Adventures in Chronic Pain
Picture courtesy of http://jimbocyberdoc.wordpress.com/
Just now recovering from a bad migraine. I didn’t even go to church because of it.
A lot of people have bad headaches and call them migraines. I, for one, have both and there is a distinct difference between the two.
A bad headache is irritating. A migraine makes you want to pluck out your eyes.
I’ve come very close to that before.
In all honesty I don’t get migraines very often; maybe every six months. When I was a kid I used to get them every two or three weeks, no joke. You couldn’t find a drug that would help. I always had to have complete darkness and either a cold or hot compress. The pressure always occurred on the right side of my head behind my eye. I’d always want to throw up, I’d scream, I’d cry.
I don’t scream or cry anymore, but the pain is still real. I had an ince pack on my head all evening.
It didn’t help that my knees and back were killing me from playing tennis Wednesday morning. It was just Brandon, Chastity and myself, but we’d switch around. It was a great workout though.
I spent this evening after recovering from the migraine to create original opening and closing titles for The West Virginia Examiner/Watchdog Video Blog. I’ll unveil them after I do some filming at the Parkersburg Tea Party protest Saturday, July 4, 2009, at 12 p.m. I’ll be interviewing organizers and participants. The goal is to show how non-partisan these events are, so I hope to find some Democrats and independents.
I talked to my dear, beautiful friend Melody tonight. She is adorable and I had to share this clip of the conversation:
The Holywriter (10:20:36 PM): hey there
melody (10:20:44 PM): hi.
The Holywriter (10:20:53 PM): how are you?
melody (10:21:44 PM): not good.
The Holywriter (10:21:59 PM): what’s wrong?
melody (10:22:00 PM): my dad washed the wubbie jonathan gave me, it doesnt smell like him anymore. i miss him.
The Holywriter (10:22:30 PM): if I might find the comedy in this situation, you called it a wubbie
melody (10:22:43 PM): the army calls it a wubbie.
The Holywriter (10:22:47 PM): ?
The Holywriter (10:22:51 PM): seriously
melody (10:22:58 PM): yea.
melody (10:23:05 PM): its really a poncho liner.
The Holywriter (10:23:46 PM): So, a commander comes along and says ” grab your gear, your rifle. Oh, btw grab your wubbie, because you can’t take on the Taliban without your wubbie.”
melody (10:24:46 PM): it has ties on all sides of it. you can make a tent out of it, wrap yourself up in it and tie the ties for added body heat, its great for naps and sleeping as well. he gave it to me for hugs. since it smelled like him.
The Holywriter (10:25:28 PM): I’m not questioning it’s usefulness or it’s sentimental value to you…only the name
The Holywriter (10:25:49 PM): it should be called a manklet: the man-blanket
melody (10:25:50 PM): i know, it is funny. but, very comforting at the same time, just the word wubbie.
July 3, 2009 at 4:36 am
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July 3, 2009 at 7:17 pm
you make me smile
July 7, 2009 at 2:39 am
I got migraines as a kid too. I used to turn green and barf every time. That painting depicts it pretty well.