Rarrr! Kill headaches dead!

[thistlechaser]

About an hour before my alarm went off, I was awakened by pounding pain in my head. No matter what position I took, it hurt like hell, so finally I got up. That's when the nausea kicked in. Wheeeee. I was seriously considering calling in sick, but I took time off on Monday to go to the eye doctor, and I had to take a little more time off on the coming Monday for a follow-up check, so I figured calling in would be a bit much.

Thinking it was maybe a sinus headache, I took a hot shower (steam = good). Didn't help. Went out to my desk and sat there and took aspirin and water. After a while, that took the edge off, but there was still great pain and icky stomach. Prodded through getting ready for work.

Took more aspirin before leaving, and while I'm not feeling totally better, I no longer desire to cut my head off and dump it into the trash.

Go me! (Or, okay: Go aspirin!)

Hm. Wonder where cow orker is. Hope she doesn't call in sick...

Edited to add: Odd side-effect of my lingering headache: Animated icons are making me want to (literally) fall over. I'm trying to read my flist, but I can't read anything with these icons flashing and flickering in the corner of my vision.

Oh, and cow orker arrived. While she's a half-hour late (and I was a half-hour early), I'm always so relieved that she hasn't called in sick, that I can't be mad.

Comments

[ntamara.livejournal.com]

sounds a bit like migraine (with the aura in your vision at least), good luck with it!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[jakflak.livejournal.com]

Oooh....been there, done that. You have my sympathy.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[kirbyk.livejournal.com]

If you're using IE, hit . All those Animated Gifs just stop. It's fantastic.

They drive me nuts even when I feel super.

[laurelwood.livejournal.com]

Thank you from the bottom of my heart- best helpful bit of info I've seen in a month of Sundays. Flickering, flashing, constantly-undulating graphics drive me 'round the bend!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. I love you! That's the best IE trick ever.

Thank you!

[kirbyk.livejournal.com]

Er, I forgot that this is HTML. Hit ESCAPE. (I put the esc in angle brackets, as that's the convention, but it vanished.)

[laurelwood.livejournal.com]

Yikes- you've had more than your fair share of headaches lately.

It's time for a new victim, O God of Headaches. Move along! In fact, I hear there's a big, vacant head at the White House that's just crying out for occupation. Go there!

(Hope you're feeling better soon!)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Yeah, a plague of headaches upon the White House!

And thanks! I'm a headache-y sort of person in general, but of late they've been even more frequent than usual.

[metron-ariston.livejournal.com]

Eee! Hope you're feeling better.

If you are getting migraines, you should probably go to a doctor just to make sure there isn't anything seriously wrong. Also, that way if you do end up feeling bad enough to have to take a sick day, you have a note that explains it and keeps you from getting written up (if that's how it works where you are.)

Good luck with feeling better. I recommend Excedrin if you can take acetomimophen and aren't oversensitive to caffeine. It's sometimes the only thing that does anything for my headaches.

(Do you think whatever eye trouble you're having could have caused the headache?)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I am feeling better now, thanks. Everything cleared up about noon. I don't think migraines go away with just normal aspirin, do they? That's all I usually tend to take (if anything). Excedrin sounds like a good idea though, I'll have to pick up a bottle!

While I'm getting new contacts, the prescription is exactly the same, so I'd *think* that wasn't the cause of them... but since I'm going back on Monday for a checkup, I can ask then.

Thanks!

[evilgrayson.livejournal.com]

Migraines can just fade away of their own accord, or if you consciously and deliberately relax, they can fade into the background and to more manageable levels. That might be a little difficult with all the stress you're under, though - and stress can cause migraines.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Hm, interesting. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks.