Headache
There is nothing so debilitating than a headache. Even the funnest things become a chore to endure. And “feel better” does little to help the situation other than being a kindness one should accept gracefully.
There is nothing so debilitating than a headache. Even the funnest things become a chore to endure. And “feel better” does little to help the situation other than being a kindness one should accept gracefully.
Freinds and well-wishers are simply dropping a few words from the sentiment:
“I hope you FEEL BETTER soon.”
The “I hope you” and the “Soon” are unspoken, but still meant.
I usually say ‘I command you to be well!’ Because it is silly.
I once hunted through a drugstore’s entire stock of “Get Well” cards before I found it as one that expressed it as a wish that he would get well rather than an order to.
I had migraines for years. Even worse, it was due to too much caffeine. So decaf coffee and I have become grudging friends. At least I can still have SOME caffeine, so it’s not a total loss.
But migraines? The ones where even a little light or a slight sound cause nausea? Noooooo thanks.
Leo… yes, better said all the way around…
Chug… I hope this cursed ache of the head is expunged from you! Same idea… I like the commandment idea. Bonus points.
Mary… Hallmark’s sentiment writers need some talking to. I see a job opening there for you.
Pete… I know that at times, I don’t drink enough water, and since joe makes you go… I have to be more vigilant with the liquids. Would this contribute to your migraine situation?
And by the way, I hope you ALL had a lovely Easter weekend. The weather was fine here on the Central Coast… and it made it even more swell.
I have been a migraine sufferer since I was a very small child. They hospitalized me twice for them before I was five years old. I haven’t had one that blinded me since I was 16 though, so they do seem to get easier to deal with the older I get. But one of the worst and I do mean worst things to deal with when you have a splitting headache is childproof caps.
When your head hurts so bad that you can barely see, the last thing you want to deal with are childproof caps. They frustrate the dickens out of my and just make me angry when I’m hurting. Doesn’t matter one bit that I know they are easy enough to open when I’m not hurting, but with a migraine everything becomes much more difficult.
Hey, I ought to try writing greeting cards! Too bad I can’t draw! At least looking into the possibility might get me out of my lazy rut. My indulgent relatives are getting too old to support me in the manner to which I have become accustomed. : (
Headaches suck, and I have had some doosies that are like hangovers with nausea and vomiting and the occasional double vision when I can’t walk or really function.
Gramy… Yah… I hear ya… it’s poopy that you’ve had them for so long! Yikes!
kirwar… lazy rut, uh? I always say the Judy should go into jingles and silly songs… she can come up with crazy fun ditties. BUT… whenever you HAVE to do something, or you do it for money, it takes the fun right out of it.
punk… you be a migraine sufferer, punk. That’s no regular headache.
My headaches are usually sinus headaches, centered in one eyesocket. They are awful but not as bad as migraines. (Ever known anyone who thought migraines were called “mind grains”?)
@Kitty, on childproof caps – you just have to put the hammer down on your pharmacist and specifically request the non-adultproof, er, um, childproof caps. I get all my scrips mailorder, and after a couple of times, I even got them to make a note on my account to use smaller bottles, so I didn’t have these huge things that would come with only the bottom quarter inch filled with 90 day’s medication. It CAN be done!
The little things we say are so odd when you break them down. “Drive safe!” Nah, I’m gonna put a blindfold on and drive with my butt.
Hm, other than a few run ins with some really bad homebrew still-swill and a couple ‘too much gunfire today’ incedints, I’m actually pretty immune to headaches.
But that’s okay. Every time it rains all my scars throb like #$&@, so I think that makes up for it. Sadly, I don’t GET to call in for that, so it’s me and Mr. Asprin.
I´ve known powder workers who swear that grapes are a certain cure/preventive for nitro induced headaches – don´t know as its real, and even if so, no reason to think it would work for other types of headache.
(The gunfire hewadaches Lady Jenn mentioned are probably from TNT absorbed into the bloodstream.)
Jack… Driving with your BUTT! Ha ha ha… that must’ve been yesterday’s word of the day… someone had written it on a sign at the Post Office… where I was standing in line. It struck me as silly as I stood in live forever.
C’mon, everybody!… drive with your butt today! Let’s make it all dangerous and silly (ahem… kidding of course… don’t sue me when you crash… YOU were the one who acted on this, NOT me! Do you do everything people tell you to do? sheesh!)
@Beetlesbane: Usually my headaches are from firing in enclosed areas with little ear protection. It sucks.
The nitro headaches are a WHOLE other ball game. Handling sweating TNT with me Pa blowing beaver dams. And brother, those headaches are the worst!