An Entire Day Lost

[mmerriam]

Yesterday I had the worst migraine I've experienced in years. By a little after noon it was full blown. I took my maximum amount of imitrex and slept until nearly 5:00 pm. I woke up, but was still headachey, and dizzy, and feeling over-drugged to boot. careswen brought me toast and tea, and ended up stretching back out on the bed. greykev came and cooked dinner for us, and I managed to come downstairs, eat, and chat quietly for about an hour and a half, then I started feeling tired, dizzy, and still had a moderate headache, so back to bed I returned. I awoke at 4:00am, tired and dopey, but without the headache. I dozed for another hour and half while the Reverend Selena purred and nudged me with her nose to make sure I was not dead, until I finally felt well enough to get up and make coffee.

So yeah, completely lost yesterday, except that the migraine didn't start until after I'd taken out the trash and done other housework, which seems so very unfair.

I did manage to read quite a bit of pameladean's Tam Lin in my more lucid moments. I am near the end of the book and feeling sad that it is almost over.

If something important happened to you yesterday and you posted it on LJ, let me know.

Comments

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Hope you feel better today. I know how horrible migraines can be to deal with.

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

I continued to feel a little fuzzy headed all day on Sunday. It's just today, on Monday, that I'm starting to feel like my normal self.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Ugh, that was a tenacious one. Glad you're doing better today! :D

[alaneer.livejournal.com]

Sorry about the migrane; they can knock you on your back.

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It was really unpleasant.

[ken-schneyer.livejournal.com]

Rats. Hope things improve from here on in.

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I am feeling better now.

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

Oh, yowch! Hope you're feeling better!

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

Thanks you.

[musingaloud.livejournal.com]

I can so relate. I had a series of migraines where I was completely unable to function except to cry. And then they gave me imitrex shots to give myself the next time.... and since needles scare the shit outta me, they also apparently scared the migraines right outta me, cause I haven't had one since. *knock on wood*. Hope you're feeling better.

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

I feel for you about the needles. I can't stand them and if I had to give myself a shot, I'd be in a world of trouble.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Is it possible the storm whammied your sinuses or immune system? I ask because I've had sudden barometer drops kick me into migraine mode.

I hope it stays away.

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

I wonder if it was a combination of storm, allergies (there is cottonwood everywhere), and stress. I'm feeling better today, thankfully.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Oh, GOOD.

[janradder.livejournal.com]

I'm really sorry to hear about that -- I suffer from migraines, too and with all these storms and pressure changes, have been getting a bunch of them. I take maxalt which helps with the pain. Hope you're doing better and don't get another one anytime soon.

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

This was the worst one I've had in some time. Usually I can get over one in a few hours with the Imitrex, (my wife, otoh, uses Maxalt and is typically better in an hour or so) but this one really flattened me.

[wordswoman.livejournal.com]

Uploading get-well-soon hugs.....

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

Much appreciated.

[mehub.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about your migraines, but I AM glad to just hear from you! After that last post describing the storms, I was a tad worried! Hope you get to feeling better!

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

Thanks you. The storm knocked down some tree limbs and caused a little hail damage.