Threatened thunderstorm tardy. Oppressive pressure persisting. Headache building. Sleep suspended; interrupted. Piercing pain. Downstairs to pop Paracetamol – normally eschewed. Outside all dark and eerily still. About 1.30 a.m. Suddenly, later, sleep at last. Eventually stirring to pounding precipitation on roof tiles and window panes. No idea when. Headache lessened. Awake again at 6.00 a.m. Thunder never came. Puddles outside. Pain gone.
I am learning late in life what it means to be under the weather when thunder storms are on the way. It fact this seems a nautical term – sailors when mildly ill were sent below decks – literally under the weather. I have come to realise that to me it means under the influence of threatened thunder.
Normal service will be resumed later.
So sorry that you were under the weather, Derrick – and I hope today is a new and better day.
Impressive though, that even when so severely ‘under the weather’, your beautifully vivid writing style still manages to fly high.
Have a good day and I hope you’re soon 100% again…
there’s too much to do not to be!
Thank you so much, Emma. At least it is raining today.
I hope you are feeling better and the weather is improving! āļø
Thanks very much, Holly. I do feel better – perhaps because it is raining š
Summer rains can be very soothing , the garden welcomes them. Have a wonderful day!
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Well all I can say is that you should turn your hand to poetry when under such weather. That’s amazing! That was one heck of a high pressure headache. Lucky you didn’t have a tummy upset as well.
Thanks very much, Gwen. This seems a not uncommon phenomenon.
Hope your health improves with the weather.
I’m really OK today. This is apparently a common phenomenon I’v only experienced comparatively recently – that moved me to this extra little post Thanks very much, Sherry
I’m glad you’re feeling better, Derrick. I get change in barometric pressure headaches, too.
Get well soon, Derrick. You’ll soon be out there weeding!
Much better, John, thanks. Fortunately it is raining š
Take care of that head, Derrick. You will need it. š
Thanks a lot, Chrissy š
I get headaches, too, when stormy weather is on the way. It’s very impressive that you still posted such a vivid description. I hope you’re feeling better.
I am feeling better, Merril. Thank you so much – especially for the solidarity
You’re very welcome, Derrick.
Sorry to hear about your malady but let me say that was a great description of your headache experience.
Thanks very much, Andrew. Apparently barometric pressure headaches are not uncommon
Hope that you’re feeling better, Derrick.
Here, by the sea, we are sensitive to changes in atmospheric pressure. ā
It is more common than I had thought, Sally. I am OK today. Thanks very much
With your description we “felt” your pain. We are glad that you are better.
Many thanks, Maj and Sher
Take things easy until this passes!!
Yes. Thanks very much, GP
Feel better soon, Derrick!
I am fine now, John. Thank you very much
I’m very glad to read that the break in the weather alleviated your headache. I wonder if birds and animals feel something similar too? You would think they would need a warning to take shelter.
I think they do know when to take shelter, Susan. There are days when we don’t see or hear them
So sorry! I’m glad the headache is gone. In Maine, the weather has been terrible—hot, hot, hot. I think many of us feel as though we are under the weather.
I hope it improves for you soon, Laurie. Thanks very much
Thank goodness!
Thanks very much, Sheree
I am sorry to hear the weather has made you fell ill, Derrick. Yesterday’s weather wasn’t much better here, but finally the extreme heat broke last night, and we are back down to temperatures in the 80s and 90s for the rest of the week.
That is good. It is better here, too. Thanks very much, Lavinia
I remember such thunderstorms in Guyana. Headaches of the piercing kind are, indeed, incapacitating. Hope the atmospheric barometric pressure returns to normal levels soon.
Thank you very much, Rosaliene. Much better today
Never to that extent, but I have long experienced SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) in long periods of low barometric pressure! I don’t do well in winter for that reason! More recently, I have suffered through the high temperatures of summer as well. I’m glad it’s finally raining, and you are feeling better!
Thank you very much, Janet. I’ve come to this quite late.
Barometric pressure headaches are awful – your description is spot on and is beautifully written.
Thank you so much, Anne. That is one benefit of it š
You’ve joined me at an age where sinuses or joints may be more accurate weather predictors than the meteorologists. š¤š
I reckon so. Thanks a lot, Pat
Sorry to read that you arenāt feeling 100%. I hope you are much better now. Headache is so debilitating. My pain is in my lower back and Iāve just been looking on Google for help. The recommended stretching exercises are exhausting just reading the instructions. Maybe tomorrow. š
Thanks very much, Sylvia. Yes – a lot better after an easy day
Take care. Air pressure & heat can send you for a loop. Get rest & plenty of liquids. Our temps are hovering around the 25C with rain & humid air. At least the heat dome that has hit Western Canada has not reached us.
Thanks very much, Joseph. You are right
i am glad the headache is gone and you’re feeling much better now. headaches are no fun. take care š
Thanks very much, Lola
Glad your sinuses cut you a break finally.
Thanks very much, Pat
Hope the weather and your malaise are in the past Derrick. Vividly described but it did sound very unpleasant.
Thanks a lot, Sandra. I’m better today and the weather is calmer š
I am sorry to hear that, Derrick, and I know exactly what you mean (going through the same). Feel better!
I’m fine today, Dolly. I’m sorry you know it so well. Thanks very much
I am glad to hear you feel better, Derrick. Our tropical storms season has started somewhat earlier than usual this year. Someone Up There is crying angry tears, as my grandmother used to say.
Wise woman, your grandmother
She was that.
Best wishes, Derrick. Back to deal with Dickens’ David soon, I trust?
Absolutely. Thanks very much, Roland
I think it’s a gift we get with age. We don’t need a barometer anymore, we have one inside. Sadly, it’s in our head.
Thanks very much, Bridget. I’m sure you are right – definitely age-related for me.
Oh Derrick, I can empathise as I get these headaches and am incapacitated as well. Your writing ‘under the influence’ is phenomenal! I am glad to see from the comments that you are now much improved in health.
Thanks a lot Clare. It is a very recent phenomenon for me
I’ve never had such an experience, but a friend always knew when the pressure was lowering: as did my cat! When a storm was on the way, she’d prowl and howl. There never was any need to turn to a weatherman!
I’m glad you recovered in good time, and are feeling better. Here’s to mild and sunny for a while!
Thanks very much, Linda. I’ve had it perhaps a couple of times before – it is good to know what it is now.
Thundery night here too but luckily without headache š
š Thanks very much, Ribana
On the other side of the world, if you DID NOT need to go out, you would have stayed home, Antarctic Polar Blast swanned its way up our 3 islands to settle in some places with snow whilst we in the north suffered from severe wind chill of the Southerly kind…
That is not what I would have expected. I hope it shifts soon Catherine. Thanks very much
weather gurus, suggesting at least another 4 days of temperatures – and that even though there is sun by mid morning, the wind chill is still around…so I’ve decided to have all the “heat on tonight”
Hope you are feeling better today, Derrick.
I’m back to normal today, Rupali. Thank you very much