My husband found me an ice pack with a velcro strap, yay!!! That might not be so exciting to most folks but for me I could almost cry tears of joy. Now I can keep my ice pack on my head and have my hands free to type for work (or blogging of course!). It even stays cold for 8 hours out of the freezer. My youngest daughter was a little disappointed at first that it was already "invented" in her words because she wanted to grow up and invent an ice pack with a strap for me, but then she was very happy as that meant I can do more things with my ice pack on instead of just lying on the couch.
I do miss having large holiday get-togethers with family and friends but I just can't handle the noise and stress. My oldest daughter turned 17 last month and she only asked if I would make her a cake instead of having a big party. We did not go anywhere Thanksgiving either. I plan to at least go visit family for Christmas. Hey maybe we can have some lovely family photos with me wearing my snazzy ice pack! :-)
Still no news from the headache expert folks. Guess I will be having that anniversary after all. On the bright side, my pain management doctor has started me on a different long acting medication that seems to take the edge off like the short acting stuff did but without such dramatic highs and lows of pain relief and it lasts around 5 hours or so instead of 1 or 2. It also does not make me as mean and irritable as the old medication did. I try not to think about it but I can't help but wonder if anything would actually bring the pain down even half its normal level. I really don't believe that there is a medication out there that will. Of course there are plenty of medications that can make me go to sleep so I don't feel it, but I just want to feel better and go on about my day instead of sleep through the day. Even the strong long acting meds seem to have no effect on the "stabs" that I get on top of the constant headache. Oh well as I am stab free right now guess I better try to be productive.
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