so I discussed weeks ago about the sadness of my profession.... for details go here
but today, as I was sitting in the ER observation room, waiting for the few minutes it took for my injection of Imitrex to kick in... I was amazed that medicine can do such wonderful things.
Now, many of you may not know but when I was young, and first started my adventure into the world of drugs... I used to believe that there was a pill for everything, and that every drug could treat every disease.... well, I grew up , matured and realized... um, not the right way to look at it:
The way I look at it is this: medicine's CAN help people.... it doesnt always help them and shouldnt be the only thing that patients do to be treated (i.e. shouldnt be so reliant on medicines). And this is for many reasons, some are controlled by the patients and some are not, but medicines are not always the definitive answer for everything. But... lets talk specifically about migraines.
I got my first migraine about 1.5 years ago, at fucking school! I realized it was a migraine because my vision changed and I couldnt see.... and then about 20 min later the most horendous pain of my life came as quick as a flash.... like my brain was exploding..... requring an ER visit. It took some IV fluids, anti-nausea medicine and anti-headache medicine all mixed in one IV line for me to find relief.
So, I took a proactive approach when I realized I was having migraine on Wed afternoon.... the aura (visual disturbances) came about.... I took 2 tylenol (and that was it, so I avoided the over-use effect... comment me if you want more info).... pumped A TON of fluid into my body that I was peeing every 10 min..... and rested, rested, rested..... then, when I woke up on Thurs.... it turned from a sharp pain to a dull ass pain all damn day on Thurs (still pumping fluids and switching from tylenol to ibuprofen)... this morning the pain was still dull and still present... it was 2 excedrins and I hopped into the shower...
While in the goddamn shower, I got another aura onset.... FUCK..... thats it~ I am going to the ER. Thats when I fell in love with Imitrex, the wonderous phenom.
So.... as I feel like a different woman, completely pain free.... I wonder why did I suffer for 3 days when I couldve just went to the ER automatically??.... cause I wanted to exhaust my non-drug measures first before seeking the good stuff..... so I am proud of that decision, but now I'm about ready to buy my bumper sticker: Imitrex for President!!!!!
2 comments:
Yuck, my aunt used to get migraines all the time. Then she had a hysterectomy (???) and they haven't been near what they used to be. I feel for you because I know the pain she used to have.
So happy you found something that worked for you. I suffered for 15 years with migraines taking OTC meds that never worked. I finally got prescribed a med and presto gone. I suffered needlessly for so long. I take the med PRN and it works wonderfully.
Say good bye to migraines. ;-)
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