Yep, I suffer from the little buggers. Through my spouse I have good insurance (hooray for Google and S.'s awesome coding skills), so I've had the great fortune of seeing a couple of neurologists. My latest one specializes in migraines, and thinks that she might be able to get me completely migraine-free eventually. Needless to say, this is one idea I can completely get behind!
I'm presently taking a new medication called Sumavel, which is delivered subcutaneously using a tiny blast of air. No needles. It reminds me of Bones McCoy's "hypospray" on classic Star Trek, and even makes the same little "whoosh" sound as the drug is delivered. It hurts a bit, but nothing like my old Imitrex injections.
The kids are terribly good when I have a migraine, and tiptoe heavily around like tiny elephants, trying to "be quiet for Mama." They actually do a pretty good job for a four year old and a six year old, with only the occasional shriek when they get into a squabble.
Still, migraines have really taken a good chunk out of the past few years, and I will be happy to see the last of them if my neurologist is successful. While I've learned a lot of patience through suffering them, I'd like a bit more opportunity to enact that patience through active means, rather than lying silently in darkened rooms. *laugh*
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Migraines
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My partner Michael suffers from terrible migraines that leave him bed-ridden all day under the sheets to block out the light.
Maybe I'll tell him about this treatment
He has my deepest empathy, and prayers for kicking them for good as soon as possible.
The Sumavel has been pretty effective. In addition, I take a combination of feverfew, taurine, magnesium, and riboflavin that helps prevent them in the first place. That hasn't worked 100%, but I don't think it's supposed to work that way at first.
Imitrex used to make my wife feel like wanting to pull her own arms off. the road has been long for her to try and find some answers around chronic pain and migraine issues, right now she's getting good help from her naturopath et al.
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