Posted by Lee (63.52.128.139) on September 29, 2000 at 00:13:14:
but I am going back to the nuro, in trying to get up to date I ran across the following.
Frank Capra, the famous film director and producer, described a cluster headache he had while sitting in a hotel:
"Suddenly a huge phantom bird sank three talons of its angry claws deeply into my head and face and tried to lift me. No warnings, no preliminary signs. Just wham! A massive, killing pain came over my right eye. I clutched my head, stumbled out to the broad lawns and over the hedges to the deserted tennis courts and then, there in the dark, I moaned, I panted. Ballooned my cheeks, blew out short bursts of air, licked my hot lips, wiped tears that poured out of my right eye, and clawed at my head trying to uproot the fiendish talons from their iron grip. One racking hour later the talons let go. The paroxysm eased as suddenly as it had convulsed. Euphoria set in. It’s gone! Whopping headache, but it’s gone!..."
Frank Capra, The Name Above the Title
(New York: Macmillan, 1971)