There was no way I could post last night. I fought off a migraine for most of the yesterday and it carried over into today as well. In fact, it is only within the past hour that I started to feel human again.
The whole event began on Friday but it started out on the mild side and I took medication and thought I was going to come out ahead of it, following a decent night of sleep on Friday night...this was not the case.
I battled with it yesterday, trying to fight through it (which, BTW, is totally NOT what you should do during a migraine). We had plans to spend time with friends at their home for dinner and swimming. I wanted to make it work because the kids were pretty awesome during the entire boring day and I knew they would have a blast getting outside, swimming and playing with friends.
After going out to buy corn and putting together a salad for the dinner, I collapsed on our couch, set a timer and went into a coma. I was supposed to get up by 3:30 but didn't get up until 4:00. Mike worked all day so we were meeting him there.
I took another dose of migraine meds once we got to the house. The kids played and swam. I felt much better after a good dinner and just the feeling of relaxing with friends.
When we got home, I could feel the headache kicking up again. I once again was reliant on a solid night of sleep to get me over the hump and out of migraine land.
It was not meant to be.
I woke up this morning feeling foggy and it quickly rolled into a full migraine. I dozed through the morning after breakfast. We had lunch around 1 and then I passed out on our couch -again- while the kids played video games and watched shows. I have tremendous guilt about that but it was survival mode for sure.
Mike arrived home from work and eventually took the kids out for a bite to eat and some playground time. And here I am, praying that this migraine is over and cautioning myself not to spend too much time on the computer or it will all come back again full force.
I really hope it has passed on. And I can only be thankful that if it had to happen, better this weekend than next weekend when the kids and I will be heading to the beach with my parents.
I hate being incapacitated by migraines. And the thing that makes me feel worse is the fact that my kids are stuck, sitting around, melting their brains with TV and video games. Talk about guilt! They were troopers for sure and I am just thankful that both yesterday and today, the later part of the day was salvaged with some much needed outdoor time.
It feels like a complete waste of a beautiful weekend...All I can do is try to make up for it this week and really make next week at the beach count!
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