I am pretty sure that most of what I do on my blog is complain. Which is funny, because I don't think I'm characterized by complaining in real life. So I'm not sure why you always get an earful here ... based on my blog, one could conceivably believe my child never sleeps, my health is failing, and all is lost. It's not true. Most things are great. Most nights Asher sleeps like a champ, most days I feel fine. But I don't write about what's great, because, what's there to say about that? So to those of you who don't know me in real life, I apologize. I'm really not a whiner. I'm just more likely to whine here than anywhere else.
Having said that, I have a headache. And I've had this headache since Friday. I thought it was my blood pressure, but now I don't. I thought it was allergies, but I'm not really sure. Today I'm going to guess - water. Maybe I'm not drinking enough water. It's not a debilitating headache, but after a continuous stretch, any pain becomes more cumbersome than it should be. I'm limited on what medicines I can take, and Tylenol only takes the edge off, it doesn't kill the thing. I'm ready to kill the thing myself, if that thing were not necessary to sustain my life. Since it is, we'll try water today. On the off chance that it isn't water, and that Tylenol does not suddenly become the miracle drug I know it could be, if only it would try a little harder, anyone have any suggestions?
As an aside, I'm pretty sure Silas turned 180* last night. Which is nothing but COOL in a science-experiment sort of way. Thankfully I have a stomach of steel, or all that kicking of the organs might have made me queasy. And if it had, I would have complained about it here.
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My grandmother is allergic to every kind of pain medicine there is and she gets horrible headaches all the time from having polio back in the day. That being said, she gets ginger (the spice and not in powder form) in little chunks (I think you can buy it in the store like that) and lets a piece dissolve under her tongue. It worked really well for her when she first started doing it. After about 10 years or so it stopped working so well but it's something to think about trying. No idea how it would taste though.
Just a suggestion.
Stephanie, the pollen is rampant here. My allergies dissapeared when I moved here in college and haven't come back until now. I haven't been wanting to eat or anything just because I feel so yuck and my ears are stopped up (and I NEVER EVER turn down food), plus the cars and porches are all yellow. So, maybe that's why you have a headache... if drinking more water helps and/or you feel better after the rain has passed pollen might be the culprit.
Oh, and crystallized ginger is quite yummy when you eat it in very tiny bites. I used to eat it because it is supposed to aid digestion.
Hi there,
I've had a headache the past few days too, and mine can be attributed to the change in weather pressure in middle TN (storms coming and going) as well as not drinking enough water lately. I've also started taking over-the-counter Alavert for my allergies lately as they seem to have returned with the blooming of our trees. I believe it's safe during pregnancy if you don't have an allergy med yet.
I really hope you start feeling better!
So cool about Silas turning 180*!! I bet that felt incredibly weird and amazing at the same time! :O)
PS You should feel free to complain about anything you want to here...it's your blog, and we all need a place to vent!
A little caffeine might help, if it's a migraine.
Or, for that matter, have you recently reduced the amount of caffeine you normally have? Caffeine withdrawal is a bitch, lemmee tell ya.
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