Friday, Friday

While I'm glad today is Friday, it doesn't feel like much of one as I've been home sick for the past two days.

I'm sick in that weird way where I feel like I'm too sick to go to work, but not sick enough to really stay home. I so very rarely call in sick to work, and I knew that if I went in to work I would be irritable and miserable and wouldn't get any work done anyway, so I figured it was best for everyone if I just stayed home.

What's my problem? A five day migraine.

I get the strangest migraines. At least I think they're strange. 
Most people I know (or that I hear of) get migraines that are the complete opposite of mine. They get these headaches where they want to kill themselves. They can't stand the light or noise, and they have to take their meds and lock themselves up in a dark room for four hours or the rest of the night until it is over.

Mine aren't like that. Most of the time, I can work through them. They are small, throbbing, ache-all-day-and-annoy-the-shit-out-of-me kind of headaches. All day and all night. For days on end. It's not uncommon for my migraines to last three or four days. The only relief I get is sleep. But it's back again when I wake up. I don't even have to open my eyes to know that the migraine is still there. 

They get worse as they go on. If it doesn't go away by the fourth or fifth day, I'm not much use. The light hurts. Loud, sharp sounds hurt. Moving my eyes hurt. I have a hard time forming coherent sentences.  Looking at the computer hurts. I am currently sitting in my dark living room with the contrast turned way down on my computer screen in order to type this. I'm taking frequent breaks to close my eyes, even though it doesn't really help at all.  I'm not entirely certain this post is making any sense at all.  I paid a bill earlier and it took me two tries to write the check before I was able to fill it out correctly (don't ask why I don't pay the electric bill online, that's not something I'm going to get into here.)

Anyway. That's pretty much what I wanted to talk about today. Migraines. My weird migraines. Or maybe they're not that weird? Do other people get migraines like this? Or are they not migraines and they are a different kind of headache instead?

If this one doesn't go away by Monday, I'll have to go back to the doctor and see if he can change up my meds again. This one has lasted five days already. Five days too long.

Here's hoping this headache goes away and I can at least have a nice weekend. The weather is supposed to be warmish. I'd like to get out and enjoy it a little. You have a nice weekend too, wherever you are. Enjoy you weather, whatever it is.