Saturday, 6 July 2013

The digging and the squelching

Hello there, middle of the night BLOG...

I have "digging" and "squelching" inside my head.  The digging literally sounds like someone is in another section of my head, and that they are putting a spade in, pressing down and the shifting soil.  It is moved from one place to another.   Over and over and over.

The squelching sounds like someone is jumping up and down on a squeaky bed.  My mum asked if it sounded like squelchy boots, but I go with squeaky bed.

If I lie down and put pressure on my right hand side, these sounds get started.  I don't think you can hear the squeaky bed outside of my head, but I end up wondering if you can.  You can't - the squeaky bed is my own local sound.  The result of all this is that I am not putting pressure on my RHS.

What do I think it is?  I guess it must be my brain getting back in the correct place.  I don't know.   It could be the recovery of my scar.  I do not know exactly what they have done, but I do know that my head has been opened, and then closed.  It is likely to be the bone knitting together, too. 

I won't but any pressure on the LHS of my head.  I have become able to feel the shape of my face, and the healing that is taking place.  Right now I have a bump in my forehead, and another bump further round.  Around again from this is a section that still has lots of blood on it.  When I have the courage to wash hair again, I will give my attention to this. 

Whatever I do, my head continues with the digging and the squelching.  No doubt it will pass, but right now I find it frightening.  I would like it to stop permanently.  I have to accept that it stops, but then it starts again.  

3 comments:

  1. Thank you for sharing that experience and your fear. You describe it so well and from that I'm sure we can all imagine what it might be like. And yet none of us can really understand. You are amazing.
    Lots of love
    Louise xx

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  2. Thanks for sharing Sarah. I love the squeaky bed and digging analogy, I can hear those noises in my mind's ears as I type and believe i understand as well as any of us can. But it must be a little scary and very annoying over time when those noises are so close and are inside your skull.
    Maybe the numbskulls (remember them from "The Beano"comic) are doing their work inside your head...
    Hang in there Sara, you are doing brilliantly well. I love the updates. Thanks for all of your efforts.
    Love James x (in Canada) x

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  3. Hello James, your comments are really helping me. Thanks so much. love Sarah xxx

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