Living with Migraines

It just went from bad to worse yesterday, and I spent the entire day either in bed or lying on the couch.  I had to call in sick to work, which is a first in quite a long time.  I’m grateful to have family nearby to help out, especially with DD.

In refill news I have one refill called in, with instructions to switch care to my primary physician if my migraines are “under control” and I only get them “rarely”.  I’m going to find out more specifically what those conditions might mean and then go from there.   It might be easier to see the local doctor given things aren’t really changing for me and I just needs the meds when all else fails.  But it was also nice being seen by people who truly understand migraine.

with a migraine.  What a bummer.  The winds are absolutely HOWLING outside and have been since yesterday.  Combine that with some alcohol and a late night last night, plus work stress hanging over my head, and it’s the perfect storm.  Bummer.

I’m doing alright, but the winds are playing around with my head.  Combine that with too much junk food, not enough sleep and way too little exercise, and it’s amazing I feel as good as I do.  Next week ballet classes resume, and I can’t wait to get back.

Christmas here was good and full of lots of family visits.  I’ve been enjoying the holidays and wish I could stretch out this time and the good feelings associated with this time of year.

That about says it all - I’ve been feeling pretty good (and am probably jinxing myself now).  I need to get my refill situation figured out, as I don’t want to run out of anything.  Details, details.

I’m currently working on learning out to let things go and not feel anxious and rushed inside.  It’s a process - probably a long one for me - but it’s something I’m trying to be conscious of as a way to better manage my stress and not let tension build up.

DD is next door playing, and DH and I have nowhere to be tonight.  The gift of quiet and time.  Ahhh…..

I had a migraine over the thanksgiving weekend, but it responded to Maxalt so all was well.  It was triggered, I think, by a combination of hormones and stress.  I was susceptible anyway at that time, and some pretty harsh stress sent me over the edge.  Lately (the last week or two?) I have been staying up far too late and each day I’m amazed that it hasn’t caught up with me yet.  I keep saying this is the night I’ll get to bed on time, and each night it’s 11 o’clock and I’m still up.  So will tonight be the night?  We shall see.

Happy December to all who are reading this.  It’s a time of shorter days and longer nights, hot cocoa, pretty lights and candles, fires int he fireplace, music and being close to those we love.  I hope the season is good to all of us, and that we all take time to find those quiet moments we all need to stay centered in the midst of busy-ness.

I think the stress of last week is fading somewhat.  Either I’m dealing with it, or I’m in denial.  Either way, I feel pretty good this weekend as far as my head goes, and for that I’m grateful.

We almost had rain today.  It was drizzly and misty outside, but we never made it all the way to actual rain drops.  I’d like to see some rain, but tomorrow’s forecast is sun.  Oh well.

Delegating - delegating is hard to do when you think you could do the job yourself in half the time, but you know you need to  empower other people to also take on some  ownership of projects and leadership.  I find that managing people from a volunteer position is not necessarily something that I enjoy.

I think it’s been two weeks to the day since my last headache, and this morning I woke up with a pretty bad migraine.  it’s odd - I felt OK last night and no idea that this one was brewing.  Anyway, I took a maxalt this morning around 5:45 a.m., got through the day at work, took another Maxalt around 3:00 p.m. and finally feel pretty decent tonight.

So, I guess I’m documenting this one solely for calendaring sake.

My cycle appears to be out of whack - that may have contributed to the migraine I had Monday night through Wednesday morning, but I think stress was also a culprit there.

A vent about CVS pharmacy:  I called in a refill Tuesday night, to be ready for pick-up lat night.  I went in this afternoon and was told that they didn’t have enough on the shelf to fill it, but that I could call tomorrow at noon and check to see if they have it yet.  Now, what I want to know is why didn’t the person filling the prescription (or attempting to) CALL ME and let me know that it would in fact NOT be ready Wednesday night at 7 p.m., as it was supposed to be?  And why is a prescription that is  called in on a Tuesday still not ready on a Thursday, and possibly won’t be ready even on a Friday?  It’s Maxalt, for crying out loud - not exactly a rare drug.   Really bad customer service.  But what do I expect from a gigantic chain store?  I used to go to a privately-owned pharmacy, but the owner/pharmacist eventually retired.  I need to find somewhere like that again.