Posted by Hal on March 14, 1999 at 15:57:21:
In Reply to: vacation from hell posted by Linda on March 12, 1999 at 11:53:39:
Is this the first time that a vacation has been ruined for you by clusters? If so, you’ll be less than delighted to hear that this could be just the beginning. I starting having episodic clusters in 1956. I was in the Army from 1959 through 1962, stationed in Berlin, and, whenever I went on leave to Amsterdam to see my girl friend, the first day and night would always be destroyed by an attack of the monster. In fact, during my entire military service, the only time that I had clusters was when I was on leave. Nowadays, whenever my wife and I go on vacation, nearly half the the time that we’re on vacation, the monster is on my back. Last August, we planned a three-week vacation that involved a visit to my brother and sister-in-law in New Jersey, a trip to Macworld in New York City and a visit with her parents in Pennsylvania. The monster struck on the second day and ruined the vacation to such a great extent that, when I got back to work, I had the entire time off charged to sick time instead of to vacation. It’s almost as though just looking forward to a good time is enough to call forth the monster from his lair to dump on your expectations of rest and relaxation.