I know I'm tired of being in pain ALL the time... but it sucks that the people around me are "over it" as well. The comment in passing "dang, my head is starting to hurt, let me take something now..." I get from my (usually wonderful and loving husband) is "you ALWAYS have a headache!
The nurses at my job are very condescending.... Oh, honey, you just need to see a doctor and get your medical issues cleared up, nursing school is stressful enough with out that hurdle to face!
I can be in the middle of swallowing pills, with an ice pack on my head at work, and one of the nurses will ask, all perkey like, "feeling any better today, honey?" AAAAUUUGGGHHHHH!!!!! Yes, I put icepacks on my head and pop pills when i'm feeling good. Uh huh.
I really think that most people, if they have never experienced a migraine, do not understand how much it interferes with your life.
Doing my pre-job medical screening once, I had a Doctor tell me that my migraines must not be that bad if I was still able to work, because if they were that bad, you know, I should be on disability. WHAT????
No doc, I have to work to pay my bills, so I pop some pills and keep on trucking, right on through the vomiting, body shakes, double vision, black spots, and tremors that are so bad I can't pick up any given object.
This is what we live with.... I don't care if your just ignorant to condition; shut up if you have nothing worthwhile to say. Think before you speak: do you really believe that I haven't gone to the doctor???? Do you think I'm not being treated? Do you think I need to hear you tell me I'm not doing enough for my own treatment? MIND YOUR BUSINESS if you have nothing supportive to say.
Ok, i'm done ranting now. thank you for listening.
The nurses at my job are very condescending.... Oh, honey, you just need to see a doctor and get your medical issues cleared up, nursing school is stressful enough with out that hurdle to face!
I can be in the middle of swallowing pills, with an ice pack on my head at work, and one of the nurses will ask, all perkey like, "feeling any better today, honey?" AAAAUUUGGGHHHHH!!!!! Yes, I put icepacks on my head and pop pills when i'm feeling good. Uh huh.
I really think that most people, if they have never experienced a migraine, do not understand how much it interferes with your life.
Doing my pre-job medical screening once, I had a Doctor tell me that my migraines must not be that bad if I was still able to work, because if they were that bad, you know, I should be on disability. WHAT????
No doc, I have to work to pay my bills, so I pop some pills and keep on trucking, right on through the vomiting, body shakes, double vision, black spots, and tremors that are so bad I can't pick up any given object.
This is what we live with.... I don't care if your just ignorant to condition; shut up if you have nothing worthwhile to say. Think before you speak: do you really believe that I haven't gone to the doctor???? Do you think I'm not being treated? Do you think I need to hear you tell me I'm not doing enough for my own treatment? MIND YOUR BUSINESS if you have nothing supportive to say.
Ok, i'm done ranting now. thank you for listening.
I know what you're saying. I know it sounds mean, but sometimes I'd like to transfer the pain to others for just a second or three, so they could have a really good idea of what a migraine feels like... and they wouldn't say those inane things like, "it's just a headache", or "take something for it, and you'll feel better" or my personal favorite "it's probably caused by stress, just calm down and it will go away".
Sometimes you have no choice but to be at work, doing what needs to be done, excruciating pain or no pain. If we stayed home in bed whenever we had migraines, many of us would spend the greater part of our lives in bed... I know I would.
It's good that we have places like this to vent. I think Bill Engval is on the right course with his "Here's your sign" idea for stupid people. Maybe we should all carry cards that say that for people who say "stupid" things to us about our migraines... We could just hand them a card and walk away... No, I guess that wouldn't be very nice would it. It's a good fantasy though...
Peace, Bon