Reason for the Headache

Turns out that my unusual headache wasn’t caused by sitting on a throne while listening to a land acknowledgement. I’d had my blood taken at the doctor’s office earlier today and the nurse put a very tight bandage over the vein. For some reason, it gave me a severe headache. I don’t know medicine, so I have no idea how this works but the moment I managed to pry off the bandage the headache immediately disappeared.

I wish we all knew more about the functioning of the human body. I suffered majorly for hours and had no idea this was because something was squeezing my vein.

Why it is necessary to wrap one in a huge, thick bandage for a tiny needle prick is a mystery.

5 thoughts on “Reason for the Headache

  1. “Why it is necessary to wrap one in a huge, thick bandage for a tiny needle prick is a mystery.”

    Free medical advice:
    Some people bleed enough from small pricks to get bloodstains on their clothing, so the bandage is a prudent precaution. However, after a few minutes, no further bleeding will occur, so you don’t need to keep the bandage on very long.

    Dreidel

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    1. I wanted to remove it during the day but I couldn’t remove it with my bare hands. Of course, if I had known it was cutting off blood supply to my brain, or whatever it was doing, I would have hacked it off with shears.

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  2. Israelis face hard and difficult times. Goyim all around us scream quit! Make a cease fire!! But the t’shuva of Israel, WE shall not quit till WE achieve the total unconditional surrender of Hamas and its allies. Just that simple.

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  3. That’s weird– I’ve only ever gotten just a band-aid or a bit of tape with a gauze wad under it. Falls off in half an hour anyway. The only time I’ve seen the whole tape-around-the-arm deal is when my husband donates blood, which involves a larger needle and is a longer process.

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