Migraine Headaches

[magnolia]

I'm back from lunch - and it was wonderful, at least through the "fog" of the headache!! I hate taking medications anyway, much less on an empty stomach - even advil or tylenol....so I sucked it up and hung on til I ate then I took an 800mg Ibuprofen (I start out taking those and if that doesn't work, then I take my prescription Esgic Plus). It is easing up some, not feeling as "crushed" in the vice as it was earlier!

My oldest son was sent to Pediatric Neurologist in Jackson a few years back as a precaution to double check behind his pediatrician on his headaches. We saw the head of the department (wasn't expecting that!!) and he reviewed his MRI, CAT scans, and his chart history then turned to Sam and I and told us he was not ignoring us but we weren't his patient, TJ was. He then spent about 15 minutes talking to TJ, interjecting questions every now and then on his headaches, and got more info out of him than his own doctor had in the 3 years she'd been treating him! He was diagnosed at the age of 11 with "classic migraines" and was given medication for them. He's almost 17 and hasn't had a bad headache (the put-you-to-bed kind) in almost a year - that's a good sign he's headed to outgrowing them!

Thanks for your kind words - I am feeling a bit better now