Man Survives Spear In Head
Fish around the world did not heave a sigh of relief when they learned that Brazillian Emerson de Oliveira Abreu has sworn off fishing. The fish never really have much to fear from Abreu, because he managed to spear himself in the head.
“I Wonder What Would Happen If I Shot My Own Head?”
Abreu was not a fisherman content to just sit in a boat and hold a pole in one hand and a beer in the other. Oh, no. He actually got into the water and chased his prey with a deep sea fishing spear gun that fires six inch spears.
Abreu claims that during his fateful watery outing, the spear richoched off of a rock and propelled into his head just above his left eye. The spear dug in so deeply that almost all of the six inches of spear lodged itself into his head.
Since there are no witnesses (or else they are still too busy laughing to contradict Abreu), all we can assume is that Abreu is telling the truth. (Quite frankly, I wouldn’t be surprised if this was a sad outcome to a drinking game gone awry.)
MSNBC reports that initial reports that a friend shot Abreu are false. (Of course. What kind of a freind would shot you in the head with a speargun? A real friend would use a bullet to make sure you’re dead.)
Frantic Surgery
Non-American press can be very snide about medical facilities outside of the country, but in an incredible feat of five hour sugery, doctors removed the spear and Abreu is mostly fine. The spear did not hit any major brain areas.
Well … he’s as fine as you can be after a spear went into your head.
Oh, joy. Sitting in a doctor’s waiting room hearing “Benny and the Jets” over and over again, staring at the same pile of magazines that was there two years ago and wondering if the stain on the wall just moved. This is a great time for
I finally got to see Dr. Fountain-of-Youth-Face about the strange yet painless lump on my back rib. Fortunatley, it’s not on my rib. It’s in my skin. The diagnosis was a
Ever envied guinea pigs? Lord knows I have. Well, you may not have the fuzzy fur or the little pink lips or the jellybean-like physique, but you can play the metaphorical guinea pig in helping out with a
Granted, kneeling over the toilet and buckled over with pain, you are feeling anything BUT appreciative your ability to regurgitate. 
Pardon me by going slightly off topic today, but at least it does deal with health in general, which can certainly affect how often I’ll get headaches and migraines in the future. As you can probably tell from the title, I’ve found a strange firm lump on my body. At first I thought it was a 
are one of the worst forms of pain that you can experience. They are so bad that your WOULD wish them on your worst enemy. Cluster headaches tend to start about an hour or so after you’ve gone to bed. For some unknown reason, they happen to men more than women. There has been a theory bandering about that sleep apnea may have something to do with cluster headaches.
People with migraines or cluster headaches may be perscribed anti-convulsants at one point or another. As their name implies, these are drugs that were originally meant for helping people with epilespy or other conditions that cause seizures. Now, anti-convulsants are prescribed off-label for bipolar disorder, schitzophrenia, Alzheimer’s, obsessive-compulsive disorder, restless leg syndrome, drug addiction rehabilitation and pre-menstrual syndrome.
I forgot all about submitting to the March 2009 edition of the Headache and Migraine Blog Carnival. (DUH!) And I get two reminders, as well. I guess I could blame