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hummingwolf) wrote2008-11-18 10:40 pm
hummingwolf) wrote2008-11-18 10:40 pm
You take the good with the bad
Bad: Migraine painful enough to make medication necessary.
Good: I have medication for it that actually does relieve the pain and nausea enough for me to get through the evening without whimpering in constant pain.
Bad: The side effects aren't much fun. But given the fact that this was one of those days where my sense of balance was bad enough pre-medication that I fell in between the toilet seat and the bathroom wall (but was stopped by the toilet paper roll) (and yes, you are free to laugh), the side effects are preferable to the migraine that surely would have developed without medication.
Good: Before the headache pain was too bad, I did manage to get out and treat myself to the lunch special at the Ethiopian restaurant/coffeehouse. Not entirely sure that I got the combo I ordered, but the various menu items are probably all Ethiopian terms for "comfort food" anyway. The restaurant was busier today than it was the first time I was there, with a comfortable atmosphere in spite of the guy two tables away who only sat there drinking beer. Why would you go to an Ethiopian place just to sit there drinking American beer? Anyway, there was music playing instead of a television tuned in to CNN this time, so that was another plus.
Good: It snowed! Although the flakes melted as soon as they came in contact with anything at all, I still got to walk in a little bit of snow and watch more snow swirling down while I was waiting for the food to come.
Bad: Didn't have enough energy to go grocery shopping after lunch as I'd hoped.
Bad: Intense migraine pain tends to trigger bouts of self-pity. Whether this reaction is a biochemical thing or a purely psychological thing, I am not a fan.
Good: There's plenty of food here at home anyway. Fresh fruit can wait a day or two.
Good: There are also plenty of books here to keep me entertained as long as I can focus well enough to read them.
Good: And tonight's House, M.D. episode was enjoyable. Not the latest Best Episode Ever, but the character interactions were fun.
Good: Jeff Black's albums B-Sides and Confessions Volume One and Tin Lily are still providing the food my soul needs.
Good: I have medication for it that actually does relieve the pain and nausea enough for me to get through the evening without whimpering in constant pain.
Bad: The side effects aren't much fun. But given the fact that this was one of those days where my sense of balance was bad enough pre-medication that I fell in between the toilet seat and the bathroom wall (but was stopped by the toilet paper roll) (and yes, you are free to laugh), the side effects are preferable to the migraine that surely would have developed without medication.
Good: Before the headache pain was too bad, I did manage to get out and treat myself to the lunch special at the Ethiopian restaurant/coffeehouse. Not entirely sure that I got the combo I ordered, but the various menu items are probably all Ethiopian terms for "comfort food" anyway. The restaurant was busier today than it was the first time I was there, with a comfortable atmosphere in spite of the guy two tables away who only sat there drinking beer. Why would you go to an Ethiopian place just to sit there drinking American beer? Anyway, there was music playing instead of a television tuned in to CNN this time, so that was another plus.
Good: It snowed! Although the flakes melted as soon as they came in contact with anything at all, I still got to walk in a little bit of snow and watch more snow swirling down while I was waiting for the food to come.
Bad: Didn't have enough energy to go grocery shopping after lunch as I'd hoped.
Bad: Intense migraine pain tends to trigger bouts of self-pity. Whether this reaction is a biochemical thing or a purely psychological thing, I am not a fan.
Good: There's plenty of food here at home anyway. Fresh fruit can wait a day or two.
Good: There are also plenty of books here to keep me entertained as long as I can focus well enough to read them.
Good: And tonight's House, M.D. episode was enjoyable. Not the latest Best Episode Ever, but the character interactions were fun.
Good: Jeff Black's albums B-Sides and Confessions Volume One and Tin Lily are still providing the food my soul needs.
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::huggles::
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::huggles back::
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(I am still looking at the sky and hoping)
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