Adventures in Self Care: Find What Feels Good Omega Retreat
It's been well over a month since I spent a weekend tent camping at the Omega retreat center in Rhinebeck, New York. It's taken me some time to process the experience, for a number of reasons, not least among them the events that led up to the trip. Just before my move, I developed a dull headache and sharp, stabbing pains at the nape of my neck. When these symptoms persisted, I saw a doctor and was diagnosed with occipital neurlagia, a relatively rare primary headache disorder, according to WebMD (which my therapist has since banned me from using--rightly so). Long story short, the first run of medication handled my pain symptoms but had a slew of nasty side effects that led my doctor to recommend I see a neurologist. The neurologist agreed with the initial diagnosis, but recommended an MRI to rule out additional potential causes of my other symptoms. Those causes? Oh, brain tumors or Multiple Sclerosis. "Any other questions for me?" the neurologist asked at