A Day in the Life of a Migraine Mama

One foot in front of the other

I made it to the gym on Friday.  Zumba was fun.  *laughs* They have included “Time Warp” and “Thriller” in the music mix for the next couple of weeks in class

Friday was better pain wise, as has today.  Although, I am having nerve flare ups in my arms, hands and legs.  So, balancing that with trying to be active is interesting.

Friday: Zumba, baby wrangling and my nephew’s birthday party.  The party was good:)  He is four, and loved his Spider Man cake and presents. Home, chill and to bed.

Saturday: Twas a family morning at the gym. Then home for showers, and back out for “Taste of Roswell”.  The food was decent.  Some tasty stuff and some definitely yummy stuff.  Home again.  Back to the Y, as we got set up on the FitLinxx system and then headed home.

Lil guy did not want to nap, so I took him out driving.  Hubby is off at DnD.  Once back home, lil guy and I hung out, played, and he is asleep.

My head aches and joints hurt a little bit, but it is bearable (sad I live my life by that term). I foresee sleep soon.

Here’s hoping tomorrow is another low key pain day,

Glad to be…

Glad to be a Mama.  Glad to have the love I have in my life. Glad to have the family I do, of blood and of choice.

I remember these things, especially right now, when I am sitting with pain spiking into the 8 range. (We needed to wash the dogs tonight, and I was the one hunched over *in* the tub washing them).  Joints ache, head has gnomes in it and I am cracking and popping.

Goal for Friday: Make it to gym for Zumba, for while the class can be hard, I feel SO good after completing it.

I am going to take care of a couple of things and head to sleep.

Technology is great, until it fails

I had another post worked up.  And it is failing to post.  After fighting with it for 15 minutes, I am taking a break.  Causing my head to ache further is not worth the post.  Besides, I can revise it a bit further and make it a bit better.

I am cold, and struggling with exhaustion and pain.  The light of my day is curled up on my arm, trying to fight a nap.

Wait, revise that, he trying to make sure Cafe Mama-Noms is open so he can nurse to a nap. *laughs*

With the rain coming through the area again, my head has been a bit worse than standard.

Yesterday was a good day.  Running around the kitchen, with me son trying to catch me and his giggle ringing out around the house. *smiles* I adore this little guy, and he makes worth it.

Now to continue to look through Forums (If you haven’t checked it out, WEGO Health is a good one, I’ve been on there for several years now) on migraine items.

Also, need to go chat with my Mamas on the private group we have on BabyCenter. Honesty don’t know what I would do with them. They are awesome, plain and simple.

Oh, reminds me, need to do my report as a Medela Maven, before the small one tries to use my laptop as a pillow. (done)

And as an update, the small still isn’t napping.  I believe a car ride is in order…

Froggy bottom…

My darling boy sleeps in a set of froggy footie jammies, a little snore escapes him. he is a bit snuffly.  Don’t know if it is a cold or if it is just tetthing related.  Or it could be due to the varicella and MMR vaccines he received yesterday.

Today has been a rough one, steady at a 4 until the clouds rolled in. Spike to a 7/7.5 (took two Tramadol). I currently sit at a 5.  I wait for the husband unit to come home, as he went off to play poker tonight.

I am pondering if it is worth doing the Botox injections again. I need to fix my quality of life. I love my family, I love what I am in the process of trying to accomplish. I want to not feel like I want to cut my head off while I work forward.

Goal for the upcoming week set my goals for now through the end of October, and make a preliminary list for November.

For now, I ahve a sleeping wee bit on me. I am focusing on the sound of his breathing, maybe the rhythm of it will help my head.

Oh, and as for the wee bit:

31″ and 22.5# at 12 months.  He says Ma ma, Da da, can sign for more and milk, working on please, thank you, mama, dada, eat.  He can wave bye bye, follows a number of requests/commands.

The listening is working, as I am feeling sleepy.  Here’s to a good Saturday.

Check ups and check outs.

My dear wee bit, my son is growing, healthy, hitting milestones and still the light of my life.

I love it when he is asleep and grins at me.  A baby is an amazing thing:D

My head has been steady about a 6.  Pain meds have helped minimally. Sleep, it has been bad. I woke up from a four hour nap (is that still a nap?) exhausted. Neurologist call in the am, seeing as they never called me back last time I called. Rather disappointing. But I will give it another go.

I wish I had more to write, maybe tomorrow…

Pain games, brain games.

