You know in the Final Destination movies how the kids start to see things that indicate death is upon their doorstep? For instance, the scene in which the kids are in the subway and all of the ads are from the places where their friends perished? Well, apparently I’m going out by means of a stroke. Or so this week would indicate. First, I get 2 emails about strokes – 1 on how to identify a stroke and 1 on the symptoms of strokes. Then, my mom leaves me an article about migraine headaches and strokes. This morning I read a stat fact in the new issue of Parents magazine that states women who develop preeclampsia during pregnancy have an increased risk of stroke. Did I mention that The Destroyer was 5 weeks early due to my massively high blood pressure caused by preeclampsia and that I have a raging migraine today? Yeah….see what I mean?!
What They Remember
April 24th, 2009
Yesterday walking through Target, CheezWaster asked me if the monsters were there. He was referring to the cool Halloween display our Target did complete with monsters, smoke and scary lights. I say Scary Lights, because they were strobes and I get migraines. I explained to CheezWaster how he’d have to wait just a few more months before the monsters came back to Target. And then he told me that he would ask Daddy to bring him to see them because the scary lights make mommy sick. 1) How cute that he remembered the strobe lights make me sick and 2) How cute that he will ask Daddy to bring him so I don’t get sick. Funny the things kids remember!
I Need a Caffeine Fix….or Some Kind of Fix
January 23rd, 2009
As you may have read, I recently started a diet. I also recently changed my brand of birth control pills (old pills not keeping me on track). I have a bad cold. Now I have headaches……everyday. And this shit is getting old….FAST. For the past 2 days I’ve had a headache that is just teetering on the edge of being a migraine. It is affecting my eyes, but not really rendering me completely useless, so I guess that is a plus. I’ve been trying to pay attention to everything I eat and do, because with my body and it’s mystery reactions, it could be anything. So, today at lunch there will be no feta on my salad 
(aged cheeses not good for the migraines), there will be no hot chocolate this afternoon (chocolate not good for the migraines) and in a week or so, I’ll be changing my pill AGAIN because my insurance didn’t pay for this one. Let’s hope one of these things works because I’ve resorted to downing my Excedrin today with (very sugared) Coffee (caffeine helps the drugs work better and faster for headaches!). Now anyone who knows me knows that they only way you can get me to ingest coffee is if it is coffee ICECREAM. So, thank goodness for Hazelnut creamer and sugar. Should be another fun day of headaches (or shakes -whichever reaction wins out). Have a super-duper weekend, folks. I’m sure I’ll be clutching my bottle of Excedrin migraine a few days longer.
