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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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So, monday I posted "another day, another headache".  I slipped on the ice on my way out to the orthopedic (did i mention my fiance broke his knee, so he is off work for 4-6 weeks Blink ) and cracked myself a good one.  On top of battling the headache my body felt like it had been ran over by a semi......

 

today, wednesday feb 27th--still have the same headache....I had an aura on monday and it seems to have stuck with me since then.  My abortive is maxalt and I have already taken my max dosage, and my rescue med is fiorcet which doesnt really seem to work anymore. 

 

I work for a chiropractor and I have been adjusted which seems to help for some of the time---but for those of you who are familiar with chiro adjustments, they do provide relief but my muscles are so tight that the adjustments just seem to undo themselves by the end of the day.

 

I see my neuro on March 13th, which seems so far away now.  I know I should go to the er if i have a headache still for the past 2 days without any pain relief, but the pain ranges from a raging 8-9 with nausea and vomiting to just an irritating 4-5 with my stomach turning with certain movements or smells. 

 

I have had a couple bad incidents in the er so I try to avoid them as much as possible, and it seems as if they dont believe in migraines being that debiliating (spelling).  (Im to the point of just wanting to pull my hair out and stomp my feet like a 2 year old. I know it sounds ridiculous but hopefully you understand!)

 

I work a 12hr shift today, which hopefully won't be unbearable.  I love my job, and my patients so it makes the day fly...but the headache affects every part of my life. 

 

It makes me emotional so I seem to cry at the drop of a pin, I pick fights with my loved ones just because I know I can because they will take it and will still be there afterwards, I feel run down and all I want is my bed, and ice pack, and dark.Embarassed

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