Men Yell at Me

Men Yell at Me

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Allergy season is getting worse and it’s our fault

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lyz
Mar 08, 2023
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In the summer of 2008, I thought I was dying of a brain tumor. I’d suffered from migraines since I was 16, often ending up in the hospital with debilitating pain. But in 2008, the migraines got worse. Instead of once or twice a month, I woke up every morning with an intense throbbing on the right side of my head, nauseated, with my vision slowly constri…

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