A really crappy past couple of weeks...

I may get into the details later, but the past few weeks have sucked from a migraine standpoint, thus, no blogging. I'll start as usual tomorrow night, I think.

5/10

Slightly better today, though not by much. I guess I could best describe my muscles by saying that they feel as though I have taken muscle relaxants and anti-spasmatics. I feel kinda wobbly at times. Stress levels have been down today, though I did get my BP up too much during the IU game. I hate Ed Hightower with a passion that I cannot adequately put to words, but that's not the point. I haven't had a lot today, food wise. A bowl of stew for lunch, and a bag of Uncle Ben's rice for dinner, with some pepperoni to snack on during the game. No cherry cokes, just Powerade, water, and a Sprite.

6/10

Over the past few days I've had cherry cokes, alcohol, and a sudden, unexpected source of stress. The first two were my fault, the third one, not so much. Regardless, it's added up to a rough day/night. I've had one of those funky migraines with seemingly random symptoms. I have incredibly itchy skin, my muscles feel weak and tingly, my head is throbbing around my temples (it usually throbs in the front of my head), and I just feel lethargic and weird all around. I'm also getting a cold or something too, which isn't helping matters any. I wish I could describe the "weirdness" more, but I really can't. My muscles just feel....strange. I don't know how else to put it. I just feel all around not very good, and the majority of it is probably my fault. Oh well. It was a relatively good streak, now I'll just have to start another one fairly soon.

Quick 2 day update

I had my first migraine of the new year yesterday. It wasn't bad, probably a four out of ten, but it was more than a headache. I feel better today, though my head is still throbbing a little, I'm having some leg pains kinda like I had when I first started getting the migraines, and I'm still having bouts of nausea. Nothing too terribly bad though. It could always be worse. I haven't changed my diet, so I'm kinda lost as to what caused this one. I haven't been all that stressed either. I guess I shouldn't be expecting to find a cause after my first one since I've started this thing however. Hopefully I'll be able to sleep the rest of this one off tonight.

Eh

Had a fairly bad headache today. I wouldn't call it a migraine, but I was nauseated and a little dizzy off and on. I had to go to the mall and ride the awful, hot bus, so that didn't help matters any. For food I had a pizza pocket, a chimichanga, a bag of M & M's and a chocolate granola bar. Again, a lot of frozen, preservative loaded foods, but I don't have a lot choices unfortunately. One of the things I miss most about being away from home is my mom's cooking. Hopefully I'll be able to sleep off this headache tonight and feel better tomorrow. I should get plenty of sleep now, since I don't have any 8 AM classes like last semester. That should go a long way in helping me deal with any migraines I'm sure I'll get.

Pretty good

I'm feeling pretty good right now. I thought for sure the Colts game would give me a migraine, but it hasn't. I haven't had a lot to eat, just another couple of bowls of beef stew (I'm going to eat the C-Store out of those if I'm not careful), and a couple of granola bars. I'm pretty happy with how I've felt since I've been back to Bloomington. I hope it stays this way for a while.

Slightly worse, but not too bad

Right now I'm having one of those hot flashes that is typically a precursor to a migraine. I haven't seen any lights yet, but the hotness of the face sure is there. I would take a Relpax, but I'm out, so that sucks. Food wise I had the same thing as yesterday, but only one bowl of stew and around half a bag of Flipz, which probably isn't good for me. Salty and chocolatey, but delicious. I'm going to try not to eat any chocolate tomorrow. I don't know if I'll succeed, but I'm going to try. Today hasn't been too bad. I've had a mild headache, but nothing that's interfered in my day or anything. Hopefully this hot flash will go away, without having a migraine follow it. I think I'm going to go play some basketball tomorrow, if I don't have a migraine and if it will ever stop raining. A little exercise might do me some good. Or it might trigger a migraine. I never know. I'll probably just shoot around for a while. As long as I don't overdue it, I should be fine.