Nothing like sitting here wishing you’d pass out, as the pain is not a happy thing.  Even if I took meds, this is the pain that I get that pain meds doesn’t touch.  I am sitting at a 7.  This is where I am thankful for the netbook the hubby unit got for me, as it weighs nothing…

Joints are snapping and popping. Pain is shooting up and down my extremeties.

Okay, I can’t focus to type. Attempt to medicate and sleep.

Tepanga?

Tepanga is the host on the Dish on the Style Network, who knew?  And it is actually somewhat funny.

Head still isn’t happy.  Small bit is playing with toys, as he took a late nap.  Husband unit is off playing a game.

Still tired of hypocrisy.

Center of Puppetry Arts was fun, Henson exhibit was really cool, and WB loved it.  HU’s face at the Emmit Otter portion was nice to see.

Consignment saling cold be addictive it I cold find buys like I did today and I am sad I had to leave the jogging stroller there today. I could have gotten in for 38$. Part of me is kicking myself, but there wasn’t room in the car.

Back to the WB.

Communication is not just for breakfast anymore…

(yes I am still awake)

Apparently people, instead of talking to me about issues, problems or things, they decide to stay quiet and let it burn.  Rather than dealing with an issue, they decide to walk away.  I keep an open door policy.  I believe everyone has the right to their beliefs and thoughts.  Unless you work through issues, I don;t believe one has done everything they can to rectify a situation.

At times, people blame everyone but themselves for the issues they suffer in life.  I don’t know if that is the case in the situations I am thinking about.  I do know that it isn’t worth holding grudges.  It isn’t worth being petty.  Drama in life only perpetuates drama.  And drama is not what I need in my life at this point.

I have a wonderful hubby, an adorable baby boy and, while it isn’t all sunshine and puppies (chronic pain sucks), life isn’t horrible.

And what sucks is to find out that you are *sorely* mistaken with where you thought a relationship (or lack of one) was.

You live, you learn, you deal with heartbreaks and crap and move on.  One foot in front of the other.  be it bad or good, and experience is just that, experience.

Insane in the mebrane, there’s a pain in my brain…

The small bit is asleep. We are t-minus three days to the close of his first year of life.  Today has been busy.

We started out going for his 1 year portraits.  We are lucky enough to have found a photographer who works *really* well with him. We got a large number of pictures today… An example:

I ended up in a couple of the shots with him, because he kept trying to walk off! And while I was selecting pictures, he kept trying to escape out the door of the Studio and off into the store.  He seems to like having his picture taken.  Good thing, seeing as I like taking them.

Head status = I am currently at a 5. I ended up at the doc yesterday, thought not the neurologist.  I have hit my first major hurdle in breastfeeding since waiting for my milk to come in after the emergency c-section I had. I have thrush.  Being treated, which is good.  Never thought it would hurt that much!

Back to the head.  I have essentially given up on having pain relief.  I am also having the limb pain again.  It is frustrating, realizing I can take the maximum dose of a pain medication and it will have no effect.  There are days I really don’t want to get out of bed, but force myself to, as the small bit depends on me. I push forward and make do as best I can.  Like right now.  My joints ache. Nothing I do makes me feel better.  I push through, cause there is no other way.

Looking into children’s health, there’s been a Tylenol Recall.  You can find out what products are included and what the lot numbers are here: http://www.nowpublic.com/health/tylenol-recall-2009-list-infant-and-childrens-tylenol-recall

And onto something sweet.  I am not a *OMGMUSTHAVE* Godiva chocolate person.  It is a nice treat.  An easy way to get said treat?  Join their Rewards Club (https://www.godiva.com/member/rewardlogin.aspx). A free piece of chocolate each month, and if you spend $10, you get a free gift the following month.  Not a bad deal.  You get a little something sweet and don;t have to worry about it lingering about the house (or your hips ).

I am going to add some of my favorite blogs in the ‘Links’ section, to share some of the places I lurk. I do believe I will do that now, while the husband unit watches “World Series of Poker.”

Trying pain meds as the head was going towards a 6.

Busy weekend

Birthday parties don’t leave a lot of time to deal with pain.  With all of the rain we’ve had in the area, and the storm systems, my head has been horrid.  I got to the point of almost vomiting tonight. I really hate feeling like that.

Outside of the constant 6, the weekend has been fairly decent.  The small bit’s birthday parties were this weekend. Family on Friday, and one with friends on Saturday.  The cake (as done by a friend) was amazing.

I am going to have to play catch up tomorrow, as I need to lay down, and chill, hoping sleep will come soon.

I have a cuddly small bit next to me. I believe cuddles are in order.