March 1, 2006
March of the Migraines (I mean February…)
Sorry that it’s been ages since my last post, and I haven’t been as good as I’d like about responding to e-mails, but this past month has sucked royally as I’ve been getting migraines almost every other day (which I’m going to start a separate blog about when time permits…)
The good news is that I saw a neurologist at UCSF and I officially do not have a brain tumor (thank God!)
The bad news is that I do suffer from classic migraines, which have been increasing in frequency and severity lately (grrr) and while my doctor prescribed some preventative migraine medications to try, get this: possible side effects of the preventative migraine medications are… MIGRAINES (I have to laugh about it because otherwise I’ll just cry). Needless to say, the first preventative medicine that I tried (Norvasc) was clearly causing me to have more migraines, so I’m now trying preventative medicine number two (Verapamil), but you can only take a half dose for the first 10 days as your system gets used to it (during which time I got plenty of migraines– Joy), and then you can ramp up to the full effective dose. So far I’m on day 13, and am keeping my fingers crossed (it’s been two days without a migraine!!). wish me luck.
More to come later..
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March 6, 2006
Canadian Headhunter said:
Emily, I’m assuming that you already know about Imitrex. It’s not a preventative but my Dad, who has had terrible migraines his whole life, uses it with success after a migraine has already started.
Also: I’m a new visitor here but this looks like a blog that people would like to subscribe to via email. But I don’t see a subscription link prominently displayed. Do you disagree?
TourPro said:
Wow, I’m glad to hear your having some success. The migraine is a very interesting problem with a myriad of solutions. Given you particular skills, it is a very blogworthy topic.
On a separate note, how did you settle on Semiologic? Can you give some insight on your choice and how you like it so far?
Cheers!
Emily from How to Blog said:
@Canadian Headhunter -
Unfortunately, I had a bad reaction to Imitrex (vomiting, heart racing, etc..) but thanks for the tip. I’m glad it helps your dad, though! Right now I’m having the most luck with Migranal, which, unfortunately, is ridiculously expensive. I’ve also found some relief with Darvocet in the generic form…
And yes, an ability to subscribe by email is coming shortly
Emily from How to Blog said:
@TourPro:
I haven’t settled on Semiologic just yet - it used to be one of my favorite themes because of it’s clean look, search engine friendliness and built-in integration with a number of plugins, but the latest iteration (the one necessary with WP 2.0.x) makes it really difficult to customize the theme without delving deep into the PHP AND no longer includes built-in integration for as many plugins as the original did.
Right now I’m just so busy catching up for all the lost time while I had a month full of migraines and trying to migrate the blog over from it’s previous TypePad address (and close comments and trackbacks on that blog, and write to people who link to me and ask them to update the links, etc, etc) that my head is spinning
When things settle down a bit I’m likely going to be switching things up a bit with the themes, either having a highly customized version of an existing theme or else I might finally try my hand at creating my own theme from scratch (it’s about time!)
Thanks for the comment and wish me luck with the migraines and the blog transition