I missed a lot of Cinderella’s final rehearsals. Being backstage with the kids helping with hair and makeup, assisting with crew and costumes, and just *being there* ~ pretty much my favorite thing ever. But I’ve been really sick with a long migraine attack / flare for almost two weeks, making me feel unreliable and…
Tag: children
Dear Emergency Room: A Story of Love, Despair, and a Life Less Ordinary
**Edited in 2018 to include the full name of the offending doctor: Dr. Nadia Sidiq, DO, Bowling Green Ohio Update #2: so it turns out I am not going to send this. While at first the purging of such strong, righteous emotion even just for the blog felt satisfying, I am now so…
But You Won’t.
I’ve been absent. I don’t really know what to say about it. While my participation in the CGRP Study has been amazing, and I have longer pain-free periods, somehow I end up in the ER more often. Everything in my life is changing. J had to resign from his job over unfair labor practices and…
The Migraine Diaries on Kindle
Late last night, I completed my first short story for digital publication, a much expanded version of The Migraine Diaries Three [1981] already found on this blog. J used a picture of me at the age I was in the story and created a Migraine365-esque cover for it; I am planning to publish “chapters,” about…
Day 24: Mommy and Me, by X (age 9)
This is X’s first Migraine365 page, and she was very excited. We had a great day. I was feeling really well; we got our t-shirts going for the project; our new washing machine delivered; john got caught up on sleep; and we were able to unexpectedly buy food. X and I went grocery shopping together,…
Brave Like My Zo
She did great today. There were some tough moments, mostly involving taking medicine, and she is struggling a bit now. But when she awoke from the anesthesia, she did not cry. “She hasn’t made one peep,” the nurse said when she came to get us.
