Dear Body,
This migraine thing was understandable when I was 14. Clearly, I was growing too fast for you and you had to get some rest somehow. Also, they were short, sharp and violent. I was (horribly) ill for one day, and that was that. It got me out of school and gave me some much needed sleep. I got over that childish thing of crying every time I threw up, because you had me throwing up so many times from them.
I can find the silver lining. I forgive you.
I even forgive you for the fact that the blind spot auras I had means that I can’t take most birth control pills as they significantly increase the risk of stroke.
What I can’t forgive is what you’re doing to me now. I’m not an adolescent any more. You’re not in the throes of hormonal surges. I have a job. I can’t just take time off whenever you feel like making me feel like shit.
I cannot cope with feeling exhausted, nauseous and headachey for a whole week. The pins and needles in my left hand which won’t go away are really annoying. Thanks for not having me actually throw up everywhere, but the persistent nausea is nearly as bad. The worst part is that none of the drugs I’ve taken have any effect. No to paracetemol, ibuprofen, paracetemol and ibuprofen … I took two lots of two tablets of migraleve yesterday (which you’re not supposed to do) and nothing. NOTHING.
Those tablets contained codeine, which I’ve taken before for something else and have made me giggle solidly for 20 minutes. Yesterday they did nothing.
Usually, a nap on the first works. But this time, it sort of helped yesterday and the headache was back in full force this morning and the nausea kicked back in this evening.
This is not acceptable. Please fix your behaviour.
Yours,
Annoyed person doing the driving
Dear Body,
This migraine thing was understandable when I was 14. Clearly, I was growing too fast for you and you had to get some rest somehow. Also, they were short, sharp and violent. I was (horribly) ill for one day, and that was that. It got me out of school and gave me some much needed sleep. I got over that childish thing of crying every time I threw up, because you had me throwing up so many times from them.
I can find the silver lining. I forgive you.
I even forgive you for the fact that the blind spot auras I had means that I can’t take most birth control pills as they significantly increase the risk of stroke.
What I can’t forgive is what you’re doing to me now. I’m not an adolescent any more. You’re not in the throes of hormonal surges. I have a job. I can’t just take time off whenever you feel like making me feel like shit.
I cannot cope with feeling exhausted, nauseous and headachey for a whole week. The pins and needles in my left hand which won’t go away are really annoying. Thanks for not having me actually throw up everywhere, but the persistent nausea is nearly as bad. The worst part is that none of the drugs I’ve taken have any effect. No to paracetemol, ibuprofen, paracetemol and ibuprofen … I took two lots of two tablets of migraleve yesterday (which you’re not supposed to do) and nothing. NOTHING.
Those tablets contained codeine, which I’ve taken before for something else and have made me giggle solidly for 20 minutes. Yesterday they did nothing.
Usually, a nap on the first works. But this time, it sort of helped yesterday and the headache was back in full force this morning and the nausea kicked back in this evening.
This is not acceptable. Please fix your behaviour.
Yours,
Annoyed person doing the driving
