For Those of You Who Have Your Health
 

By which I mean your physical health...appreciate it. If you can get up
every day and do a job, if you aren't bogged down with meds and frequent
visits to a myriad of specialists, if your mysterious body hasn't reduced you
to wondering where the hell your life is taking you...you're lucky. Bitch
about everything else, but appreciate that. Because some people would
change places with you in a second.

i do, i do! i even put up with the random annoyances that often occur!

you ok jenn? any progress?

I just have kidney stones, which are a bitch. For the most part though, yeah I'm perfectly healthy.

I'm not sure if you're ill or something Jenn, but I hope you're doing okay ;)

awww feel better jenn

I've been diagnosed with migraines but that's one part of it. It seems like
all the minor annoyances I've had with muscle problems, weakness, and
fatigue are clustering up on me. Have been for about a month now, actually.
The neurologist doesn't seem too horribly concerned, but I'd be lying if I
told you I weren't petrified. That's me, though. Ask Pantophobia.

The one good thing is it's made me kick my writing into overdrive. I'm more
focused on that than ever.

be grateful you dont have a cobain stomach

It could always be worse, for sure.

Watch as I post in this thread more than I have in the past month!

Migraines are fucking awful. I had to go through MRIs and ultrasounds and shit when I was younger for them. Still get them maybe 3-5 times a year, but it's much better now. I know sometimes, especially when I have them, it seems like people can't understand how truly horrible they can get. Do you know what causes them?

by cobain stomach i mean - undiagnosable incurable constant stomach pain which ive had for years. not as bad as his tho.

Ooohhh, migraines are crap :(

Yours are probably worse, but I used to get bad ones where I'd feel nauseous and anything that I was looking directly at was a big white dot.

Did they give you anything to take for them?

I hope those migraines don't keep up, and that you start feeling like your normal self Jenn.

he had a pinched nerve.

Migraines have many triggers. Genetics ( I have 3 sisters who suffer them,
with varying intensity), certain foods, lights (I am incredibly thrown by
flourescent lights, which fucks with my ability to work these days), weather,
all those can trigger migraines.

Oh yeah, I meant have you found your specific trigger? I only get them from specific food, and rarely from stress. But people have very different causes.

The lights are really affecting me lately, but the infuriating thing is not
always. But I tell you I can wake up and within an hour know if I'm up for
it or not.

I gave up sodas cold turkey about a month ago, and I really wonder how
connected that is with my condition.

That sounds really horrible - I do hope that you get it sorted out soonish. Much love to ya xxx

Actually, soda was the first thing I gave up. It didn't help, but I wouldn't count it out based on my experience. Mine is MSG, and it's a very common trigger. Try isolating things that are common, one at a time.

Also, if you can tell before they blow up, that's helpful. Most medicine that actually works only prevents it from getting worse. Nothing I've tried will actually get rid of it once it starts.

holy shit jenn sorry to hear about the migraines

had a friend at work who was a frequent migrant sufferer and i'd go in the storeroom to find him in the dark bent with pain.

not sure what to think of all the symptoms popping up at the same time...

ever tried acupuncture? i positively hated it, but it works for some people...

Yeah my girlfriend (er...ex...) swears by it. Freaks the shit out of me, though.

i know people who've used acupuncture to quit smoking and they swear it works

i've had it done and it's not painful at all but i don't know. my conditions didn't really improve, but i was just curious anyway.

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