Hi, I get a lot of head aches, its from pressure when my face swells. I can feel it go up the sides of my face to my temples.Sometimes it gets so bad I can barely lift my head up. My ENT once said the muscles in my face were doing it, but that was soon after surgery so I don't know if that still holds. The only thing I take is Advil or Tylenol. I took myself off codine early after last surgery, taking drugs for very long scares me. I am like you, I wonder if all of us, because of head surgerys, are more likely to get headaches and the kind that really knock you out. gnelson