August Already DYK

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Registered: 10-16-2007
August Already DYK
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Mon, 08-01-2011 - 6:27am

Hi friends - love the dialogue happening. Let's keep it up!

Michelle

Mom to Addison (8) & Gabriel (5)

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Registered: 10-13-2004
Wed, 08-10-2011 - 2:49pm
Oh Michelle that stinks you missed the delivery! I hate when that happens. Maybe they'll stop back by? I had a delivery guy do that once.
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Registered: 10-16-2007
Wed, 08-10-2011 - 3:01pm
Me too! I hope he sticks to the same schedule so I don't have to play a guessing game! When I checked the delivery status last night, it said my laptop was still in China, so I didn't know if he was really coming today. Not like it would have mattered, because I would have missed him anyways. :P

Michelle

Mom to Addison (8) & Gabriel (5)

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Registered: 10-20-2005
Wed, 08-10-2011 - 3:10pm
Yay christine. hope everyone is happy and healthy!
-Karen
Lily 07.01.06
Brady 12.05.09
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Registered: 10-20-2005
Wed, 08-10-2011 - 3:13pm
I am home sick today. The pain was so bad this morning that I could not move. Now it is tolerable, but not so much as to go in to work. Besides I can not drive. Had to take more codeine this morning. The usual length for this big a headache is about 3 or 4 days. It started Monday night, so hopefully today will be the worst of it. I need to reduce stress!
-Karen
Lily 07.01.06
Brady 12.05.09
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Registered: 10-16-2007
Wed, 08-10-2011 - 3:32pm
Oh no! I'm sorry your migraine is still there, Karen. Have you tried a lot of drugs? I may have said this before, but my drug of choice is Fioricet. It's old-school, but it works for me. I discovered it when I was pregnant with Addison.

Michelle

Mom to Addison (8) & Gabriel (5)

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Registered: 10-16-2007
Wed, 08-10-2011 - 3:37pm
Blech! I can't wait until the Lean Cuisines in my freezer are gone so I can hit up Trader Joe's for some decent frozen lunch meals. I hate that LCs all taste like onion. I picked out some last time that I thought might have a different flavor...but so far, they all have tasted like onions! I used to like them, but my taste buds have changed. Now I only eat them on burgers and bratwurst.

Michelle

Mom to Addison (8) & Gabriel (5)

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Registered: 10-16-2007
Wed, 08-10-2011 - 4:08pm
Ok, I will say that the LC spring rolls aren't too bad! Still oniony but there's enough other good stuff going on there.

Alicia - Mr. Fedex came back! I'm going to give G the new laptop and I'll keep using this one, which is only about a year old...but I'll be happy to not have to share! :)

Michelle

Mom to Addison (8) & Gabriel (5)

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Registered: 10-16-2007
Wed, 08-10-2011 - 4:19pm
BABY NEWS FROM CHRISTINE!!!!!!!!!! IT'S A......

BOY!!!

Born at 2:44 p.m. No name yet. :)

Michelle

Mom to Addison (8) & Gabriel (5)

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Registered: 10-20-2005
Wed, 08-10-2011 - 4:22pm
My "migraines" are not migraines in the traditional sense. I usually tell people they are migraines because it gives them a sense of how severe they are. But actually they are severe tension headaches, plus light sensitivity, plus occasional nausea. It is a headache that spreads into my shoulders. And when I changed my diet 2 years ago, I discovered that was the cause, mostly. When I am highly stressed I eat poorly, and it a short period of excessively poor diet (carbs) that brings the 3day headaches.

I do a number of things to ride them out, the most important of which is eating every 2 hours and folllowing the rules. Which each good meal my headache usually decreases a little. Also, to relieve the tension in my shoulders, I have a bag of cherry pits that I heat in the micro. I keep that on my neck constantly as well as taking a few hot showers. Then there is the codeine/caffeine combo and lots of water. All these things make it livable until I can get rid of it.

Of course I know how to prevent them (eating right in the first place) and try hard to do that. But this year has kicked my ass. I have had 5. Last year, maybe 1. Plus sometimes the stress is great enough that my diet only has to fall a little.

I am glad that you found something that works for you. The migraine meds are getting better and better. I have a friend who has suffered for years, who can now function because of meds.
-Karen
Lily 07.01.06
Brady 12.05.09
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Registered: 10-16-2007
Wed, 08-10-2011 - 4:27pm
I used to take Imitrex but it stopped working for me. Haven't tried any of the new ones. Fioricet may work for you if you want to try something new. It's a mild narcotic, like codeine, tylenol and caffeine. Although the caffeine part might aggravate yours?

Sorry...I hope it doesn't last long for you this time!

Michelle

Mom to Addison (8) & Gabriel (5)

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