Migraine

Wow! I actually get to start the day first in the tea room! That wont happen often! Its 2:45 in the AM here, I'm sitting here sipping on my chamomile tea trying to unwind and hopefully get some more sleep before I have to get up at 5:30

Well another child is sick, just got done cleaning up his bedding, bed, and the bathroom. UGG. Unfortunatly its the child that can never seem to make it into the bowl! And all this with the beastie on my back It was there all day yesterday, and is continuing. Seems the longer I'm on the Depakote, the less its working for this ongoing migraine.

Well enough complaining! I truly hope yall have a great migraine free tuesday!

My gosh you can't catch a break! I am so sorry your youngest (right) is sick and you are left with the beast too! Frustrating I am sure.

Not sure what happened with the weather gods but the system isn't supposed to hit us until tomorrow but my brain said, nuh uh, give her a migraine. So, I am not doing anything but laying in bed, watching mindless tv and of course spending time with my virtual family here.

The cords on my bed are pretty funny. My wireless decided to crash and burn when my brain did so it is hooked up via cat 5. LOL.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day!!!

aww Laura ss you have a beastie too! Im very greatful that weather doesnt seem to be a trigger, otherwise I would need to move! All we get is rain and storms!

My youngest came down with the flu on Friday, and yesterday for first day actually held down a bit of food, but had the other end goin, last night it was my 2nd youngest son that started with the flu. So 2 of em now. Your right, seems we cant catch a break lately, but im gonna stay positive, and say ANY day now!!

Hope your day gets better!

So sorry for all the migraines and sick kids.

I've got... 1) me in bed on day 3 of this sinus infection, 2) Danny with a bad cold, not working, 3) Rachel upstairs sleeping, woke up with a "bad headache" - can't get her to talk to me long enough to figure out if she's having a migraine, and 4) Adam off at school - but I've got his awful interim report here with me. I'm so worried - he's a very bright kid but with the ADD is so distractable and having so much trouble keeping up. I think we really need to hire an ADD coach for him but the money's not here now. School counselor says he's not classifiable because it's not a cognitive issue and so we can't get an IEP for him.

Guess I'd better get myself to the doctor, but since I'm not coming up with the green snot right now, I know he's going to tell me it's not bacterial, and that I should drink fluid, take C, take echinacea, use saline nasal spray, etc, etc, all of which I'm doing already, and it's a new year and I've got my great big deductible to go so it will be out of pocket...

oh, I really didn't mean this to be a rant - I was feeling so serene just an hour or so ago. Writing about acceptance for my blog today. Ha! Practice what I preach...

- Megan

Sorry to hear about the beastie attacks and various sick kids. I do hope everyone is feeling better soon!

I'm not feeling too well myself. I ate a late dinner of oatmeal and applesauce, and started feeling rather dizzy and nauseous not long after. Head was feeling funky too. It took a while to get to sleep, and I slept a bit fitfully. I wasn't much better when I got up this morning. Head still hurt, and the dizziness and nausea was back. My stomach hasn't been feeling great either, but part of that might be taking meds on an empty stomach. My body doesn't usually react to that very well.

I do have an acupuncture appointment tonight. Hopefully that will help.

I'm sort of in a holding pattern right now. I have to wait 2-3 weeks to try the Botox. My HA specialist's office is in the process of getting it approved by my insurance, and then they'll call me to schedule the treatment. Until then I'm sticking with the 50 mg of nortriptyline, though it's unlikely it's going to do anything for me. I've been on it since last April at various dosages and it hasn't seemed to help. But I'm reluctant to make a med change too close to the Botox. Ugh. So another few weeks of feeling yucky.

It's rainy and dreary here. Looks like we've settled into our normal January weather. I've been thinking of you guys in the Midwest with the storms going through last night. Hope everyone is doing ok.

to everyone.

I don't want to do work. I want to nap, actually. But, unfortunately, since I was out yesterday recovering from a particularly atrocious beastie that got me on sunday night, I don't have time to procrastinate (too much)- have a ton of work that needs to get done before I leave for DC next week.

Thinking good thoughts for those in the midwest- looks like a nasty line of storms moving across the country.

