the migraine
It dragged me around for most of yesterday and then kicked my ass into bed at 7pm. Luckily, the four year old cooperated as well. Took my medicine, slept on and off for most of the night, but it’s still here.
Hopefully, I can get some work done today (p. 309!) because I’ve got a deadline for myself to finish the 1st draft by October 10th. So pretend you’re all editors and contact me on the morning of the 10th asking where my work is. We’ll play, I’ve got a dealine, you’ve got a dealine, we’ve all got a deadline…(I did mention the migraine meds, yes?)
Anyway, here’s a list of famous migraine sufferers. It always makes me stop and think:
(small confession: I really wanted to use the li Word Press Code)
Also, here are some things you probably shouldn’t say to a migraine sufferer :
1. It’s all stress. (I. Wish.)
2. Maybe you should go for a nice massage (one of my very best friends used to say this to me every single time I had a migraine. She got one recently, after the birth of her first child, and told me that she curled in bed, rocking back and forth. I had to ask her, of course, if she was thinking even the tiniest bit about massages. She assured me that she was not.)
3. I’ll bet a walk would help (sure, while you’re at it, make sure there’s blinding sunlight and the smell of fresh flowers - how much worse could the headache get, really?)
4. I told you to go to the headache center, but why listen to me? (come on, I’ll bet you know by now who said that…think smoothies.)
And my favorite, which I just heard yesterday:
5. I had a friend who had those - they had to take out part of her brain. (did they take out part of yours as a two-for-one special?)
Steph T.
October 6th, 2005 at 12:10 pm
You can add me up there right under Lizzie Borden.
My Dh always asks, “What can I do to make it better?” Well, you can start by shutting up!!!
Hope you’re feeling better soon though.
October 6th, 2005 at 12:11 pm
*whispering* Hope your head feels better soon…and that you’re able to get some work done. I have a hard time working with a sinus headache, can’t imagine with a migraine.
October 6th, 2005 at 12:22 pm
I don’t suffer from migraines but my mother did. I remember her being incapacitated when we lived in Texas. When we moved to California, they lessened and she figures some of them were related to allergies. She still had them bad when I was a kid and we lived here. She still gets them occasionally but for some reason they leveled out. Probably has a lot to do with the high blood pressure medication (vaso-dialators) she is on.
October 6th, 2005 at 12:30 pm
LOL - thanks, Emma! My husband just brings me ice packs now. Ice packs are good things…
Amy - I think I’m just kind of trained to work through them at this point. And you don’t even have to whisper - sounds, I’m okay with. It’s smells that get me when I have a migraine. *shudders*
Rene - my aunt and grandmother got them too - they both used to just go to bed for days. I’m glad I have a high pain tolerance and that today they have better meds.
October 6th, 2005 at 12:37 pm
*hugs* sweetie. I hope it eases up soon. My mom used to get migraines in the worst way. Not so much now, fortunately. I think I’ve had a few of them, but luckily they were few and far between.
October 6th, 2005 at 6:03 pm
Add me to the list, too.
At best, they’re damned painful, and the meds take just the edge off.
At worst, I’m begging somebody to please, PLEASE decapitate me.
Hugs, and hope you feel better soon, hon!
October 6th, 2005 at 7:26 pm
Thanks for the hugs, Tori!
Raine - I’m currently heading toward the ‘please decapitate me’ stage - or at least the right half of my skull. The meds are just enough to make me loopy and yes, take away only some of the pain. I’m sorry to have to add you to the list, but hey, maybe that means we’ll be famous. Or infamous…
October 6th, 2005 at 7:56 pm
Man, I hope you feel better soon. Headaches suck. A lot.
I did have to truly laugh at some of the dumbass things people have said to you about your headaches though. People are too stupid sometimes…
October 6th, 2005 at 9:11 pm
Hang in there, Steph. They need to provide migraine-sufferers with morphine drips or heavy sedatives. Poor you!
October 7th, 2005 at 8:04 am
I feel for anyone who gets migranes. I suffer from severe headaches that last days. I’d never classified them as migranes until recently. And my bedtime last night was 7PM too.
October 7th, 2005 at 10:04 am
Ugh, Steph, I hope you’re feeling better. I’ve never had a migraine, just some bad tension headaches that make me want to barf. Hugs,
Joely
October 7th, 2005 at 7:28 pm
ROFL @ your responses.
October 7th, 2005 at 10:12 pm
Steph I feel for you. I’ve had one almost constantly since I moved in here in May but most of it is allergy. I can’t IMMAGINE!
did I ever tell you I saw an opera based on her life? Again, let’s not go there
I bet it was killer
Sorry…..
October 9th, 2005 at 11:32 am
Kacey - It’s really scare what happens between people’s brains and their mouths. It’s like, nothing’s censored. And I just think, suppose I were the type of person (and I know many of them) who would panic thinking something was wrong with her brain? (see, at least I know something’s wrong with mine *g*)
Michelle - a nice morphine drip would feel wonderful right about now.
Teresa - heasaches are terrible no matter what they are, but migraines are insidious. I’m sorry you’re feeling crummy!
Joely - Thanks! You know, for tension headaches, Excedrin Tension works really well.:thumbsup:
Danica - if I could only bring myself to tell them, out loud, the first response tha tcomes to my mind…
Cece - allergy headaches suck - and then they make you irritable because you’re just in constant pain. And I’m ignoring your Lizzy Borden line:lol:
October 14th, 2005 at 10:17 am
caffeine works great for erasing headaches…
October 16th, 2005 at 1:16 am
Thanks, CJ! I’ve been taking in quite a bit of it in hopes of it helping my medicine to work.