Day Zero

This is my head

I had a scary moment today. I was sitting at my computer when, suddenly, I got the worst headache I've ever gotten in my life. It felt like four mountain climbers were jabbing pick axes into my head and neck. The pain radiated across my skull in waves with such searing intensity that I began to scream in pain. I jumped up from my chair and began running around my apartment, screaming. 


I ran cold water over my head and started tearing my hair out. I thought I was having a stroke and became terrified that I was going to turn into a vegetable. I actually scrawled out onto a piece of paper: "Don't let me stay a vegetable." I kept the paper with me so that when someone found my near-lifeless body they would know to pull the plug. 


After about 20 minutes the headache began to subside. I vowed that if I made it I would be a changed man. I mean it. I'm going to start meditating, eating fish and all of the stuff that makes you not die. You've heard about those life-changing moments? This was one of them.