As I have predicted I have done very well nearly headache free since I ovulated. Since I have elimated lots of my triggers hormones are one I really and truly can not control. I have been thinking about this. I really stopped using the progesterone cream out of sheer laziness. It's a pain to use is the only reason. I stopped and really with chaste berry extract they recommend using it once a day after three months but I had been taking it 2x a day because I found that if I dropped down to once a day it got more symptoms of PMS ect. But with the diet modifications I had been doing so well I thought I could drop it back to once a day. I dont think this is wise for me I think that with the botox wearing off and then the stopping of the progesterone and the dropping down of the chaste berry extract i think that this may be why I suddenly got such terrible hormones reactions. Headaches for 2 weeks or more ect. So here is my plan I am going back on the chaste (well I have been doing that for a week or so) and go back on the progesterone for 3 weeks a month. I hope this helps and I w
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As I have discussed before one of my migraine triggers is nitrates. One of the things I miss the most is sausage well that and hot dogs and bacon lol!! Its been very hot for the past couple of days and I really have been searching for dinner ideas not wanting to heat up the house. I also have to consider that I have a teenage boy in the house. (I have some tilapia I want to make but he doesn't like that) So I had a craving for sausage. I went to our local health food store. I did get some chicken all natural sausage but i questioned if the teenage boy would eat this. So I got thinking that perhaps our local store that makes sausage would maybe just maybe be nitrate free. I asked she adds none the only thing she questioned were the pork buts but they were not processed in any way so I think they are ok. My head will let me know in a couple of days I suppose. But oh my is that the taste of summer or what!! So darn good!
One of the other things that I got while I was at the natural foods store was Annies has cinnamon graham crackers. I eat graham crackers with my coffee most mornings they are low in calories and I just like to have something to dunk in my coffee. I love the ones with cinnamon but the other brands have MSG wierd because its just cinnamon for Gods sake!! I love Annies brand they are all natural and organic. At this store they were very pricey though so it will be a big treat. Another thing I have realized #1 botox took forever to kick in this time and I am calling the Orthopedic group I can not wait as long as I did last time I have an appt. for 4 months this is too long. I am going to call 3 months is long enough. Also I need to call and see about getting some hormone therapy I have had headaches a few months in a row from the time I get my period until the day or two after I ovulate I am depressed and moody and feel generally terrible. SO this has to stop so I am going to call my Gyn and see what happens. My life has been an extreme exercise in frustration lately. I have been looking for a new neurologist since umm January its now June one I tried in Feburary said they did not have openings until July and I freaked out because I was like OMG I can not live like this for that long ha the joke is surly on me! I tried one dr. that would not see me because of the city I live in..say what??? And one that said in Feburary that would see me but my fault I was feeling ok so months went by and until the headaches returned I didn't check up with the referral. Well my stupid doctor forgot to refer me oh great so now they have no openings for me yea awesome so they did send me a list of 3 neuro guys and I looked them up one had a bad rating one was full so they sent the referral to the 3rd and he wont see me because I have seen another neurologist really what the hell. My dr was like have you not heard of a second opinion?? So any ways I have an appt in July 3 weeks from now. I have decided to volunteer for an organization but now is the time to back out I truly can not make up my mind its a big commitment my husband and I have been fighting all day because I made a mistake at work because I got very spacy when I had a migraine coming on. I looked at my log I have had 22 migraines since april 7th, I am so tired of it all. I am so frustrated and just want to give up on everything. I think maybe volunteering may help me give my life more focus but it scares me to add more to my life until I can have more control. I hate that I have to work but I want to work how silly. I wish I could have a flexible schedule on these days that are so
I had the botox injections today. The doctor that I see for this is very nice was asking me how my headaches have been and I explained how I had been doing so well until hormones kicked in and I got a "top of the head" headache and when I get these type of headaches they last for weeks that last one lasted for three weeks. He then asked where they originated from I said maybe the side of my head or back of my head and he then pointed to the exact spot at the back of my head he then said that there is a nerve there that can go right up your head and to the top of your head. He then suggested that cortizone might be injected right in that spot and calm that nerve right down! Wow this is so exciting to me!! Another option to me is so exciting in my word.
Another big thing is I tried nitrate free bacon yesterday and it was not too bad! It is applewood farms I got it at price chopper I was making pancakes and bacon for the boys and really up until now bacon has not bugged me too much but yesterday I really wanted it so I remembered I had the nitrate free some so I made a few pieces and it was good! Tonight my husband wants to try the nitrate free hot dogs he ordered some for our store and we are having those for dinner tonight I will let you I have yet to get into a neurologist it has been since Feburary and I am beyond frustrated. I have had two more lapses of where I have gotten very lost and confused driving one was not so bad yesterdays was terrible. I was on my way to my Aunts for a party and there are two roads to Carthage and she lives off of State street and know this. Yet yesterday i had no recollection of it. I drove rt 3 and could not find the turn. Drove around for almost and hour crying my husband was mad at me and would not answer his phone I could not figure out why the road did not seem familiar why this turn just was not there, finally I prayed and prayed and called again and he answered and calmly told me I was on the wrong road and how to get there. No one really took notice as to why I was over an hour late since I was sunburned and thought it was just I was running late from the beach. I have no words for this. I do not know what is wrong with me I did wake with a migraine so I do not know if its the topamax or the migraine or
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