I am glad you are okay, Vortex.!

I am not glad that it is Monday after a very nice three day weekend, or that I already have 6 new tasks waiting for me at work.

Left my orajel at home. That's gonna make for distractions. However, my inbox is not full of too many demands from Friday and my afternoon meeting got moved to tomorrow, so not too bad as Mondays go.

So glad you are OK, Vortex!

Vortex - any word from your doc yet today? I'm glad to hear it wasn't anything that required immediate transport to the hospital and am so glad you got that checked out.

My asthma was flaring up while we were in Cheyenne on Saturday. I had brought my nebulizer and meds with us. Our friend G, who gave us a ride to the fairgrounds has a household outlet converter thing in his truck. At one point my lungs were not responding to my inhaler so we headed to the truck only to discover that we couldn't find the med that goes in the machine. Which, of course, kicked up my anxiety. As we walked back, we passed an ambulance so we stopped to chat with them and see if there was ANY chance of getting a neb treatment from them...nope, would have to be transported. The EMT checked on my lungs and said I sounded pretty good, which helped my anxiety and I was able to get my lungs back under control.

Tomorrow my baby boy turns 19. In August he started college AND an EMT course - effectively taking 22 instruction hours per week for 6 weeks. Going to have to brace the household for school drama.

Ugh Suzi, that sounds unfun. I'm glad your lungs managed to behave themselves. Also sending Stay Well vibes to Vortex!

I had a migraine last night that was painful enough to keep me up from 2-4:30 or so. That was partly because lying down made it really awful. I am tired and feel a bit hollow headed today, but the headache seems to dialed down to background noise, so I can live with that. But I should ask the more experienced folk here what I can take when that happens again, given that I don't have any migraine-specific meds in my cupboard.

You can take ibuprofen (Advil, etc.) and acetaminophen (Tylenol) together, and sometimes that knocks out a migraine for me. You can take 800 mg of ibuprofen, no matter what the bottle says (800 mg is the dose you get if a doctor prescribes it, so it's okay; just don't take it more often than every 6-8 hours).

So if it's all OTC stuff, you can take 4 ibuprofen and 2 extra-strength acetaminophen every 6-8 hours. Caffeine helps, too, which is in Excedrine Migraine formulation (which I think is caffeine, acetaminophen, and maybe aspirin).

Aimee also recommended putting your feet in a bathtub of really hot water while you have an ice pack on the back of your neck. The hot water draws your blood to your feet, which helps make your head stop pounding. It actually helps A LOT.

Suzi, I'm glad reassurance helped you get your lungs under control. I'm glad the ambulance guys were there for you.

Vortex, I'm so glad you went in when you did. And, like others, I'm waiting to hea what your doc had to say.

Suzi, good luck with the school stuff.

Steph, ibu is SO my friend. Thanks for the new info on dosage.

Burrell--and others suffering migraine. Whatever helps is a good thing.

Thanks Steph. I did go with all OTC, and I can see why if an 800 mg dose of ibu is called for, that helps explain why 400 mg didn't touch it. I did follow up with tylenol, and that finally seemed to help.

Aimee also recommended putting your feet in a bathtub of really hot water while you have an ice pack on the back of your neck. The hot water draws your blood to your feet, which helps make your head stop pounding. It actually helps A LOT.

That's great to know. Thanks!

Excedrine Migraine formulation (which I think is caffeine, acetaminophen, and maybe aspirin).

Yes, and it's worth noting that Excedrin Migraine and Excedrin Extra Strength and probably Excedrin Other Stuff Too are all identical under the hood - they market the exact same combination of drugs under a few different labels. (The only one I know for sure is NOT the standard coffee/tylenol/aspirin combo is Excedrin PM which subs in a sleep aid for the caffeine. Don't mix those up unless you'd rather just sleep it off.)

I find the caffeine really helps the drugs kick in, and it doesn't keep me from sleeping when I have a migraine.