DAY 16
It was incredibly difficult to narrow the “pins” I found down to three. In fact, I “pinned” (more like, scarfed, stole, and “grabbed hungrily”!) quite a few. Sorry, I lost count, but they are all exactly what I wanted and needed.
I am emotional today. This has been a “bad” month. I’ve had 10 migraines so far, and two of them (one on Easter Sunday, the other last night) have become severe and unresponsive to anything I’ve attempted to break them with. I still have pain now, but as it’s beginning to lighten, the emotions start coming in (I don’t really feel any “thinking” emotions during the pain-part, except extreme distress, anger, and fear.), and the artsy, feel-good part of my brain wants only comfort: comfort food, soft clothes, warm water, soothing images. The “soothing images” tried to win out, but I persevered with the informational parts that I also wanted to include…
Here are the three images of both “types”:
This image disturbed me; especially the part of me in pain today – my brain did NOT want to look at it or see it anywhere. But I knew that this pictorial information needs to be on my board and in my post. Migraine IS a genetic, neurological disease, and the truth must be told…and faced.
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This chart, highlighting the four phases of a migraine attack – brought to you by my techie side – is a part of the ongoing (there is SOME research going on, but not enough!) facts being discovered about migraine that too many people DON’T know. This important information is just the beginning of what will someday be the link to our cure. And that link is vital.
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And this… it is an image of my migraine hope. That someday not even one of us will have to suffer again:
The pain and attending symptoms will be gone –
The stigma and misunderstanding, ERASED –
The planning around the pain; thinking about the pain; hiding the pain; and missing out on the whole of life because of the pain..
Will be no more
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