Sorry for the long post, it seems the caffeine in my Fioricet kicked in
its misquito borne-so one bite is all it takes-and you might not even notice. I didnt until i got the diagnosis and thought about where i had been.
I'm not much of the outdoorsy type and I do suffer from high frequency migraines so I'm leaning towards something biochemical as the most likely thing. Not to say it couldn't be something else, I do always worry about that. Still, I think a fever or symptoms other than strictly migraine stuff would be present and all my migraine stuff is front and center from the vampire like hate of light to my bionic sense of smell. Last night I could smell the tiny bit of bacon fat left in the dinner pan soaking in the sink from both the top floor and the basement, it was so bad I had to get up and wash it out and remove the garbage can from the house.
Worst case scenario, can you go to the ER and get IV pain killers? I had to do that last Saturday.
That did cross my mind but uggh, I can't stand being anywhere near an ER with a migraine. When I go in I just want to make sure I'm not having a stroke or something serious and all they do is treat me like a drug seeking addict. They are so disrespectful and it's just so awful to be so defenseless against it. I don't know how you were able to stand it and I can't help but wonder how long they left you suffering before they began to treat you...
I had my thyroid out December 31st last year. 6 months prior to that I had cervical spine fusion. The first surgery was very hard to get over and we expected the thyroid surgery to be easier to get over. Surprise - I have been having a lot of issues since my thyroid was taken out, and have not felt healthy since, or even before it was done.
Give yourself time to heal and take it easy. I believe they use steroids in the iv during the surgery and that has lowered your immune system. Keep your chin up.
Also check your diet - have you been eating peanuts or peanut butter? I had a month long migraine a few years ago and it took that long to figure out that the peanuts I ate every day for protein was causing it! Another trigger people tend to forget about it is pizza.
Okay that was my feel better and take care of yourself talk.
Now is my complaint. I can totally feel for you because I have had the absolute worst headache of my life for three weeks now. It is very different from my regular monthly migraines and after 5 days of horrible pain I had a ct scan. It was clear. I have been tested for menopause and hormone issues. All normal. Neuro exam: normal. I do see my neurologist again tomorrow. Aside from the normal pain of the headache, I am VERY sensitive to light and walking outside sends sharp pains through my head. As you see by my ticker I am going to WDW in just under two weeks.
So, if you get rid of your headache please let me know how. Until then we can comisserate together!
Oh, and my neuro did tell me that Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin), Magnesium and Chromium can all help migraines. I picked up B2 that day and have had no changes, but something happened last night because the pain is significantly worse today.
Here's hoping all of us will feel better VERY quickly!
Someone else like me. For the first 20 years of my life i didn't know that the frequency of my migraines was weird, I assumed everyone who said they got them had them as often. 3 weeks is awful for you, I hate when it happens... I'm still at week 1 so I've got some room still. That happened to me a few times which is why I'm not headed to the Neurologist yet. Once when I switched my floor detergent to Pine Sol from Clorox because the store was out of it... I couldn't even smell it but my brain could tell. Once it happened from a new conditioner, always happens when I paint the house and once it happened when my kids were babies and i was absentmindedly tasting their pop-tarts off their baby trays. The hard part is figuring out which little detail is is that triggers the trouble. I think it's probably my body being out of wack because of the prolonged period but I'm no Dr so I'm just guessing. I think I'll call the Endocrinologist tomorrow and see if headaches are related in any way... could be I'm just different.
Your post did remind me that I did stupidly have a bit of peanut butter today which is probably why it got so much worse. I had to eat something with the Z-Pac they put me on yesterday so I had some toast and jelly and a corner of bread with PB&J for the protein. I wasn't thinking of the PB because it isn't normally a trigger for me but with my head already so raw I suppose it could have been the thing that made my head hurt so much my eyes were just streaming. It's so weird, some kind of neurological response to pain I think, over the past few days when I am in an intolerable amount of pain my eyes just stream like I am crying but there is no emotion with it.
Pizza, really??? Ack, I am not strong enough to cook so DH was going to pick up a pizza for us tonight and ther is a chance I could have tried to eat some later on. Good thing you said something, I think I'll just have some grits with salt instead.
I do really hope you feel better. Have they given you anything to try? As weird as it sounds I do generally have success with switching to a strictly Atkins diet. My headaches strangely disappear when all I have is plain meats and lettuce as long as I avoid Equal and stuff like that. I know Atkins isn't known for it or anything but I did notice the strange side effect of no headaches a few years ago and it's been pretty consistent. Thanks for reminding me, I know what I'm going to do tomorrow
Your body will snap out of this soon. Your body is still trying to heal from your surgery, has little left to fight all of the other bugs floating around. It will get better! I hope you feel better soon!
Right now things stink but it won't last forever and that's something to be grateful for, not everyone is that lucky.
the headaches need to be broken up to prevent your brain from becoming hypoxic/ hypoxicemia and preventing a stroke! Hope that you are feeling better
