TREPANATION .. or did you say she had a hole in her head???

April 18th, 2008

 image from wikipedia I read an article this morning in the bathroom… like  I always do. Well sometimes it’s on the tread mill. Regardless, there is this process, called “trepination” that actually drills a hole in the skull. Supposedly to relieve pressure, or to allow more blood flow into the brain.  Yuch,  you may say as I did say to nmyself. It seems that folks with holes in their skull are considered closer to god in some ancient, and not so ancient, cultures.   WELL…  I HAVE A HOLE IN MY HEAD.. I THOUGHT!I really do.  I have a space in my brain - not in the skull mind you - but in the brain matter - it is call a “cavernous hemangioma”. It is supposedly a weak link where cappillaries travel in and out of the brain matter, but there is no real matter.  It’s why I had 2 cesarean sections, instead of regular old childbirth. My friend, Carla once said (or maybe it was her husband), that was where my creativity came from.   At least I know where all the noise comes from.. all the stuff that rattles around all the time… Maybe if I drilled a hole in the skull, the good stuff would stay in and the confusing stuff could leak out. Who knows. I don’t think I want to drill any holes in my head.   Since I already got one. 

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