The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that Moves Mountains
September 14th, 2022 – TCS # 784
Happy September, Everyone! This is The First Month of The Fall Foliage Season, so Get Yourself and Cameras Ready! I Love Fall (or Autumn) Foliage Season! It is so Pretty to look at Pictures of Nature’s Pure Beauty that is Fall Foliage! I wish to see it for Myself One Day! Also, for Those of You who are Obsessed with Pumpkin Spice, Go at It! Me, I don’t see it as a Big Deal! I Love Fall (Autumn) more because of The Fall Foliage!
Anyway, On to This Week’s Newsletter, I am going to Rerun and Remix a Newsletter that I wrote back in February of 2013. The Topic, at The Time. Headaches! At The Time, I wrote about How It came about which I did not Understand exactly Why! Now that I have gotten Older and Wiser along with More Aware, I started to realize some of The Triggers of My Headaches. The First of Them, being that I was Tired and/or Stressed.
The Next Few Triggers started to come as Technology has gotten more Advanced over The Years! When I had to Update My Glasses several Years ago, They came with What They call “HD Lens”. It would be like Your Eyes were in Standard Definition of The Late 90’s and Your Glasses were like a Real Life HD Television. At Least, That is what It was like for Me anyway. I had Two Pairs of Glasses that I switched at Night so that I could see differently with Them. Today, I use One Pair of The HD Glasses!
Trigger # 2, is something that bothers me, that is Out of My Control and That is LED Lights! In Other Words, Lights that Last Longer but, are Much Brighter than The Lights I grew up on. While We are on The Topic of Lights, Flashing Lights are another Trigger for Me. Usually when watching a TV Show, Movies, and Yes, Even Eurovision, if I see Flashing Lights, I usually say “Too Much Flashing!” and Look Away. It doesn’t help to Remember that Flashing Lights can cause Seizures in Some People!
Finally, Trigger # 3, After We get Upset to where We start Crying, We get Headaches. I learned that recently, While I was Socializing with My PTLS Friends! One of Them got Upset and Said that They got a Headache.
Of Course, I would not Fail to Mention that Often Times, when I have Headache, Anxiety comes with It!
And, Now to The Rerun Portion of My Newsletter! This is Where I explain about How My Headaches came about! Enjoy!
This Newsletter was Originally written on
February 6th of 2013 (Refer to Newsletter 337)
So, This Week, I’m going to write about something that I thought that I only had, but apparently a couple of PTLS Kids have. So, before I start, I need to put a Disclaimer in, so Parents don’t freak out. Disclaimer: *Not ALL PTLS Kids/ Adults have this.* So, this is how I remember it, One Day I remember, I all of a sudden started getting headaches. It started happening in December of 2008. I remember that because it was the time that We got done with getting Guardianship for Me. At First, I thought something was wrong with Me, like as if I was sick or tired, or something Medical that was of concern. Now, when I say that I have had headaches since then, they haven’t all been strong headaches, most of them have been ones that you barely notice but, know that they are there. I do have bad headaches every now and then, but I am not sure why, I’m going to see the doctor about it. When I was younger, the doctor did not see any Chiari but, I need to have it checked again. I even came up with my own headache scale so I can tell if it is a Low Headache or a Headache to be concerned about. I call it my “HDA Scale” or “Headache Index Scale.” So, for example if I say I have an “HDA 5.7” Headache, that would mean that is a Medium Headache. My Rule on it, is that if it is a 7.1 or Higher, then I need to go to bed early and oddly sleeping it off does help. Most of the time, I have My Mom give me medicine if it is getting bad, I have My Mom rub what I call my “Neck Cords” which are the two muscles that run down on both sides on the back of my neck. My Mom finds that the way I sit sometimes and the way I sleep, stretches The Cords out and causes me to have headaches. At Least, that is one of the guesses we have about why. I will say that the Chiropractic Adjustments that I have sometimes, helps that the cords relax a little bit and it helps a lot. As far as Medicine goes, it helps me a bit but, not as much as just sleeping it off. The Problem with that is that I don’t like to go to bed early, I can if I need to. But, I would rather stay up and go to bed at My Normal Time. I can always tell when I’m having a bad headache because My Forehead starts to hurt and When the headache gets bad enough, it makes me start to feel nauseous and then, it starts to make me feel sick.
Now, as I have had Headaches for a While now, It is getting Harder for Me to Gage where on The Headache Scale I am. Most of The Time, If I have a 7.1 or Higher HDA, I get Nauseous and I know that It is Time for Me to go to Bed. My Recent Episode, I started to feel Nauseous because of a Bad Headache and I thought, I could make it a little longer. And, then Another Thing It is hard for Me to Gage, I felt like I was going to be Sick. I stopped what I was doing, sat there, and Pretty much ran from The Living Room to Bathroom getting sick and more in The Bathroom. Funny, by the time, I realize that I’m going to be Sick and need to get to The Bathroom, I only have a Minute to get up and go. I don’t really feel like going to The Bathroom to get sick until I know I have to go. This Time, I kind of thought that It was only Nausea like I normally have when I have a Bad Headache. Luckily though, I do not have 7.1 or Higher Headaches that often. On Average, My Headaches are maybe a 2.3 or 3.5 HDA. Before Writing This Original Newsletter, I thought that It was only Me who had Headaches or Something was wrong with Me, but, I was surprised to learn that It is Common for PTLSers to have Headaches.
So, If your kids can’t tell you that They have a headache, watch for signs like Rubbing their Forehead, Playing with Their Ears, or Rubbing Their Neck. Also, Their Eyes may look Sad, they may have what My Mom calls “That Look on their face”; which looks like that something is wrong, they don’t feel good, or going to Sick. All in all, Headaches are No Fun.
Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Our Heads should be as happy as We Are.
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