I had a salad for lunch, and I'm hungry already. Great. I suspect I'll hit the vending machine around 3, have the guilt trip at 3:30, and worry about what I'm going to do next week when I have to be in business attire all week- but thanks to meds, I have few clothes that FIT. I should have planned this better, I really should have. I may have to make a run to the thrift store before I leave for DC on Sunday. See- I don't want to spend money on clothing that fits me at this weight... 'cause I can't afford to keep it on- especially since my knee is NOT happy with the added weight.

When I get to DC, I know there's gonna be loads of exercise. There always is at a multi-hotel conference- walking mostly.

So, back to the grind. Also time to call in refills on Verapamil and Amitriptyline. Gosh- time flies when you have a gazillion med bottles in your bag.

Hope everyone's feeling as well as humanly possible!

Well, I took some Imitrex and ibuprofen about 45 minutes ago, and my dizziness and nausea are much improved. My head pain is still about a 2, but that's normal for me. I'm glad I got the Imitrex scrip from my new specialist as it seems to do the trick.

We made it! It stormed here about 1:45 am but by then they had weakened.

I loved the Weather Bug warning, "This is a particularly dangerous situation."

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Thinking good thoughts for those in the midwest- looks like a nasty line of storms moving across the country.

As usual, I'm late. Valid excuse: My computer wouldn't recognize my keyboard or mouse. Woke up DS, who is studying computers, and he figured out what was wrong. My USB hub died. He told me what to do if it happens again. I'm able to do it, but I'll make him do it if he's home. Gotta get some results out of that expensive education! Especially since it's going to take him at least 5 years to get a bachelor's degree.

I'm having to suck it up and stand the pain today. I can take my Skelaxin every day, and I usually do. But I can only take my Anaprox and Imitrex 3 times a week. I used it Sunday and yesterday, and I want to have it available if I get a nasty later in the week.

Walked an hour this morning. That knocked my 5 down to a 2 or 3, but it's creeping up.

I really want a nap, but I'm doing the "good sleep hygiene" thing, which includes no napping. "Good sleep hygiene" always sounds like you change your sheets once a week and wear a clean nightgown.

Naps can't be bad for you. My grandmother took a nap every afternoon. Took off her "goidle" and put on her nightgown and got IN the bed. Then got up and got dressed and made the bed all over again. She lived to be 91 and "kept her mind" (as she called it) the entire time.

Her brother had a little room off his office and took a nap every chance he got. He "retired" as Bishop of Jackson at 75 and spent the next year traveling around the state doing confirmations and other fancy stuff. He dropped dead of a heart attack in his mid-80s. The naps didn't hurt him.

My dad is 77 and still works almost full time. He's a lawyer and goes to the office every day. He leaves home after the morning rush hour and leaves the office before rush hour, but he puts on a coat and tie every day. He takes a nap every afternoon he's not working. We learned growing up how to be very quiet between 1pm and 3pm.

Didn't mean to go on and on about napping. But it's a family tradition. I need to eat some lunch, take a shower, and get some dog food. The paper didn't have the grocery store ads this morning, so I'll have to go to Kroger and Brookshires to get a copy and see what's on special.

I hope today is great for everyone!

Gretchen in Mississippi

Hi everyone!

I rarely seem to make it to the tea room in the AM...But I guess I can have tea in the afternoon, can't I??

Gretchen, you made me laugh!

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"Good sleep hygiene" always sounds like you change your sheets once a week and wear a clean nightgown.

I am a firm believer that everyone should take a nap in the afternoon. Just like we used to do when I was in kindergarten. We could all carry a little "nap mat" with us and just curl up on the floor at 2:00 or so for a half hour break!

It's a beautiful day here in PA! I'm wearing shorts and the kids are shooting basketball and riding bikes in the driveway. Almost forgot it was January today. (I remembered when the weather guy said we may have snow by the end of the week! )

Thinking of all of you...wishing you a warm, happy day!
jenny

The beastie decided to ignore the Imitrex I took this morning and come back with more dizziness and nausea ickiness. I'm holding off on taking anything else since I have acupuncture at 4:30.

