Okay. Y'all. Seriously. I'm coming back here. I really am. Did you think I had just slap forgotten my password or something?
Um, I have SO much I want to tell you. Can't think of one thing right now.
Migraines? Getting MUCH better. Besides starting a medication as a preventative, I also am generally following the guidelines in this book (which is worth the click over for the cover photo alone). The title of the book is "Heal Your Headache: The 1-2-3 Solution." Part of the solution is to eliminate potential triggers from your diet. Not YOUR triggers, 'cause you likely don't know what they are, but any of a list of about a million six things that he, Mr. Migraine, says are. Which leaves me eating lots of meat and day-old bread (fresh bread is too yeasty, see). And I don't exactly like meat. So bread it is.
I actually have, by 'cheating' here and there, figured out one of my triggers and I am very, very sad. Almonds. Which explains why those mornings I had my healthy wheat toast with almond butter, I would be unable to go for a run... I'm too scared to see if peanuts are also a trigger which will eliminate peanut butter and, in short, most of the joy of life as I know it.
Blah, blah, I've found one or two more, Mr. Migraine also says if you are a migraine sufferer to get off of caffeine now and forever more and never look back. We'll see. I am currently off of caffeine... for.. I don't know (people keep asking me, but I swanny, I'm too groggy to tally it up) almost 3 weeks now? I keep waiting for that 'never felt better' and 'have so much energy' yada yada that people talk about. The basic problem is that I have established a very busy life that can only be maintained with a large dose of caffeine. Not sure how to remedy that. Summer is helping with lots of naps!
So soon I will regale you with stories of swim lessons, and what happened with the State Track meet and the Clyde relay teams, and so on and so forth, and why I got Pink Floyd's 'Brick in the Wall' stuck in my head last night.
So moving on. Back in the land of the living. Make it a great day!
I don't believe in the no-caffeine idea. Nope. Not at all. *shaking head no, no, no and covering ears*
ReplyDeleteIf you were to enjoy a cup of coffee now, I believe you will feel quite wonderful. *grin* :)
Steph--Sarah doesn't drink coffee. . .but a GREAT BIG 'OLE DIET COKE would put some pep in her step. . .and an ache in her head.
ReplyDeleteSarah, I am napping for you and me both by the way.
Maybe it's that other stuff in the diet coke that contributes to the migraines? Coffee can be iced too - and is really good with milk and a squirt of chocolate syrup!
ReplyDeleteWow...you are dealing with a lot. I'll be praying for you! I have only had two migraines in my life and they both put me down and out for hours.
ReplyDeleteI do hope you don't have to give up the "finer" things of life, like PB and coffee.