Hey There Mr. Migraine
It started late yesterday and has progressed to a full-blown mind-splitting head explosion. Every movement brings tears to my eyes, the nausea, the tunnel vision, the feeling that someone is pounding a spike through the right side of my head. Took some over-the-counter stuff, and started drinking black coffee, so on top of all this I’ve got the caffeine jitters. It’s not a pretty sight, not at all. The stress of my current situation has finally done me in. But must function…still have a job to do until business shuts down.
My life in the past few years has been that of a very bad sitcom. You know, the kind that gets canceled before the season is over. You keep plugging along not realizing the train wreck is right in front of you, thinking all is going well, finally ahead of the game and then the axe falls. Have not been given an end-date as of yet, hoping to find other employment prior to that. The stress of it all has turned me inside out.
So here I sit, clearing out the mind chatter at 3:00 a.m., wearing my darkest sunglasses over my specs because I can’t put my contacts in (ah the curse of being nearsighted plus now farsighted) and the light from my screen is just exacerbating the head pain; praying for a quiet day because most of it will be spent laying still until this monster of a headache passes. Mercifully, I will be at home today.
The last time this happened I was driving on the NYS Thruway and had to pull off the road to call someone to rescue me because now I’m blind. Then I had to explain to the nice State Trooper, who has passed me 3 times and finally stopped, why I can’t drive and no, I’m not in need of an ambulance, it’s only a migraine and I can’t see…No, I’m not having a stroke and I really can’t talk to you anymore without you taking the risk of me being violently ill all over you…Sure you can see my license and registration but you are going to have to retrieve it yourself, but please don’t make me talk to you anymore…No, I’m not crazy or mentally incapacitated it’s just a migraine and could you please be quiet. A friend who worked locally came to my rescue with his buddy and explained to the nice State Trooper, no she’s not on drugs and my buddy will drive her car back to her house and yes we really know her because now I’m completely uncommunicative, frozen in pain. Thank you Mr. Migraine!
Just one more page in the lunacy of my life. I wouldn’t wish this on anyone.
Oh, on a lighter note, I just got an email informing me that the Yankees won the World Series last night. I need to be told these things because I am completely sports ignorant. It’s un-American, I know, but that’s a tale for another day. So hurrah for the Yankees!
Sorry the migraines hit you that hard.
Have you considered trying accupressure to relieve them? You can learn to do it yourself, which is helpful when there’s not a roving accupressurist about.
I don’t have migraines, but I have found accupressure amazingly effective in relieving chronic sinus headaches, severe knee and back pain, asthma and a number of other problems. It’s easy to learn, doesn’t take long to do, and has very few side effects.
Hope that’s a help
Catherine
Thanks Catherine, I’ve actually utilized accupressure in the past, sometimes it helps, most times the quiet of a dark room and the comfort of my bed works better!