As my neck is still horribly stiff and painful in a way that feels connected to the 9 day old migraine that was finally obliterated on the second floor of Wood County Hospital Friday morning at 10 am, I am sitting here thinking of the amount of medication it took to truly break it. In…
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My CGRP interview on Migraine.com
I always feel guilty when I return to the blog after a long absence, which seems silly. Like I need to explain myself. Life ebbs and flows and I often find myself unable to do everything I’d like to be doing. I just can’t fit it all in, which I think is a pretty universal…
Days 32 & 33 | Intractable Migraine Continues
More searing head pain. More phonophobia. More allodynia. More cognitive impairment. More worry and frustration. We got a little behind on Migraine365 and J worked hard to get these pages done today so I want to get them posted. I will come back and do the text some other time. Days 32 & 33, “Migraine…
Pain, pain go away
Don’t come back another day Since this headache started early Saturday afternoon I have taken many, many medications. I had a list here (just because it’s kind of fun), but am removing it because it worried my mom (“Mama Migraine,” I think that’s cute). Every time I have an intractable migraine, I take many varying…
The Most Important Thing: Validation.
The appointment with C. when I was prescribed the oxygen for home use went so badly I didn’t write much about it. I cried; I basically begged. My pain therapist had thought my case warranted a prescription for narcotics, and made me feel like I mattered, like how I felt and feared mattered. The nurse I…
