魔法少女プリティジューリャ

I know it's just a physiological reaction to pain, but I can't stop crying [Ok, I've stopped now as I type this.] I had another face zapping treatment, and for the amount of pain I'm feeling, I can't believe that I'm not covered in blood, or that I wasn't actually set on fire.

It took two hours, because I broke down crying in the middle of the treatment. It was like the Lidocaine was having no effect at all. This was my fourth treatment, and it was the worst of all of them. I re-applied the Lidocaine three times, and I thought that I was numb, until treatment started again. And it felt very much like having several long, deep, hairs liquefy and char, as they explode out from the pores of your skin… every second… for twenty or so seconds. (Followed by the smell of burnt popcorn.) My teeth really hurt now, because I was clenching my jaw so hard.

Now having read up on Wikipedia about the mechanism of Lidocaine, [B]locking the fast sodium (Na+) channels in the cell membrane; I suspect that the reason it had no effect on me this time, was because I've gone back on Piracetam which effects [N]eurotransmission via modulation of ion channels. So, I guess it's good to see that Piracetam isn't just an expensive Placebo.

By the way, does anyone in the SF Bay Area want to go to this: http://www.dnalounge.com/flyers/2007/02/15-meat.html tomorrow? dymaxion and artkiver were going, but it seems like the kind of thing that dv_girl might like to do (hint, hint).

[I wish Nyah was here, but I hope she's having a good time in New Orleans.]