My migraines started in 2000.  At first I thought that it was the stress of my mother's illness and subsequent death.  The intermitant eating and lack of sleep played havock on my body.  I lost 30 lbs without trying and couldn't afford it really.  I went from 5' 8" and 140 to 111 lbs in 2 months. 

But after my mother's passing in June my life got back to normal which included my weight.  By December I was back to "normal" but I had developed intolerance for alcoholic beverages.  Kind of a bummer at times but I'm now the DD when my friends and I go out.  That's ok because I keep my friends safe.  Since my mother died of lung cancer and I was a smoker at the time I gathered all of my strength and quit smoking after 26 years. 

Oddly enough the migraines continued and seemed to get worse as I gave up my vices.  I stopped socially drinking and the migraines increased in frequency.  I gave up smoking and they increased in frequency again and intensity.  As the years have gone by they only get worse.  They occur out of nowhere at least three times a month.  But on top of that I've found that everytime I am in the heat for any length of time I get a migraine.  I'm talking about 15 minutes.  I can't even mow my yard anymore because I will end up with a migraine, vomiting my guts out, the rest of the day.  And that is with taking a "preventative" and then two Frova.  Imitrex does nothing for me.  Relpax works but I feel like I have the flu with the muscle and bone aches.  The Frova does the same thing but with a little less flu like symptoms.  I have to lay down for anything to work though.  At work I have a fan at my desk that runs most of the time.  Anytime the temperature rises to 74 or higher I have to turn on my fan.  My co-workers are cold at anything 74 or below.  I've started gaining weight because I'm unable to do work around the yard and I can't work out because I'm getting overheated in a few minutes.  Hard to get the "fat burning zone" going or my heart rate up when I can't get hot. 

I realize that I live in the wrong state, Texas and the wrong city in Texas, Houston.  The humidity is horendous making the heat worse than the actual temperature.  My insurance provides 9 pills per month. You've got to be kidding me!  I take two pills with each migraine! And if I have to do anything in "the heat" each day...then each day I would run out in 4 1/2 days!  What am I to do for the reast of the month? 

Does anyone know why there is a limit to the number of pills you can receive per month?  Does it jack with your blood pressure or something? 

I have to find something else, something better to deal with the nausea, pain...something that allows me to enjoy the outdoors again.  I can't even go to my son's baseball games or tennis matches.  I don't want to be forced to move to Alaska!