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Another Day, another Migraine
November 8th, 2009
Waking with head pain. Hoping it will go away. Have a work obligation - know if I take my triptan I won’t be
able to drive. Weighing how much trouble it will cause to miss the meeting. Cup of coffee damping down head pain. Driving off to meeting. Sitting through it with hand pressed to right eye, shifting to shield both eyes from bright overhead lights. Meeting ending. Weighing whether I should drive. Getting home with help. Pain increasing all the way. Nausea beginning. In the door, family brings me food. Take sumatriptan injection. Incredible pain from injection. Unbelievable that I can do that to myself. Counting twenty seconds while holding burning needle in arm. Arm hideously sore to the touch. Initial increase in head pain from injection. Lying down. Breathing. Breathing. 3 in 5 out. Directing breath to head pain. Funny sensation in chest & stomach from sumtriptan. It passes. Pain eases. Lying very still for fear of reawakening it. Exhausted. Day on the bed. Second one in a week. Another day, another Migraine.
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November 9th, 2009 at 3:22 am
Have had those days, knowing that I can’t get the thing knocked out and still function, carefully measuring time to drive vs time to headache recurrance vs time to work vs no time left. Wish you didn’t have them.
November 9th, 2009 at 10:08 am
Thanks Emily! It’s a constant juggling act, isn’t it? I wish you didn’t have them too!
- Megan
November 20th, 2009 at 11:12 am
Experiencing headache is no joke what more if it really is intense that talking is hard to do…I can’t picture myself in this scenario. My thumbs up is with you for being so strong in spite the pain.