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I haven't been around lately. I had midterms... MIDTERMS!!!!
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I say that all the time.... 'course, it's not as an excuse... it's truly beause I do. Migraine, every day. And you should have been there to see the look on my face when my doctor told me that, contrary to polular belief, sex will actually TRIGGER my type of migraines.
You know the old saying... sex cures a headache? Well, apparently that's a Big Fat Lie in my case.
I flipped out on him.... there I was, pronouncing to the world that I was saving myself for the perfect man and the perfect marraige, and my doctor tells me that the first time I had sex, I'd be down for several days with a headache.... that makes for a Very Unhappy Girl.
'course now I realize that I'm going to have a horrible headache everyday anyway, so I just don't worry about it
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Ouch, LOA, that's horrible (both the sex-induced headaches and the daily headaches). Is there any sort of therapy or treatment program available, or are you and the doctor still looking into it?
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Isn't there some new type of migrane medication just out. There was a bit of a furfy here in Australia the other week because something something a whole lot of people who could have access to the drug... don't.
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There's all kinds of "new" migraine medicines out right now... but I've tried them all, PLUS epilepsy drugs, heart medications, low level anti-depressants, sleep aids, muscle relaxers, birth control, opiods, and whatever else the doctor feels is appropriate at any given time.
So far no fix, but we'll get it eventually... just a matter of finding the right combo of drugs that will work for ME :-)
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I hope you do find something that'll help you.
I have a friend from college (who, I'm ashamed to say, I lost contact with a few years ago) who suffered from daily migraines. They were so bad that he eventually had to drop out of school. Nothing the doctors ever tried helped him; the possibility of a brain tumor was raised once, but the scans and tests turned up negative on that. I saw him just a few months ago for the first time in years, and he seemed to be doing pretty well. I hope he either found something that worked or they went away.
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LOA, fuck the doctor's advice on the whole "sex will cause them" bit!
A) You've never done it so you cant know for certain.
B) Your doctor does not have your headaches so he's just guessing based on other's experiences.
C) I know from firsthand experience that doctors (even the best in a given hospital or field) can be WRONG.
Seriously, I live in constant pain because of a misdiagnosis from the head of a hospital's wound care center. See several doctors that specialize in headaches and a general practiconer as well- to rule out disease or diffencies- and decide the best doctor for you.
One of my best friends from a few years back had one of her ovaries removed due to a tumor and was told by her doctor she'd never bear children. It really crushed her to know that she'd never be a mom. She eventually found love, got hitched and....now has two children (three years apart) she bore just fine and with no complications.
You never know what'll happen...well, okay, we know (barring head trauma) Jay will never be a Republican, Omega wil never be a Muslim and I'll never type worth shit, but still...
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Who says I've never had sex? I just hadn't at the time he told me that.... ;-) But as I said, I realized that my head is gonna hurt no matter WHAT I do, so I just don't worry about it anymore.
And Siggy: Your friend's story sounds a lot like mine... they've done two CTs and an MRI checking for tumors. Nothing there, so instead they've elected to simply build up my little collection of drugs. I get new ones every two weeks, and the little bottles of leftovers are WAY overflowing from my medicine cabinet. Ah, well... it's all just part of life, eh?
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Moderately normal living through chemistry?
I know that song.
-------------------- Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. -Aeschylus, Agamemnon
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