Today has been a much better day so far. I’ve had a really rough 36 hours, but the worst seems to be over. I went through absolute hell last night for about an hour when every inch of my body decided to revolt. I had a headache, my shoulders were hurting, I was having a severe and very painful IBS attack which was also making me extremely nauseous and I also had menstrual cramps. I just cried for a little bit and then wished I either had several different heating pads or could just roll myself up in one giant heat wrap like a big burrito. Ahhhh, the joys of womanhood…
In comparison, today is an absolute joyride! 😀 Seriously, though, I’ve taken 2 Excedrin, but that’s mostly because I’m trying to take even more minor head pain seriously nowadays. One of the lessons that I’ve finally learned is not to wait so long to treat the pain. I told Terry today that I realized that I was concerned about taking Excedrin today because I didn’t want to get in a cycle where I was taking it every day. And then I stopped and thought, “So, what if I do?” I’m already taking a bunch of other junk at this point, what does 1 or 2 doses or over the counter medicine a day matter? It doesn’t. And I have even checked that with the neurologist. Doctors seem to have differing opinions on the rebound headache phenomenon (my mother’s neurologist won’t let her take anything acetaminophen-based AT ALL), but mine says that in order to cause a rebound headache, you would have to take something like 4 or 6 doses a day for several days in a row before it would become a problem. So, until I discover otherwise, I’m going to go with what he says.
I also managed to get some stitching in last night. I worked for a little bit on my piece for the SBEBB Melanie’s exchange and then I actually put a few stitches into my piece for the SBEBB eight sided pillow (biscornu) exchange, mostly so that I could actually say I started it. 😆 Between those two pieces and the model I need to be working on, I’ll need to put in some serious hours this weekend. Another nice thing is that my kit for the Chatelaine Stitching Leporello project arrived on Tuesday. Somehow, I knew it would. That morning, I envisioned myself with the package in hand as I brought back the empty garbage can from the curb (which I do on Tuesday evenings when we get home). Unfortunately, since I went straight upstairs when we arrived home on Tuesday due to the migraine, it wasn’t me who actually retrieved the package, but sure enough, Terry sat it on my pillow upstairs so that I saw it when I was ready to jump into bed and sleep off some headache medication. He’s a sweetie. And a brat, since I had just asked him a couple of minutes before if there was anything in the mail for me and he had said no. 😉 But it was a good surprise! Now I can’t wait to have a little time to prep the fabric and get started on stitching.
What fun you’ve had! I’m really glad to read you’re feeling better!!
*hug*
Ouch, sounds like you had hellish time. 🙁 But I’m glad you’re better now! 🙂
I’m so glad you’re feeling better, Jenna. I hope your headaches keep improving so you can have a great weekend! You so deserve it 🙂
Your Terry is a sweet! 😉
I only found out recently that the “special ingredient” in Excederin was caffine, and that this causes the headaches if you take too much of it for too long. I have a stepfather who was addicted to Excederin took it 2 -3 times a day for years. He just couldn’t understand that it was the drug itself that was causing the headache that he was taking excederin for. It was only when he almost died due to blood loss from a bleeding ulcer that he stopped.
Jenna, I’m so glad to hear that you’re feeling better today! I hope you’ll continue to feel better & better. Have a GREAT weekend!!
So sorry to hear about the headaches…I hope they pass soon (and keep right on heading on down the road) 😀
Have fun with the new project! And thanks for the encouragement to contact Lynne N. If you hadn’t said something I would never have done that and gotten such a nice response. I really appreciate the support! 😀
Feel better!
What you need is one of those heated throws. We bought one for my sister because she’s always cold. The other day when I was having those cramps and a back ache, I thought, oooh, I could turn that heated throw on and wrap it around me. It worked like a charm! They were very affordable at Walmart, but I think it was worth the full-price I paid at Amazon.
You’ve had such a rough time lately – I’m glad you are starting to feel much better.
Thanks for your kind comments on my blog – it took me three years to finish that Hardanger valance. It was such a large project, so I would put it away and not stitch on it for long periods of time! I’m thinking about starting another one for another window in my house….we’ll see.
Poor Jenna. 🙁 Glad to hear you’re feeling better, though. I’ve found that it does help to keep ahead of pain whenever possible… it doesn’t get as bad, and it goes away faster. Hang in there, gf.
Glad this latest bout of headache is over and you are back to your stitching self. Terry is definitely a good guy to keep your package for you for a later time when you could enjoy it more fully.