A Migraine and A Doctor’s Visit

Can I just say before I start that this will probably be the hardest semester of my life?

Wednesday night I got a whopper of a headache which turned into a migraine. Because of the herbal supplements I’m on I cannot have caffeine of any sort, which is one of the major ingredients in my migraine medication.  Fabulous – no medication. I went to bed really early {pretty cranky too, as migraines do to me} and slept “okay” waking up a lot and wishing I was dead {stuff like that}. In the morning I called my chiropractor to ask if I was still to come in to my appointment and was told yes. I didn’t go to work, not because I was too tired and couldn’t get out of bed, but because my head hurt so much I couldn’t get out of bed. I also missed my first class {not really a bad thing…..worst class ever}. Then my sister, Moosehead, picked me up and we went in together. After waiting a bit longer than I think people should wait in a waiting room we were escorted into the chiropractic room. Instantly on knowing I had a migraine I was given a muscle test, purple glasses, and an ice pack. I’m totally okay with this. Moosehead went first. Then I was up. Nervous as I’ll get out. Nervous I’m not sure why, its probable that I was nervous of throwing up everywhere…. as he straitened out my back it was good it was okay {you know, my body fighting really bad and not waiting for me to relax because it just wasn’t going to happen}…..but then he ventured to my shoulder area. Yeah. Snapped it. Guess what happened? Such intense pain I started crying on the spot. Seriously, instant tears. I was so shocked and so overwhelmed I couldn’t answer the question he’d asked me before doing the adjustment. I just laid there, face down in the two hard pillows, crying and trying to breathe. He adjusted my neck and it was okay. I tried to relax. I guess I was still in such shock I couldn’t do it very well because we stopped there. I did get some cool sound therapy though {you know, cool as in cool unless you’ve got a migraine and are very sensitive to sound}. We left and went to run some errands before I was dropped off at school. As the emotions cooled I started to return to normal and as the migraine released and dissipated I became almost joyful and happy. Hopefully with the next three months of treatment I can go through the next {and last!} two semesters-ish of school with NO migraines. Wouldn’t that be wonderful?

Can I just say as I end that this is probably the best day of my semester? =) =) =) =)