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She is, thanks. The CT showed an infection in her deep sinuses. She received antibiotics and a referral to an ENT.

Update: my mom just called. The Dr immediately ordered a CT scan. Thankfully there's nothing wrong in her brain but it did show what they assume is an infection deep in her sinuses. She got a Rx for antibiotics and a referral to an ENT.

Thunderclap headaches - Symptoms and causes

Thunderclap headaches (severe headaches lasting for ~60 seconds) can be symptom of bleeding in or around the brain and should be considered a medical emergency.
www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con...

I convinced my mom to go to the ER this afternoon; my dad's taking her now. She's experienced two thunderclap headaches within the last week, including one last night. The first one woke her up from a sound sleep. Hopefully they'll order a CT scan or MRI.

An open book with the center pages folded into a vase shape with a narrow bottom, wide center, and flared top. The vase is brushed with metallic gold paint and there's a metallic gold and white striped ribbon around the narrowest part of the neck. In the vase at the top left is a stock of trumpet-shaped paper flowers with salmon-pink colored centers and two light green, blade shaped leaves. Next to it is a head of blue paper hydrangea flowers. In front of the hydrangea and down the side of the vase from right to left are three peach colored roses. From center top and curved toward the right bottom is a strand of light green leaves.

My folded book vase with paper flowers is done! I changed out the 2 large roses for 3 small roses made from peach colored illustrations, made a stock of trumpet flowers, a head of hydrangeas from blue illustrations, & green leaves. I also painted the vase with metallic gold & added a ribbon.

Previous failures include Bacopa monnieri (known as brahmi in Ayurvedic medicine) and guanfacine. The only thing I haven't reacted to is magnesium l-threonate but I haven't seen much improvement with it, yet, either.

The latest trial supplement was Zynamite (mango extract). I started Life Extension's Brain Fog Relief supplement with Zynamite and peppermint oil on Monday and it seemed to be helping until I woke up at 5:30am with my eyes burning and watering.

I'm on my third failed trial of a med/supplement to improve brain fog and executive function thanks to my overly sensitive immune system. I'm really tired of my eyes and/or skin burning and itching when I introduce something new.

Bakery in Denmark starts selling bright orange Donald Trump ‘moron’ cakes A bakery in Denmark has started selling bright orange Donald Trump 'moron' cakes.

I want to buy the U.S. rights to manufacture and sell this excellent product

NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.

A thin Readers Digest condensed book (about 3/4 inch thick) with the center 160 pages folded into the shape of a vase with a narrow base, wide center, and flared top. There are two paper roses, one at the middle and slightly left and the other at the top and slightly right. The lower rose is in shades of black, gray, and orange. The top rose is in shades of white, yellow, and green.

Last night I started a new book art idea: folded book vase holding paper flowers. I made the two roses from the illustrated pages I cut out of the thin Reader's Digest condensed book that I folded. I plan to make a few other styles of flowers and foliage for the vase.

Sunny afternoon brought out the rainbows in the lobby of the library from the prisms in the clerestory windows. 🌈

My Friends of the Library group received a $2,000 donation today earmarked for the new Spanish language collection at the library. ❤️

Now that we've found a drug family/mechanism of action that helps my brain fog, I'm hopeful we'll be able to find a drug (or supplement) that I can tolerate.

I messaged my substitute doctor this morning and request a trial of another blood pressure/non-stimulant ADHD medication in the same drug family as guanfacine to help with my brain fog. I asked for clonidine, but there are several other antiadrenergic agents available.

This! Whenever someone says, "when hell freezes over," to me I always reference Dante.

It was certainly worth trying since both the research and personal experiences from friends with long COVID and/or chronic fatiguing diseases are promising.

The guanfacine experiment failed. I woke up around 4am yesterday trying to claw my skin off due to itching.

Sadly, I wasn't on it long enough to experience any big improvement in executive function or brain fog, but I felt like my brain fog was slightly improving.

Perfect! I forgot to see if I had your email address. 🫤

@muppetk.bsky.social I have a care package for you of dried beans, fruit, and nuts from my mom's garden. Can you PM me your mailing address?

It was a stark contrast to my PCP and made me determined to find a new doctor. It's annoying that, in a town with a medical school, there aren't enough doctors accepting new patients to fill the demand.

I had an appt this morning with the substitute dr & it went well. He listened, asked good questions, & knew specific symptoms about dysautonomia. He also had no problem prescribing guanfacine to help with my brain fog & executive dysfunction. Too bad he's retired; I'd like to see him again.

Top three quarters view of a dark brown wooden bowl with a freeform asymmetrical lip.

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate.

My dad made me a gorgeous black walnut bowl from a board with a live edge.

Friends of the Library Our Purpose Friends of the Lebanon Public Library is an Oregon 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance literacy, to encourage an appreciation of books and reading, to promote a w...

I updated the Friends of the Library's website yesterday with new event dates and lists of the 42(!) authors participating in our Oregon Author Fair in February.
www.lebanonlibraryfriends.org

The fruit has to be bletted (ripened until very soft) to be edible. They have 5-6 seeds the size of small cherry pits. They have a similar taste and texture to applesauce. We haven't tried cooking with them, yet, but it is possible.

Branches of a tree without leaves but filled with golf ball-sized brown fruit with spiky-looking bottoms where it developed from the flowers

The fruit on my parents medlar tree (Mespilus germanica) are ripening. Medlars are a very old fruit found frequently in literature. Shakespeare particularly liked it as its bawdy nickname is "open-arse" due to the shape of the fruit and there's a lot of play on medlar and meddler.

A small tortoiseshell cat lying on her with her feet curled up and belly exposed.

Nutmeg begging for belly rubs! It's not a trap.

A dark pink book with a gold and white flower pattern and a wide light blue-gray binding on the spine with gold loop design on the edge carved into the shape of the side view of a Labrador retriever sitting down with its muzzle in the air as if it is begging for a treat.

Someone ordered a pink carved book dog. Reader's Digest condensed books with pink covers are hard to find but I had one from the 1960s in pretty good shape. It turned out great. Look at how cute it is? I hope the recipient loves it.

OMG! Pepper, my outdoor cat, was pawing at the window so I went outside to see what she wanted. An opossum was in her bed inside the insulated house beside my backdoor; only its tail was sticking out! As soon as I went back into the house, it waddled away as fast as it could.

WTF? *hugs* I hate our for-profit healthcare system.