migraineguy

Monday Jan. 1, 2007

2007-01-02T07:23:00.000-08:00

Wow January 1, 2007 is here! 2006 was a great year, I hope to make 2007 the best. My goal will be to greatly improve this blog to become something helpful for others. I started it to just log my migraine / headache drama. I've never been very good with website design. I'll find some template and use it I'm sure. Also please post some comments on what you want to see! Along with this goal I have a personal goal of trying to do better planning and not stress so much. Plus in April I get married :).

On to Monday, I woke up at 7 am which is 15 minutes past my weekly work wakeup time. I've said it before if I sleep in more than one hour I get a migraine. I basicly just watched tv and surfed the internet while being extremely sleepy. Later on I washed and waxed my SO's car and then cleaned some in the house and just watched tv all day. Kind of lazy but it was a good day. I didn't have one hint of a migraine so sucess!

The weekend Saturday and Sunday

2007-01-01T19:31:00.000-08:00

Saturday morning I did the wrong thing and slept in till 10 am :-/ this started the day with a slow dragging migraine. Took a 50mg Imitrex and migraine was gone in about 30 minutes.

Sunday was a great day, went to my SO' parents house to start the new year, but I end 2007 with another migraine about 10 pm. After taking Imitrex it went away!

Friday Dec 29

2007-01-01T19:29:00.000-08:00

Friday turned out to be a busy day in the office. Things wrapped up nicely in the evening. No stress and no headaches! I'm glad the weekend is a long one.

Links to why we all have migraines?

2006-12-28T14:18:00.000-08:00

I noticed today while doing my daily Google search on migraines the following article comment.
"Most children with migraines have at least one close family member who also has them. If one of the child’s parents has migraines, the child has a 50 percent chance of also having them. If both parents get them, the child’s risk of also getting them is about 75 percent. According to Fred Freitag, D.O, from the Diamond Headache Clinic in Chicago"

So this means if I have kids they will have them basicly :-/

Wednesday, Dec 27

2006-12-28T14:16:00.000-08:00

Back to work today! Had a great holiday vacation! Today was extremely stressful at work, and busy busy! Worked all day and had a good night at home with no headache!

Tuesday Dec 26!

2006-12-28T14:14:00.000-08:00

Day after Christmas, I ate way too much all day long and anything I wanted. Sleep in late and figure I would wake up to a migraine. Usually not following my sleep schedule of the weekday's means I get a migraine. No migraine!

Monday Dec 25th

2006-12-28T14:13:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!

Great day I've not been this excited over Christmas in a long time! Today I woke up not feeling so great, with a feeling of a strong migraine coming so I took one 50 mg imitrex at 7:00 am est! In over 30 minutes the feeling was gone and I didn't get a migraine! Go imitrex!

Weekend Dec 23 & 24

2006-12-27T05:44:00.000-08:00

I had a great headache free weekend with my family! I would write more but its a busy busy morning!

Dec 22, 2006

2006-12-23T05:53:00.000-08:00

Today I took the day off work, to finish up odds and ends before my parents come to spend Christmas with me. Spent most of the day getting a ham and cleaning the house. Around 2pm I started to get a migraine, mostly because I hadn't eaten all day. After taking two 250mg of Excedrin Migraine and eating some Food it went away.

http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?163125 , article linking migraines and strokes :-/.

Thursday Dec 21

2006-12-22T16:33:00.000-08:00

Wednesday was a busy day at work! Usually I think stress causes headaches/migraines but I didn't have one!

Wed Dec 20 Headache Free

2006-12-21T06:54:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was a great headache free day. Had lunch at Ruth Chris' and ate way too much but it was great!

During a recent news migraine alert I found the following article http://headaches.about.com/b/a/257468.htm. It talks of dangers of Acetaminophen is found in name products Tylenol and Excedrin. Certainly a scary thought for myself, as if you have read my other post I live by them. What if stopping migraines by using drugs causes other health problems for me later on down the road?

Good day.

Tuesday Dec 19

2006-12-19T18:01:00.000-08:00

5:00 am wake up with a semi-strong migraine! I decided to take two 250 mg Excedrin Migraine, they relieved the pain. Then at 11 am I felt it coming back on strong so I took a 50 mg Imitrex, migraine was gone for the day! I'm quiet unsure what I would do without Imitrex. They saved my bad headache days time and time again.

In Migraine new around the world, Vfrv, TV station article titled "The Migraine/Allergy Connection" link up at http://wfrv.com/health/local_story_353164231.html. In the article a quote from Min Ku, MD/Allergy & Asthma Care"If you do have nasal allergies, you're actually 14.3 times more likely to have migraine headaches than a person without nasal allergies." Now I've done dang near about everything to find a link and I really don't think its allergies. I've taken test and allergy shots. I've avoided just about everything in some part of my life trying to stop my migraines. Some what I think its either stress or weather barometric pressure related. I've often noticed when weather fronts come into my area it creates a nice migraine!

Until tomorrow ...

Last night

2006-12-18T05:22:00.000-08:00

Well last night my migraine went away after taking two 250 mg Excedrin Migraine. I played some Microsoft Flight Simulator X and notice the pain was gone.

Weekends Update

2006-12-17T17:15:00.000-08:00

Dec. 16, 2006 was headache free! Yahooo!

Dec 17, 2006 I started out the day great, sleep in till about 9 AM EST. At Breakfast, then around noon I started getting a small migraine / headache, took two 250 mg Excedrin Migraine, away went the pain. The rest of the day I ate normal and cleaning outside in the garage, and my cars. Just now 8:17 PM the migrain /headache is back! Took two more 250 mg Excedrin Migraine.......wait.

Dec. 15, 2005

2006-12-16T04:58:00.000-08:00

Another great day of headache free! I'm surprised I woke up with that feeling of going to get a headache but it never happen!

12/14/06 5:15 AM EST

2006-12-14T09:49:00.000-08:00

Per the title I've had an early start today, woke up at this time with a pounding migraine! On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the worst I rate it a 3. I took two 250 mg Excedrin Migraine. Around 7 AM est the headache has been gone. I still have this weird feeling that it will be back later.

New Blog Start

2006-12-13T10:05:00.000-08:00

I've decided to blog my true life experience with Migraines. They've some what controlled my life since I've been 6 years old. Today I'm now 29 years old. I'm now treating them by the use of Imitrex 50mg, also on a preventive drug that I'll post about later on in the day.

Good day.