The Migraine Fairy stopped by on Monday, and she's still hanging around on Wednesday. Somehow, I've managed to go to work through this; it is truly amazing what one can adapt to when one has no other option.
It's safe to say that the Migraine Fairy has worn out her welcome, but she has always lived on her own schedule. This stay has been a particularly difficult one, in that I can tell that even when my head stops aching, the nausea and dizziness will remain for at least 2-3 days. Call them souvenirs, I suppose.
It's difficult to explain to someone who doesn't suffer from migraines how truly agonizing and almost debilitating they can be. Yes, I've discovered that I have a very high pain threshhold (I've played 18 holes of golf with a migraine), but it is an exhausting ordeal. My doctor, of course, cannot begin to tell me the reason(s) I'm afflicted, so we're throwing medication at it. That works- to a point- but it doesn't begin to deal with the cause(s). I'm left to a process of trial and error (I've already eliminated Aspartame from my diet, for example- but don't even think that you're going to suggest that I give up coffee....) in an effort to see if I can figure out what my triggers are.
I just wish that I could figure out a way to evict the b***h. This has gone way past being merely tiresome.
