Argh, not that "I need to drill a hole in my head" feeling again. Thump, thump, thump...it feels like someone is dribbling my head like a basketball.
How about a method of pain relief that's just a little safer than drilling holes in your own head? This looks very interesting…it is a device constructed of aluminum in that shape a loose-fitting band that fits down on your head. All the way around the inside of the band are cushioned disks about the size of a silver dollar. On the outside are butterfly nuts to rotate the disks inward thereby tightening the device on the head.
When you are suffering from sinus pressure or Migraine headaches like I have, it can take literally hours to get rid of the pain. After taking your pain meds of choice, you can then tighten the halo around your head to speed up the process. Once you have determined the areas of intense pressure and pain screw those disks slightly tighter and then equalize the pressure on the other side of the head. For example: if you are experiencing pain in your temple, you would equalize the pressure by tightening the disk on your other temple or just above the other ear as well.
The halo can be worn two ways: level around the head between ear level and top of the forehead, or tilted as a cap above the ears rounding over the top of the head.
I found this information on the web from someone called waxing poetic and thought about trying it. I am unable to take anything strong for pain until after my surgery. I am thinking this may be an alternative…..I don't have a migraine, just terrible sinus pressure. Argh! Great way to spend Christmas Eve....Alone in a dark room with the covers pulled over your head...
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I don't know why those devices aren't on the market, readily available. I'd go out in public wearing one and everyone would think "Wow. That lady has a bad headache right now, I'd better not bother her." But instead they will think "Did that crazy lady just escape from her lobotomy?"
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