Awesome!Dentist did the Botox himself (he also does it ON himself), because he knew how to pinpoint the exact muscle groups. We did a bunch of pressure tests on Tuesday, including a terrifying one that involved extreme pressure on the outside and inside of my jaw muscles. After that pressure was applied for a few minutes, the tension released, and the migraine I had dropped to around a 1 on the pain scale. Full disclosure: the extreme pressure test/massage involved my dentist sticking his thumb in my mouth so he could grip the muscle on both sides. It was, as he described it "fuck my life" painful.

It was the terrifying extreme pressure test that clinched the your constant migraine is triggered by the never-ending tension your muscles are under diagnosis. Which matched with my experience of having some relief when I got a massage that focused on my neck, head, and jaw.

ahhh, I see. I had a chiropractor once who did that stuff inside the mouth, but it gave me a headache every time so I made her stop!

I had a chiropractor once who did that stuff inside the mouth, but it gave me a headache every time so I made her stop!

Whereas once I stopped wincing, it made my headache drop almost completely away.

Yay for a pain-free head!

My ankle is hurting a lot, and I need to concentrate on getting some work done, but I can't concentrate, because my ankle is hurting too much. And I don't have painkillers, because I was late in calling the doctor's office to get a new prescription, because my phone anxiety has been through the roof this week. (I managed one phone call to Portman's office, about the health care bill, and stumbled and stuttered through leaving a message. Also managed to call dr about the painkillers this morning, and talked to a very perky receptionist who kept saying, "Oh, fishsticks!" when she messed something up.)

Oh Jilli that's wonderful news. I'm so glad.

Ha, yes,Emmett, you sister has hit a particularly fun age,

I'm sorry to hear that, Hil.

So annoyed that every time my aunt wants to talk to me, it's to Start Shit. And that she does it girly style so that if I took the bait, she could act like she wasn't doing anything. So healthy, Auntie Fucknut. (It's not really because we don't agree--I expect that at this point and have kind of accepted that y'all rank higher in my life. But it is kind of insulting that a. She's here and Ginger isn't. 2. The first time she's on my page in literal years(despite acting like your basic Pinterest family-oriented, blah, blah, my kids are my life chick) she wants to throw down. If she can't do better than that, she should block me, as I've blocked her. Or take the gloves off and let me kick her ass to make up for twenty birthday cards she never sent me.

Jilli, that's utterly fantastic. I'm very pleased for you.

Happy Birthday, CJ! And yay better behaving hip, Suzi!

I'm at my nephew's swim meet. It's not bad. Next week is the finals and there will be 5 teams and at a fancy place that always feels cramped. I will go because it's the finals and I want to support E. It may be the only thing I do for 3 days.

I've been seeing more of the guy. Mostly just hanging out, playing video games etc. We saw Baby Driver. He is fun and we have fun.

Happy Birthday cj!

Woo-hoo for no headache jilli!

And for better hips Suzi.

I am baking bread-well proofing dough right now-I need to keep a bigger supply of yeast and possibly some more interesting flours. I am experimenting by adding some here's DE Provence to thus batch.