Do you know that feeling when your head hurts so badly that to open your eyes or even move your hand seems to make it feel like it might explode at any moment? Yeah, that's how I feel right now, so sorry if there are some typos in this I'm typing with my eyes closed because the computer screen hurts my eyes. In addition, if you're within a radius of me that could be considered the "splash zone" you may want to stand clear because you may get some brain on your nice clean shirt after my skull cracks under the pressure and turns into a violent explosion getting brain everywhere...
I know I'm lame, but hey I'm the one trying to figure this thing out so I'm allowed to ponder what I will, but 100 years ago or 1000 years ago or 3000 years ago what did they do if they got a horrible headache like this? Did Alexander the Great ever have to put off a campaign because his head was in so much pain? Did Van Gogh have to put off finishing Starry Night? Did John the Baptist ever have to say, "I guess I'll have to baptist you guys tomorrow right now I feel like my brain might splatter on you"?
No one ever talks about headaches in history books, they don't mention that anyone had what we would consider "migraines." We know they didn't have Excedrin to deal with them, in the really olden days they didn't even have the ability to put a cool cloth on their head...man, that had to have been horrible!! Although, speaking on behalf of someone who has had more medication today than one should probably technically have (shhhh don't tell my doctor, oh wait I don't have one...nevermind), I don't know if the medication really helps so maybe our lives really aren't that much different...
p.s. while trying to see what my brain might look like if it did explode i came across these...
I totally think I need to figure out how to make them ;)
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