Migraine

Good morning,

Wow, I'm the first in here? Lynn and Gail, I hope you're both resting and taking good care of yourselves.

Alaura-Glad to hear you're starting to feel better.

I did get to go out on my bike yesterday. I biked a mile and it just about killed me LOL I didn't get to badly winded but when I was going around the block I came into a head wind and it took extreme effort to make those pedals move...whew! It can only get easier from here, right?

Today is going to be a perfect fall day. In fact, the rest of the week looks great for us. Sunny, low 70's, perfect biking weather. I just need to keep myself motivated.

I've decided to look for a very part time job through an agency that works with disabled people. I'm not sure if they can do anything for me since I never know when the Migraines will strick, but, I'll remain hopeful. They referred me to a temp agency and I've got a list coming from DRS. We'll see how it goes.

Have a wonderful day everyone!

My insomnia rages on. Sigh. And of course now compounded by "somebody drop kicking my head at 330 am". It's gonna be a rough day.

Hey guys.

Laura- thanks. So glad you made it out on your bike. Do enjoy the weather

Amy- hugs to you. Insomnia is hard but to add in a migraine rest and feel better.

I am up and at work again. But today the pain is a little worse yet, so I am fighting to get through the day. Its lunch break now, so hopefully I can relax and do ok for the rest of the day. My bed sounds very inviting right now. Thats where I am headed at 3! I hope you all are doing ok and getting through your Tuesday. I may stop in later to see how you all are.

Hi all,

Gail - I'm so sorry to hear that Barry's in the hospital, and you can't even visit him! I hope you're both better real soon.

Dawn - your suit story made me laugh. I have a similar story. When one of my best friends was killed last spring his parents had to choose a suit for him to wear. There was a suit hanging in his room outside of his closet. They assumed it was one he had planned to wear to work the next day so they chose to put him in it. After they had already delivered the suit to the funeral home his roommate was looking for his suit to wear the the wake... only to find out Matt would be the one wearing it, not him. Definitely a story that will always make me smile.

Laura - hope you get out to bike today.

Amy - sorry you're struggling to get sleep...

Alaura - I hope you make it through til 3. I have to work both jobs today... no idea how I'm going to manage it. I'm thinking Wednesday or Thursday will be a sick day for me, considering I should have stayed in bed today.

Not much to say.... Sitting at my desk is torture at the moment. At least I only have 45 minutes til lunch. Then a meeting. Then leaving here at 3:30 to go to the hotel til 10. Let's see if I can do it. And maybe I'll give myself tomorrow off.

I want to talk to my boss about taking some kind of medical leave... but I keep chickening out. I hate the thought of admitting defeat.

Back to work.
Meli

My head got really bad last night at the dinner honoring Joe so I headed to bed as soon as I got home. I was too sick to sit in an ER. Here's the great news, although I am almost scared to utter the words......it is down to about a 4 today! First time in weeks it has been under a five and a level I can function at okay.

Laura- I am glad you got in some bike time. Still "planning" to get my Gazelle available again LOL. Right now it is boxed in by Valentines crate and I acutally have to take apart the crate and move her out of the room to get the Gazelle useful! Good luck on the job hunt.

Amy-Sorry to hear you are battling lack of sleep and a bad head! Not a good combo!

Alaura- Oh gosh gal! I sure hope you get a break soon! I so do understand!

Meli- I hope you are doing better too. If you need the time off perhaps it is time to beard the lion huh?

Gail- How is Barry doing? How are you doing? You are both in my thoughts and prayers! Feel better soon!

Be blessed-
Dawn

Meli, being sick is not being defeated. But, I know how hard it is to talk to bosses. I so wish I could have thrown up on my last principal's shoes!

Gail, . And that y'all heal quickly. Can you at least see Barry through a window? I remember seeing my family through a hospital window when I was small. I learned later that I was in Isolation for measles, mumps, and pneumonia (all caught w/in 6 weeks.)

Amy, will you share? I'm sleeping TOO much! I go to bed at 10, wake up around 3:30, but fall back asleep until around 11 am. If we share, I figure we'll both sleep until around 6-7 am.

Laura, KUDOS on the bike ride!

Dawn, I'm sorry I missed your story. Meli, yours made me laugh.

Alaura, 3pm will be here before you know it ( )

And, now I'm bound for my PCP's office to get paperwork signed for the Unemployment Commission, then fill out job applications, then come home and do some housework. Have to take advantage of the cooler weather with the un-airconditioned car.

Rebecca, The Island Mama

I'm so tired today. I aborted a migraine this morning, which is good news.

Amy, I've been up with you and the insomnia for the last few weeks.

The grief of my father's death sneaked up on me last night. It's tough. I'm sure that is one of the reasons I'm unable to sleep. There are a lot of other challenging situations we are faced with right now as well. Sitting with DH one evening, I just started laughing when "issue #12" was dumped in our lap. Sometimes I just have to laugh at the comedy of it all.

On a bright note, the weather is a nice fall day. I hope you have the same.

Liz

Afternoon, all.

I'm sorry for all who aren't feeling well.

I believe I'm in the upswing from my weekend Migraines. I can still "feel" that they are lurking but I don't have any major pain. My neck is bothering me so I've taken my muscle relaxers. My neuro NP told me at my last appointment she thought I might need to just take the muscle relaxers daily. Of course, she doesn't know about the bulging disc and my procedure this week. Which reminds me, she said that my pain management doctor isn't good about sharing info with them and asked for me to keep them up-to-date.

I just found out this morning that DS is going to be home around 2 on Friday afternoon. He texted me and asked if I could have Hamburger Helper ready for him, his girlfriend and their friend that is coming home with them. They are so silly.

I have so much to get done by the end of tomorrow here at work. I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed. My boss will be back in the office tomorrow.

