Originally Posted by
datlas
Thank gooodness, no. On the descents into London and JFK, I was keeping my fingers crossed. That was painful. I don't want one ever again. I don't know how the pain of this relates to the pain of a migraine, but in any case it was really bad for a few minutes. So grateful it did not happen again.
15 years ago I was coming home from Iraq for my 2 weeks R&R and on the descents (there were a couple because it takes a lot of fuel to get from Kuwait to the US) I had horrible pain in my skull like my brain was being squeezed in a vice. It was brutal, because it lasted the entirety of the 30-45 minute descent and I just had to sit there with my eyes watering and couldn't do anything about it.
At the time I thought maybe something was wrong with the cabin pressurization. Then later I realized I was starting to come down with a sinus infection and didn't know it yet.
I've never had that happen again but Every. Single. Time. I fly I am now paranoid that it will happen again.