Another Migraine.

had one of the worst migraines of my life this past Thursday. Oh my goodness it was awful. once it hit full force I couldn't lay down, I couldn't sit, standing made me crazy. I was pacing, laying, siting, repeat for what seemed like hours. Just when i was minutes away from going to the ER my next imetrex kicked in. Luckily I was at my moms to pick up the kids so I was able to stay and sleep while she continues to take care of my children. I slept all day long. The icky thing though is that i haven't felt myself since Thursday. no migraine, that passed thank goodness. But I do feel just icky, tired, and achier then usual. sucks.


July 6th Update- I am feeling better today, but it took me almost a full week. I was so afraid I went back to square one before I went on my new medications in December. Thank goodness it wasn't the case. My body just needed extra healing time I guess.

Physical Therapy, oh how I love you!

So as part of my new treatment my doctor put me on a muscle relaxer 2-3 times a day and Physical Therapy. I went to a new PT building which is actually a new athletic/rehabilitation center for the hospital. I CAN NOT speak more highly of the treatment I have been getting there. 100 times better then what i receiving before in the other location!! They are doing warm-ups, stretches, massage, exercises, and the newest thing, traction. OMG I LOVE traction. Have any of you tried it before? They have done both manual and machine traction and both are amazing. I am seeing huge results. I went from having 100's of those stabbing/electric shock pains throughout my day to about 20-30. Some days only a handful. I don't want it to ever end!!!

Ha! I couldn't have said it better myself....

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I seriously think I need to get this shirt.  Like now.  My memory loss is worse and worse and I think the most annoying is how I "loose words" mid sentence.  But I guess it is still a better trade off then CDH at a 7+ 24/7, huh?

Last night the strangest thing happened to me.  I got my nightly "come-down" from the day plus I need to take my next pill headache.  But along with it I got this pain that radiated from the very top of my neck that went all the way down to the bottom of my shoulder blades.  I honest-to-goodness felt like someone beat me up there.  I felt sore and bruised, not only on the inside but outside too.  And as stupid as I felt asking him, I had to have my husband look at my back to see if it was actually bruised up, even though I knew it couldn't be.  Also my nerves all over my body were hyper sensitive.  The lightest touch on my face felt like sunburn.  But I also felt it in my arms too.  So, so strange. Very much like trigeminal neuralgia, but not.  I laid down with a heating pad and took an Imetrex, my nightly meds and then some and just crashed out.  But surprisingly by morning I was fine.  What is happening to me?!!

Good news is that I start Physical Therapy on Thursday.  I am going to a new therapy center that is rated super high, everyone raves about it.  I was there for my MRI and was blown away just by walking in the door.  So that's cool.  I love having twice weekly massages.  Hopefully it will help with this neck pain I have been having.  Next up will be another CT of my sinuses.  Dr. D thinks they are beginning to fill up again.  My pain is around my eyes again and across my forehead and cheeks which is where they were really heavy when I had my sinus issues last time.  It was weird but both she and my pharmacist said I look pouffy and had dark blue circles under my eyes, both indicators of sinus trouble. We shall see I guess!

Living with "The Guilt"

So, I always get this deep guilt whenever my husband pulls out the bills every month and more and more medical bills are in his pile. He tells me not to stress about it and to not feel guilty. But I can't help it! I feel like we never get a break from it!! It is so frustrating- we can never seem to get on top. I just hate all this guilt. Ughhhhhh.

I am a stay at home mom, so I can't even contribute financially to help pay the bills. Then I start thinking that I feel bad Scott even has to deal with this all together. He didn't sign up for a wife that was going to the doctor every 4 weeks like clockwork. I said that to him tonight and he said that if i had to go every day he would be there. I know he loves me and understands. But I still hate how much this is strapping us. If we could direct all of that money that goes to those medical bills to other things....

Migraining.

I got my 1st migraine last night since I upped my dosages. I've had some bad ON attacks, but not an actual migraine in months. It was also my very first migraine that has ever woken me up in the middle of the night. Luckily I was able to stop it pretty well with an Imitrex and go back to sleep. I was sure that Scott wouldn't be able to go to work today becuase i would need him to care for the children. But this morning I woke up in the post-migraine fog, but luckily the migraine itself was gone. I go see my doctor tomorrow where I am sure she will change my daily preventatives. Wish me luck we get it right this time!

Unless you are a doctor, keep your "helpful" comment to yourself.

I get so tired of hearing these things.  And this is just a small handful.  This picture could be floor to ceiling if they were all represented....

Laundry, my Other nemesis!