I just got discharged Sunday! This is insane. I feel there's a point where I get to say "Okay, I'm so done. This is more than I can handle." Not sensing the opportunity, I'm afraid. Back in the same stupid hospital, just in the basement instead of the headache section.

I wish there was anything I could do. Bah. NOT ON, migraines!!

it is insane, ita. are the doctors even attempting to figure out what's causing these or are they just treating you for the pain? i cannot imagine the pain you are having to endure. i'm so sorry.

There are a few more things they can try, tiggy. At least that's what he says.

Treating me for the pain only lasts a week if I grit my teeth. And then they tell me not to wait 4 days before coming in. 4??? I thought I was being weak at 4. I judge myself harshly if I come in twice in one week. I'm aiming to get back to once a month. Or, you know, never.

I vote never!

What's goofy is I've been trying to rate my current headache, and I think I give it a 2. Or 3. So it's like I can kind of imagine what a 9 would be, but not even.

There are a few more things they can try, tiggy. At least that's what he says.

Remember that article that talked about a connection between heart defects and migraines. My dad always had headaches, not quite migraines (though migraines run in his family) but he was telling me at supper that he hasn't had a headache since he had heart surgery.

here's hoping the next thing they try is your miracle cure, ita. i've definitely had headaches that i could categorize as a 9 or a 10, but i absolutely cannot imagine having one of that caliber every day.

I assume that one of ita's 9.5 headaches would make the time I got hit in the face with a rebar feel like a minor boo-boo by comparison. I've gone to the ER a couple of times for specific tissue-damaging injuries, but I've never felt pain bad enough for an extended period that I needed hospitalization for the pain itself.

I always come late to the fun conversations.

As for the weight issue... self improvement should always be applauded (death to america) but only because you want the change.

Yes, people are assholes.

I am in my late late 20's. And upon occasion I have yelled from the occasional window. I love my bullhorn. But it's like Peter Parker's Uncle Ben said "with great power to make other people hear you comes great responsibility. You have to use it rarely, wisely and in times of true comedy." Or maybe that was the Uncle Ben whose fine grains of rice can be readily available to eat in under 3 minutes... I always get those two confused.

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ita - I wish wishes did anything. I wish someone in your medical parcel had a decent suggestion of a path to follow. I wish you had a constantly available support and that you were comfortable with leaning as much as you needed in the large sense, not just for the moment.