I have dealt with this for YEARS. I've described it to people as a screwdriver being slowly pressed into my eyebrow until it goes thru my skull. It seems to have built up in frequency and intensity with time. It used to be a pain that I could turn, look out the window and just sort of "grin and bear it" until landing. Often it would make my eyes tear up and sometimes my nose run, but no lasting effects. The unpredictability of it always kept me guessing, but I always felt like I could deal with it.

The last time was descending into Brussels on the way to Zurich. I think I was in and out of conciousnous. It was the absolute worst pain I could ever imagine. I thought my eyes and teeth were going to get pushed out. My head hurt for days after, making enjoyment of a Swiss vacation difficult.

I have always loved to fly, but I just returned home from a trip to the west coast (from Michigan) and chose to drive because of my fear of having this intense pain again. (3 long days each way and fuel, food, and hotel bills that would've put me in first class) After bringing it up with my doctor, an appointment was made for an MRI, which I just had a couple hours ago. I'm hoping there is some solution for this, but I have a head cold at the moment so I don't know what the MRI will actually show. I'm keeping my fingers crossed....