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Soundy:
Before a head ache gets here I lose concentration ... reading a book I can read the words but sometimes
they don't stay in my head to be processed into thoughts...I even tried reading out loud to the kids when
this was happening and they said I read fine and they followed the story ... but I could remember only bits and
peices... if I am rested I can pick up a book and read it fast and get every word... but on bad days they
seem to be written in a foreign language...listening to TV or someone talking to me can be the same way at
times ...I here but don't process... this may be cognitive rather than concentration ...fine lines

aside from the headaches that come on from a sneeze ,bending over startling etc I can gage when I am
going to get  headache by watching if I am functioning as far as concentration

I start with my bathroom and may not make it to kitchen because I get distracted by a basket of clotes... put
wash on washer and go look in the dryer for it and it will still be in the washer even though I think I put it in dryer ...
sweep the house and go back to the bathroom which is already clean and the only room  that is done and try
to figure out when it got that way

Captain Deb:
Soundy, you and I have the same syndrome.  I'll be watching the news and my husband will get a phone call for 2 minutes and he'll come back in and ask me "what did I miss," and if I have an inkling of a headache, I'll answer, "I have no idea!" The problem is that when I'm cleaning the house or doing any activity, I always have a low grade headache no matter what, and that always blows my concentration.  I got my nerve block on Thursday and it hurt like hell for 2 days and then on Monday I cleaned like a banshee!

Capt Deb

Soundy:
The only time since surgery I have been headache free is the couple days at the beginning of
August when I fell and was doped up with Demerol ...

This will sound strange ...or here maybe not ... I am getting so used to always having a headache that
for most part I work through it ...just slower than I used to be ... but when it gets worse , a part of my brain
shuts down to deal with ignoring or maybe just pushing back head pain and in the process I lose
concentration as my brain is busy keeping my head from completely over taking my day... this is my theory
anyway... I have lots of theories to explain weird life after AN stuff... like surgically induced tourettes that makes
me say S**T and D**N several times a day ... :)

since I was maybe 5 or 6 I have dealt with pain by ohming... concentrating on the pain and imagining a hand
rubbing it away... head and tooth ache pain were two I could never master... don't know where I learned this ..
I think mainly because I was not so much neglected just not paid overly much attention even as a young child
and I learned to comfort myself...I think my brain goes back to this and does shut down to some extent to
cope and in doing so I get foggy... when I used to ohm away belly aches or pain of a bruised knee I got foggy...

ppearl214:
Bloke claims that once I start a topic of discussion with others... then the conversations continue, I will (once in a while) go completely off-topic and start a new conversation when the first one hasn't ended... for those of you I have spoken to on the phone or face to face.... you see that in me too?

Phyl

Captain Deb:
Jeez, Phyll, ya think?

Love ya!

Capt Deb

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