Friday, February 12, 2010
It is a narrow lie-down hardly to be called any sort of bed... about as accomodating as the standard airline seat. It includes pillow, and blanket, upon request, and though there is no in-flight refreshment, it is a short hop from start to finish. Maybe 30 minutes. They encourage you in many ways to remain very very still... "be a tree..." and give you earplugs. A helm-like mask comes over your head, and if you are at all claustrophobic, this is when you begin to consider doing this another... Sign in to see full entry.
Off to get my head examined... After some months of odd moments of loss of balance, and occasional experiencing of that kind of muted roaring one gets standing up too fast, or just before fainting--but in this case, just walking around, and for longer than the usual passing moment... And sudden sharp headaches on one side, at sudden inconvenient moments... Today I go in for an MRI, which will probably determine there is nothing wrong, nothing to get excited about, just get a proper shoulder-rub... Sign in to see full entry.