Not enough weekend? Too many vultures?

What caused it this time?

It was morning exercise time when my eyesight started going funny. This was a serious migraine, which came on rapidly, and the aura lasted for some time.

What caused it? It could be another non-weekend which has been vacuumed up by preparation. It could be forthcoming observations. It could be the presence of the Reichsmarschal.

There were hints of some potential problem. The top of my right shoulder was sore last night (although the migraine hit the left-hand side of my head), and my back is sore around my right shoulder blade. This morning my eyesight was a little too sharp.

Even so, there doesn’t seem to be much I can do about these things. If the signs are there, what might stave off an attack? Paracetamol? Ibuprofen? Would it even be right to use such medicines in anticipation of a possible migraine?

This latest bout of migraines (four this month) means that I’ve had the equivalent of one a month this year. This is a Bad Thing™.

I’ve also been wondering what might affect this constantly sore right shoulder of mine. Do I need some sort of muscle relaxant? Or do I need a change of scene?

I’m now in my fourth year here. When the migraines start coming thick and fast, that can also mean that I don’t like things the way they are and that it’s time to go somewhere else. But that might also mean that even although I didn’t consciously mind being here over the summer, I did mind subconsciously. It wouldn’t be the first time that my desire to get the hell out of China has given me a migraine or two.

I’m still groping for the truth in this matter.