Recently I took up drinking coffee. This has turned out to be a Bad Thing. It bothers my stomach, and makes me nauseated, and makes me dehydrated, which causes (more) migraines. So I've decided to stop. I spent the weekend living on Phenergen (because, seriously, stomach, ow!). I'm back at work today. I miss coffee. It was so much nicer when ( Read more... )

Initech University switched to a different insurance carrier on January 1st, AND I'M ALREADY IN LOVE WITH THEM! They paid for EIGHTEEN IMITREX AT ONCE, and my copay was only $50! The previous carrier has been fucking around and refusing to pay for things, even after they said they would, so I've had to pay out of pocket a few times. Without ( Read more... )

Ever since I started seeing him, my neurologist has been on about caffeine. He wants me to "cut back" on caffeine, because he thinks I'm getting too much. He says he's fine with me having 1 or 2 cups of coffee in the morning, but that's all ( Read more... )

I think this is adorable (via Ezra Klein):


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It suddenly occurred to me to wonder today: does everybody get a headache if they sleep too long? Or is it just me and my fun wonderful migraines?

If it turns out that most people don't, I'm going to be pissed that I never realised.

Why do I always have to have a headache?

I stopped taking the muscle relaxant the doctor prescribed, because it was making the headaches worse. But I'm still taking neurontin as a "preventative". All it seems to prevent is me being awake. I feel exhausted all the time. And I still get a headache everyday. I usually try to avoid taking ( Read more... )

This was a busy weekend, but SO MUCH FUN. I had Friday off for Independence Day (but the Initech University Library was open Saturday and Sunday, like, whose damn stupid idea was that? Who was actually going to come to the library on those days?). Anyway. So I spent Friday driving all over the place and visiting friends and having lots of fun ( Read more... )

Michael J. Nelson has chronic headaches too. I've been hearing mentions recently from MST3K fans of Mike having "one of his headaches" at fan events, and these fans deciding he's really just a dick ( Read more... )

Migranal nasal spray? Tastes rilly rilly nasty running out of your nose and down your throat.

You may proceed with your day, armed with this information.

Fat Cyclist's wife has cancer, and they just found out a few days ago that it's metastasized to her brain. Barring a miracle, she has just a few months left to live. They've been in contact with the Lance Armstrong Foundation since they found out she had cancer, and, well, look what Lance sent:


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