Not Another Headache!

Good morning from North Carolina. I woke up with a sinus headache this morning, so I’m using my blog to vent. Please, no more headaches!

I suffer from far too many headaches of different types. Thankfully this one can be managed with OTC meds and hot vapors from my coffee. I also get tension headaches and migraines, thankfully very few lately (knock on wood). When I say migraines, I’m speaking of 12-36 hours of nausea/vomiting, finding light, sound, and smells repulsive. I usually end up drained and dehydrated, so it takes another day to recover to full functionality. I’ve talked to doctors, had an MRI, and tried different prescriptions. I’m in a fairly good place right now, but never surprised when a headache pops up. I’m managing pretty well with exercise, diet, and OTC NSAIDS and pain-killers. I have been on prescription migraine pills  a few times, but the possible side effects scare me.

Can you imagine how I feel when someone tells me, “Oh, I never get headaches”? I want to choke them! But that’s just because I’m so jealous. I try to envision what that’s like. Most of my problems started around age 25, so I must have felt much better before then, but it’s hard to remember now. Don’t get me wrong; I still enjoy life every minute I can. I just face obstacles that tend to rob me of a few good days now and then. You can bet I’m extremely thankful for a day with zero headaches.

To those of you who never, or rarely have headaches I say be thankful and enjoy. For those of you who share this problem I empathize and feel your pain. I welcome any helpful tips for how you manage your headaches. Maybe you’ve tried something I haven’t. Please feel free to share with me here or here.

I hope you all have a wonderful, headache-free day! Lovinu Lovinme 🙂

Sports Lovers’ Weekend

As a family that is into so many sports, today will require time management and possibly some compromise. We’ve aged past the point of competing ourselves, but we remain huge (possibly addicted) fans. My husband’s work schedule dictates that we will feed our addictions through the TV this weekend.

There is NASCAR racing excitement on TV all day long, including pit crew competitions and the All-Star race. The Preakness, second leg of the Triple Crown happens around 6 p.m. The NBA playoffs have an afternoon and late evening  game airing today. Basketball is one sport we both actually played, so certainly we need to see some of that action. Men’s ATP tennis’ 2nd semifinal featuring  Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer is happening right now in the  Internazionali BNL d’Italia. There are also track and field events and women’s lacrosse featuring our beloved UNC team going on as I type.

Such a wonderful day for sports, but yes, we’re also tackling our chores, doing the shopping, checking in on the parents, getting some exercise, chatting with our daughter on the phone, blogging, and planning to prepare dinner, too.

All that said, I’ve got to move on to the next thing and then the next. I can’t wait for my next shower–whew. Tomorrow we’ll be asking ourselves, “What did we do yesterday? Where’d the weekend go?” If we can remember until then the scores and outcomes, whether we exercised, where we left our keys, who we visited, and what we had for dinner I guess we’ll have our answer. Great sports day to you! 🙂