Biblical city yields unusual case of 3,500-year-old head surgery

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3. My mother noticed I was getting them when I was four

when I'd go quiet and she'd find me crouched in back of the sofa, where it was dark and noise was muffled. I inherited them from my dad's side of the family, lucky me. Half my cousins lucked out, too.

I'm sorry you're a fellow migraineur. They're not fatal, but sometimes you wish they were so they'd be over.

I vaguely remember Fielding. I thought she was a space cadet, but it turns out a few of her ideas were sound. Besides, there have been days when I've eyed the electric drill and wondered which bit I should use for my own operation.

I can't find it now, but there was an article a few years ago about a Siberian trepanation center in prehistory. The archaeologist wondered why so many skulls had the holes in the same place, a dangerous place to put them since it was adjacent to a major artery. I understood perfectly, it was the main place I've wanted a hole in my own head to relieve the pressure.

Fortunately, mine have decreased with age and I can go weeks without one.