so i get out of the shower a few minutes ago and i notice these huge, bulging veins on the sides of my forehead. you know, right near the temples. and so naturally the first thing that pops into my head is... stroke. i'm having a stroke. this is it, baby. i'm checking out. so i run to my computer to review the symptoms of a stroke but there's no mention of bulging forehead veins. numbness and headache and vertigo, yes... but nothing on bulging forehead veins. and then i remember watching a special on oprah a few years back on brain aneurysms. so i google brain aneurysms yet once again, there is no mention of bulging forehead veins. but then i stumble across a condition called temporal arteritis which is apparently fatal if not treated immediately. so now i'm really freaking out. but then i realize that i'm looking at one of those online medical sites where you can't really tell if the so-called medical professional offering advice is actually a licensed physician or some nut from omaha, nebraska posing as a licensed physician. so just to make myself feel better, i find another one of those medical advice websites but this time one that is frequented by ordinary joes like you and me. you know, highly unqualified laymen offering medical opinions on topics they know nothing about. and so i read a little bit about dermatological explanations and weather-related explanations and too-much-time-in-a-hot-shower explanations but nothing that really puts my mind at ease. and as i sit here at my computer while the clock approaches midnight, i can't help but wonder if i'm making a mountain out of a molehill or if i'm not taking the warning signs seriously enough. but i do know one thing: i got some ugly forehead veins.
"the fear of death follows from the fear of life. a man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time." - mark twain
summer of '72 and you can almost taste the innocence
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