The dosing instructions for the first day are two before breakfast, one after lunch, one after dinner, and two before bed. So I don't see how starting now will be any worse, and I'm ready to set this headache on fire.

Thanks, Steph. I really appreciate you serving as our unofficial pharmacy tech.

No problem. Try to split up all 6 into 2 doses over the rest of today; that might help.

Yeah, steroids can keep you up at night, but if the pain is that bad, then go for it. Awake and pain-free is better than awake because there's too much pain to sleep.

Dana, I hope you get relief soon.

Too much drama this afternoon. My mother broke a bottle of olive oil while inwas in the shower and somehow a shard skittered all the way down the hall and I sliced open my foot the minute I stepped out of the bathroom it took forever to clean up all the glass and make the tile floor no longer slippery from the oil.

Yikes!

I had to read that a couple times to figure out why someone had olive oil in the shower! But ouch, that sounds painful!!

Dana, I hope the steroids work--I got some once, for a migraine that wouldn't quit, but it finally broke before I even took them. May the same happen for you (I then kept them for a year, just in case...)

I think the walking boot is less actually doing anything for my foot, and more just such a pain to walk in that it reminds me not to walk very far?? I feel like the same could be accomplished by wearing somewhat uncomfortable shoes or something.

I do sort of feel better already, but I think it's just that I finally have something concrete to do about the damn headache. Hopefully I will wake up tomorrow and feel a noticeable difference.

I don't feel anything below my knee. So, I'm not in any pain, but it does present it's own set of problems like not knowing the band aid had come undone and I was trailing blood all over the house just now. I should probably stay off of it for a couple days but I'm not sure how that happens with an infant to look after.

Dana, I'm so glad you're getting some relief. And meara, very sorry about your injury. I've been there many times (and missed many races), and it's always so disappointing.

In personal news, I'm sharing here because I can't in many other places that I've realized this week that I'm lapsing into a depression again, which means the meds I've been using for five years with great success are losing effectiveness. I can't get in to see my doc until next week, so I'm operating on a one moment to the next model. I have a lot of coping mechanisms in place since this isn't my first rodeo, and one of those methods is sharing. I may need a person or two who I can text from time to time just to vent when I can't share with everyone else. If anyone here might be willing, let me know via email. And zero judgment if you don't want to or aren't able to.

Feel free to text me, Kristen! One of the reasons I'm so bummed about the foot is that regular exercise definitely helps my mood, and I felt like I'd just gotten back into the groove of it...