Seconds after I hit ‘publish’ I noticed an article about a ‘controversial’ Lady Gaga ad for migraine medication. Lady Gaga is well known for her singing and…
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We are ALL influencers
After spending a few weeks on Instagram I have become hyperaware of ‘influencers’. In Australia, and in my line of work, I don’t really hear much about them, except the occasional story when one gets arrested returning from an overseas travel trip that ‘sponsors’ paid for (sponsors who turned out…
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Being out of sync with the rest of the world
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve noticed that the blogosphere is overflowing with foreign phrases such as “snow melt” and “frost thaw”, and pictures of blooming flowers, including those on my new-blogger-friends Amy and Edward’s pages. “Spring has sprung!” all the pictures declare. Only it hasn’t. It’s the start…
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