In non-migraine news, DBF has an appointment next Tuesday with a colon & rectal surgeon. He's had some itchiness/pain that may only be an infection, but may be internal hemmoroids or cysts. Hopefully it isn't anything serious. I'm glad he finally went to see the doctor though (he went to our PCP yesterday) - I've been nagging him about it for a while now.

So I'm a little worried about this, yes. Positive thoughts are welcome!

This morning I went to our work location at 7:30 A.M. We finished our work there at about 1 P.M., and I headed back to the office. I stopped for lunch on the way.

At the office, I mainly just organized my notes from the work we did at that location--we've been there since last Thursday. Tomorrow I'll start the paperwork in earnest.

No migraine, in spite of weather, and quite possibly hormones. Yippee!

This evening, I have my voice lesson. The recital is 1/20/08. The lesson has been canceled the last two Tuesday evenings due to the holidays.

Oh Nut, I didn't know you sing! Me too! Well used to, did touring choir in HS, and we took first place in the US! (circa 1996)

Now with DH trying to get me to learn guitar and sing, I can see that public humiliation is going to soon be a part of my life....aka, open mics! He's good with it, I don't know about me, I'm better in group humiliation, I don't know how I'll do if it's all ME! LOL

Anyway - in the tea room late. Busy day at work...came home and watched Blades of Glory with DH - Funny movie!!! A lot of SNL people in it...

So get this - the smelly perfume girl is on vacay from the office this week and so I have no work triggers! tada! Boss is going to have her stop wearing the perfume or lotion, whatever it is. I swear I can smell her before I see or hear her in the morning!

Ok, well off to bed for me! I had an early day today - gotta get some rest to avoid the M!

Night all!

Do a bit o' that walking in honor o' droolie, huh? I miss my long walks something fierce. There's a lot I'd love to have the oomph to do, but I can't last more than a minute or two at, and that fact's getting realllllly annoying.

I did talk to the blood doc today, though. The nurse who gave me much of the lab results over the phone this morning after I'd called again said most of them look really great. There was one that was a bit high, but nothing to worry about, and one that was a bit low, but nothing to worry about, and the rest she said were spiffy. If they're so spiffy, how come I'm anemic? Go figure. I know the doc will go over them this coming Monday, because he's not getting out of the appointment until I have a physical copy with explanations. We'll see. I told the nurse I was concerned about the accuracy of the binding capacity tests because I hadn't fasted at all, since no one said to. She checked protocols and said it shouldn't be a problem, and that they never require fasting. When I also mentioned that the iron was making the anemia symptoms more exagerated instead of helping, she said that was odd and promised to have the doc call, which he finally did this afternoon.

We're doing away with the morning dose as of tomorrow to alleviate the "stretched out" and abused feeling it's given my poor innards, and to keep it away from my Armour. I'll have my TSH lab Monday while I'm at the clinic, and I'd bet it's going to be inaccurate because of the iron all this time (I see the endo doc the week after.).

The doc is concerned about the iron hindering instead of helping, which he also says is odd. He said I should have noticed a positive effect from the iron right away, with lots of oomph from pretty much day one. He also finds the fact that I did better on Sunday after skipping the iron curious, too. He wonders if I might be more anemic now than I was a month ago, and if that's why the iron isn't helping at all. So...I'll go extra early and have a CBC drawn right before the appointment on Monday.

Joy and rapture, this whole process is! Shaking my head a lot, I am. I am learning a whole bunch through this little venture, so that's good. But I'm also finding that if I thought I was ever wonky before, my goop's tendency toward bucking all the roolz is much stronger than I ever fathomed.

What a ride! WHEEEEEEEEEEEE!

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Originally posted by JamieHOST:

When I get to DC, I know there's gonna be loads of exercise. There always is at a multi-hotel conference- walking mostly.

Well, that's interesting. I start Friday night with a good sleep hygiene regimine and mine includes a scheduled nap!

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I really want a nap, but I'm doing the "good sleep hygiene" thing, which includes no napping. "Good sleep hygiene" always sounds like you change your sheets once a week and wear a clean nightgown.