Girl with the KALEIDOSCOPE EYES

THE FIRST TIME I ever got a migraine with aura I was 26m deep, scuba diving on the HMNZS Canterbury wreck in Deep Water Cove, Northland. Sparkles took over one side of my vision, like one of those kaleidoscope toys you had as a kid, and I realised I couldn’t see properly. I also couldn’t think, and I wouldn’t have been able to get words out, either – not that that was an option while breathing from a tank.

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