Me and My Aura

Fiorella never had migraines till she reached her mid-forties--which is amazing because, as she's often told you, she is now in her early forties.  Anyway, Fio was teaching at UT back then and, whenever she had a wiggly, squiggly, utterly beautiful electrical display going on, she had to ask students to read for her.  As time went on, the mind-numbing headaches died out, but the auras still pop up.  They usually last twenty minutes.

On to Valentine's day, 2014,  Despite a good night's sleep, Fio woke up drowsy and stayed that way till noon, at which point she made herself a cup of hot chocolate.  As she sat down on the couch with her steaming cup of indulgence, a magnificent aura near-blinded her. Because chocolate is reputed to be a causative factor in regard to migraines, Fio considered dumping her cup, but didn't.  She drank it all down.

Miracle of  miracles, the aura started abating.  In seven minutes it was gone. And, of course, there was no migraine,

Dr. Oz, take note:  FIO HAS DISCOVERED THE CURE FOR MIGRAINE AURAS!