Do you have a left-sided migraine ?

Since Thursday, I've had one of those annoying migraines that's just bad enough that meds are needed every few hours, and the symptoms are a little over the top of the pain in my left eye, jaw, and behind the ear. A little twinge on the left side of my head every once in a while seems to be correlated to the Alaska activity, in the 4.magnitude range.

Alaskan activity has been known to precede stronger activity in Southern California. Southern Californians should be checking your earthquake packs.
Make sure you have extra migraine meds on hand, and that the exp.date is still good.

Other areas on the planet are starting to shake and quake, and do contribute to the twinges you are feeling.
If these quakes get any stronger, you may experience a little migraine vertigo.

This should effect the next 48 hours. If the quakes rotate as usual, expect a day in between, before your headache and symptoms go to the right side.

So Much For Hoping for a Week Without a Migraine

Be sure and take a look at the link to a great migraine website. http://www.migraines.org/treatment/treatmis.htm
http://www.migraines.org/
This one has links to information about misconceptions about migraines, and those of us who suffer from them. If you have ever lost a job because your eyes looked bad, or you had dark circles, and you had these symptoms frequently, this website offers information those on your jobs, and those close to you who lack understanding can use to better understand you.


What was I thinking ? At 5 AM, here it came again. Left side, ear ringing, eye throbbing, headbanging migraine. I guess the western Pacific is rocking and rolling again. with the upset stomach I had earlier, there must be a volcano out there rumbling. Nothing new about that.
I wish I had a cork to shove in the crater. If there was enough silicone Dap on the planet, I could seal up the earthquake fault lines. Maybe that would work.
Silly me. Some idiot with a bomb arsenal would start dropping them, like when Isreal and Lebanon were bombing the earth during the summer.
Or some despot in North Korea would blow up a nuke underground, setting off the Hawaiin Islands again. That caused about two weeks worth of excruciating head pain for me, because of the quakes it caused.
When the war with Iraq started, I was sick for the first three months. I know many of you experienced the same, or similar.
My migraines are combined with Basilar headaches, which usually have root in head, neck injuries. One kicks in the other.

Be sure and take a look at the link to a great migraine website. http://www.migraines.org/treatment/treatmis.htm

Hoping for a week without a headache !

Wednesday night the left sided migraine went away. I was so glad, because I had to represent myself in court on Thursday.
Ahh, but of course, by the time I got to court the right side of my head and face, with the ear ringing, blurry vision with stomata was in full force. Migraineurs typically wouldn't lift a finger to start a fight on a good day, and certainly not when my head, my brain is not in a mood to think.
The previous week, with my head & face pounding on the right side, I had to call the court clerk, ask a couple of important questions. And, of course, by the time I was supposed to call back, my headache had reached peak, meds kicking in, and the exhaustion caused me to fall asleep, missing the time I was supposed to call.

Every time I was in court, I had horrible migraines, due to quake activity, and didn't complain once. They didn't know that I could barely see straight.
Sad, but true, that even in this day and age, people without chronic pain, without migraines, still belittle those of us who hurt, hurt terribly, and often, due to heredity, usually on the maternal side. Even educated, otherwise good people, make fun of someone who says they have a migraine.
It isn't funny. It isn't an excuse. In fact, in can be life threatening. I watched my grandmother's migraines sucking the energy out of her.
For me, after 55 years of feeling like someone is pounding a hammer across one side of my head and face, or the other, in the same place, with every heartbeat, 4 or 5 days out of every week, I am exhausted. The day after , the exhaustion and stomach pain from the meds is like having the 24 hour flu.
And then the next round of bombings, or earthquakes start the migraine cycle all over again.
I don't have to tell any of you with severe and frequent migraines this, but what the hell. Maybe you'll feel better knowing you aren't alone with your pain, and the depression it causes.

Okay, now that I have ranted, I feel better, I think. There is a point here.
I'm one of those with severe and frequent migraines, with facial neuralgia, ear pain, eye pain, and sometimes the roots of my hair hurts, and so do my eyelashes.
75% of the time I also have neck, upper back, and should pain.
If it's volcanic, add in stomach upsets.
Then, like most migraineurs, the hours or day in between migraines, is nothing but filled with the exhaustion of enduring days of pain.

The sad fact is , most of us have relatives who relish in our pain. It's a chance to take advantage of us. It's a chance to make us appear to be full of excuses. I saw my grandmother go through it, and now it's me.
If we are lucky, our parents know and understand, or maybe a relative who has suffered this lifelong pain.
If you are in this situation, with relatives, especially siblings , who's behavior towards you seems a little off, it probably is. Watch you backs. Make a mental note of it.

Tonight, Sunday, is headache free. I praying for a week or two like this. If I could have that, they wouldn't want to face me in court.

Have a good week all !

Post up your 'This Happened When I Had A Migraine" rant. Get it out of your system. If people around you take your chronic, lifelong pain lightly, treat you with sarcasm, you will have to be the one who is understanding of their lack of compassion, and education on the subject of genetic disabilities, chronic pain, the damage it does to you, the lesions it puts on your brain.
Seems like it should be the other way around, but it isn't.
so, rant to heart's content. You'll feel better, really.

Quakes Coming - Migraine Already Here

If you have a migraine that started sometime this morning, and has gotten worse through the day, you are in good company. You should have relief by tomorrow night.
For me, this one comes with upper back pain, and pain behind the eye, with aching above my teeth. This is an annoying migraine. the blurred vision started late last night, at the computer. I hoped it wasn't the telltale sign of a migraine coming on, but the damn thing woke me early.
As you may have noticed, mix your pain meds with your favorite coffee, and the stomach ache will distract you from the migraine.
Hehehe, really, just a little humor, migraine humor.
If I had to feel yucky, then at least it was one of those lovely rainy days at home. Those in flooded areas, probably wouldn't agree with that one, but for anyone who could stay in, what a wonderful day for the first log in the fireplace.

I think a cup of hot chocolate is in my very near future. That, and when this migraine is gone, a big batch of real Texas homemade chili with all the fixings.

Now, go play in the rain !

Feeling Good, Really !

I've not posted for a couple of months, and it isn't because there haven't been some nasty migraines. But, there have been only a few bad ones since September.
I don't know how anyone out there is tonight, but I'm migraine free at the moment,
and have been all day.
For a couple of weeks now, the twinges have been few, mild, and of short duration.
This time of year tends to be a little better, probably because it is seismically quieter.

Of note: Several months ago, I advanced the theory that many children's earaches were actually migraines, with or without tinitus. I also discussed at a forum that thinktanks some interesting and varied subjects, for other opinions.
The reasons why figuring this out is important is pain relief for the littlest migrainuers, and, that it can drastically reduce the frequency and amount of antibiotics that children are being dosed with.
This in turn, will make antibiotics more effective when necessary.

A small study has now been done, according to a CBS news report. A group of children with frequent earaches, who were usually treated with antibiotics with limited effectiveness, became test subjects.
Half the children were given pain medication. The other half of the children were given antibiotics.
Those given pain medication needed the meds a few days longer, but had better and faster relief.
The half on antibiotics were relieved of the earache symptoms faster, but without the same level of pain relief.