I see my therapist this evening.

Well, I need to finish eating my lunch. I hope all get to feeling better that aren't feeling well. I'm thinking about everyone. Take care. Love ya!

One more thing...

Cindy, you asked about DS and rowing. Well, I found out this weekend he quit. He said that it was taking up too much of his time.

Afternoon everyone-
I'm late checking in because I feel like I missed the license #of the truck that hit me! I started coughing late yesterday and was up all night. So, off to the dr. this morning. I told DH either my doc would see me of I would go see dr/boss, but someone was going to see me TODAY. I KNEW better than to let it get bad.

Thankfully my doc could see me at 11, so off I went. I sat in the waiting room for 1 1/2 hours! I'm so sore from coughing and my chest is so tight it's terrible. I was there 2 hours by the time I finally got out. Thankfully, my lungs are clear so it's just a upper resp. infection. He gave me a steroid shot, antibiotics, an inhaler AND something for the cough. I was exhausted to say the least. That was the last good thing about today.

I left his office and went to my office. I knew we had a coupon for the antibiotics, so I wanted to get that-and see how things were going. I had forgotten our nurse was out today too, so poor dr/boss has the worst float nurse in the pool AND the worse float front office person. It seems that the person they sent yesterday call my boss and told her it wasn't a one person job and she needed help-so today, he has ding and dong-the terrible float person AND the person that filled in while I was on vacation.

The office literally looks like a bomb exploded in it. I KNOW they havent' filed a single chart all week and there is paper work everywhere. It's going to be a job getting caught up. What a mess to go back to. My doc said I'm not contagious so I can go back tomorrow. Dr./boss said he'd be SO happy to get me back! I think it's funny that they've been expecting me to carry things by myself for almost 5 months now and this person couldn't do it for one single day.

OK-I don't expect everything to be caught up. I've been there, and I know how to do things, but can't they even file charts alphabetically? Dr./boss said over 1/2 of the patients hadn't shown up because they didn't make the reminder calls, so he said it had been REALLY slow. I think he'll be glad to get me back.

As if THAT didn't finish off my day, my truck broke down after leaving my office! Thankfully I got it started and drove to the dealership(it was about a block away). The general manager just happened to come through the service dept as I stood there waiting my turn and he ask if I'd been helped. I must have looked pretty pathetic! I told him no and when he ask what the problem was, I proceeded to tell him and then just fell apart. I couldn't stop crying. I felt terrible, seen work and now had a broken down truck.

Bless his heart, he had my trucked checked in within 10 min. and found someone to drive me home. I'm so grateful that they were so kind. I called DH and he came right home so he can get the boys to karate. They've already checked out my truck, called to tell me the problem, have the parts in stock and will have it fixed this afternoon.It's covered by the warranty and it's going to cost $200 for the ded. and that's it. At least that part was good news. I would normally be out only $50 bucks for the ded, but there are a couple of things that need to be done on it and he said they could do them this afternoon also, so I said yes.

What a way NOT to spend a day! I called my big boss and let her know I'd be back at work tomorrow. I'll never get the office straight if they are there another day. There's no way I can not go tomorrow, and I don't feel that bad-I just can't stop coughing. Hopefully the cough meds will help that. DH has gone to get them filled for me since the truck broke down and I couldn't even do that.

I don't have the energy to respond to you all. I've read everyone's posts, but I'm exhausted.

Gail- to your entire family. I hope you and Barry both get better soon.

I'm off to bed
Lynn

Today is just flying by! I can't believe the day is almost over! I have been so busy today and I still have more to do! Speaking of which, I always forget that UPS comes an hour earlier here so I am hoping I did not miss him!

The phones have been crazy here, along with the fact we are short staffed today. I have one tech in the office with every phone line lit.

Last night, DH and I made home made Italian Wedding Soup in the crock pot. It cooked all night long and smelled so good when I was getting up! I am happy I did not have a problem with nausea last night, since the house smelled like food! We are having the soup for dinner tonight. I am picking up some good italian bread and it will be a meal! I can't wait to try it!

It is getting cold already here in NJ - we hardly had a summer! I think we turned our A/C on maybe 4 times this year. I'm already pulling out the sweaters!

Heather - sorry your neck is bothering you! I've been taking a muscle relaxer daily for quite some time now. I just need to find a better one. We are working on it!

Liz - sorry about the insomnea and everything else. I hope you enjoyed a nice fall day!

Rebecca - is it really that cool already in S.C.? I don't remember it getting cooler until Nov. or so, but then again it was 10 years ago that I lived there.

Alaura - well, it's after 3 for me here - I think you are not that far behind me time wise....hope you get some rest! Kids can take a lot out of you! I would be almost falling down when I used to be a T.A. in a preschool - it is a lot of work!

Amy - sounds like we have the same brain today - insomnia and head pain - never a good combo, yet seems to be my M.O. lately. Hope you get some rest today!

Laura - I am jealous of your weather! (and your bike) LOL I wish we had some more warm days coming to us, but I think we are going into fall full swing.

Hope everyone has a great night! I am looking forward to getting home (after picking up bread and frova), having my soup and chilling out!

Hi everyone,
I have been dealing with some really bad migraines lately and also trying to work as much as I can. I saw my new neurologist yesterday and I wrote a post about that in the Doctors folder. I will be tapering off Topamax and changing medications. I am cautiously optimistic about this Dr. She is not a migraine specialist, but we only have one in Nashville and I couldn't find anyone who could give her a good recommendation.

With this disease there is no cure and finding the right medication is a trial and error process, so I'm hoping this new medication will be helpful, but I know that I can't expect everything to work the way I want it to (which is immediate!). This will be the 4th preventive I will be trying.

Peggy